Combination of an Inertial Measurement Unit and a Camera for Defining the Position of an Airplane

Abstract

In this article we propose a method of using the extended Kalman filter combined with an inertial navigation system and a camera to assist in determining the location and calculate the parameters of a helicopter. These observations are combined with an inertial measurement instrument which uses the Kalman filter to collect accurately and promptly information about the location of a plane. The algorithms is simulated on Simulink and hardened by using dsPIC33F256 chip.