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ICMS 2016: Mathematical Software – ICMS 2016 pp 136–141Cite as

Calibration of Accelerometers and the Geometry of Quadrics

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We study a method of calibration of accelerometers usable on field. No tools are required except a computer. Since the method is purely mathematical, free from measurement tools errors, it is both precise and affordable. We prove that the calibration of an accelerometer with three axis is possible with 9 random measurements exactly when the sphere is the unique quadric containing the nine directions of measurements.

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  1. University of Angers, Angers, France

    Laurent Evain

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  1. Universität Kaiserslautern , Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Gert-Martin Greuel

  2. Zuse Institute Berlin , Berlin, Germany

    Thorsten Koch

  3. Johannes Kepler University Linz , Hagenberg, Austria

    Peter Paule

  4. University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

    Andrew Sommese

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Evain, L. (2016). Calibration of Accelerometers and the Geometry of Quadrics. In: Greuel, GM., Koch, T., Paule, P., Sommese, A. (eds) Mathematical Software – ICMS 2016. ICMS 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9725. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42432-3_17

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