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Thesis - Leigh Moody.pdf - Bad Request - Cranfield University

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Chapter 3 / Sensors / Helmet Mounted Sight<br />

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manager). The following assumptions were made when setting the default<br />

error parameters:<br />

• A monocular daytime sight is used.<br />

• The head remains in the head box so that measurements are always valid.<br />

• The eye, head and helmet act as a single unit without slippage. This is true<br />

only when the visor reticule is close to the target. Although helmet slippage<br />

is expected whilst the head is in motion, and when subject to heavy<br />

vibration, the helmet returns to its original position once the dynamic<br />

conditions moderate.<br />

• Residual canopy distortion is independent of helmet position in the head box<br />

and target position.<br />

• The system has just been calibrated.<br />

The injection of independently selectable errors is controlled by the bit<br />

pattern of GB_HS_ER. The reference angles are corrupted at the reference<br />

rate by a time delay, an angular rate limit, and 2 nd order dynamics associated<br />

with the human physiology and helmet slippage.<br />

Z ~<br />

: =<br />

ϕ<br />

SF<br />

( ϕ ( ϕ ( ϕ ( Z ) ) ) + ϕ + ϕ + ϕ )<br />

D2L<br />

RL<br />

3.12-3<br />

TD<br />

CB<br />

RN<br />

MB1<br />

Equation 3.12-2<br />

A time delay of 0.08 s is followed by an angular rate limit of 200°/s, and a<br />

2 nd order lag with a damping ratio of 0.7 and a natural frequency of 4 Hz,<br />

default values that apply to both axes. Constant bias, random noise and a<br />

random walk are superimposed on the filtered measurements representing<br />

the effect of stray magnetic fields on the helmet tracker and changes in<br />

canopy distortion. The constant bias is initialised from a Gaussian<br />

distribution with a deviation of 0.008 rad comprising:<br />

• Helmet tracking : Electro-Optical static accuracy (2 – 10) mrad<br />

• Helmet tracking : Resolution (1 – 2) mrad<br />

• Residual optical distortion from canopy (5 – 8) mrad<br />

• Boresight misalignment (2 – 6) mrad<br />

• Residual magnetic distortion (2 – 6) mrad<br />

• Reticule symbol line width and dimensional stability (1 – 2) mrad<br />

The Gaussian noise has a PSD of 0.005 mrad 2 /Hz at the reference<br />

frequency, equivalent to 0.5 mrad @ 50 Hz. The random walk output<br />

deviation is 9 mrad with a correlation time of 200 s (chosen arbitrarily for<br />

test purposes) although it could be much larger in magnetic tracking systems<br />

where the build up of stray magnetic fields is the dominant effect. The<br />

constant, quadratic and asymmetric scale factor deviations are 0.03, 0.01<br />

and 0.01 respectively for both measurements.

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