A Real-Time Position, Velocity, and Physiological Monitoring and Tracking Device for Equestrian Training

Kyle Green, Adam Hill, Jade Morton, Mikel Miller, and Jacob Campbell

Abstract:	This paper presents the design and implementation of a real-time tracking and monitoring device of the position, velocity, and physiological states of a horse for equestrian training purpose. The system consists of a mobile unit, a base station, and a wireless radio modem that allows a mobile unit and a base station to communicate over the industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) radio band. The core of the mobile unit is a microprocessor which interfaces with a commercial GPS receiver module, a low-cost inertial measurement unit (IMU), and a horse heart rate sensor. The base station is a computer equipped with real-time data acquisition, processing, and analysis software. A Kalman filter is implemented to loosely couple the GPS and IMU measurements to capture the horse position and motion dynamics. Field test results will be presented in the paper.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 20th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2007) September 25 - 28, 2007 Fort Worth Convention Center Fort Worth, TX
Pages:	1802 - 1806
Cite this article:	Green, Kyle, Hill, Adam, Morton, Jade, Miller, Mikel, Campbell, Jacob, "A Real-Time Position, Velocity, and Physiological Monitoring and Tracking Device for Equestrian Training," Proceedings of the 20th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2007), Fort Worth, TX, September 2007, pp. 1802-1806.
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