Strapdown fiber optic gyrocompass using adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system

This paper aims to propose a new strapdown fiber optic gyrocompass (strapdown FOGC) using adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). The strapdown FOGC is based on the principle of strapdown inertial navigation system and utilizes electromagnetic log (EM log) and damping equalizer to bound oscillatory errors existing in attitude and heading. As the introduction of damping technique, extra errors are aroused by EM log errors. To decrease the extra errors, ANFIS is utilized to adjust the damping ratio automatically in terms of the ship maneuver conditions. The simulation and trial results indicate that, compared with the conventional gyrocompass scheme, the proposed one can reduce the attitude and heading errors and improve the system performance effectively. (C) 2014 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)