Adaptive Magnetometer Calibration Quality Threshold
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Solution Overview
Problem
Magnetometers in mobile devices face calibration challenges due to changing environmental conditions and magnetic interference, affecting their accuracy and requiring frequent recalibrations to maintain reliable magnetic field measurements.
Innovation Solution
A method for calibrating magnetometers on mobile devices involves determining the current quality level of magnetometer readings and adjusting the quality threshold for background calibration, allowing for ongoing and adaptive calibration processes triggered by environmental changes or user interactions, using a combination of foreground and background calibration techniques to ensure accurate readings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If frequent recalibration is performed to maintain accuracy under changing environmental conditions, then measurement reliability is improved, but device complexity and processing power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic calibration quality threshold adjustment based on real-time magnetometer reading quality assessment. The system automatically lowers the calibration quality threshold when current readings exceed the threshold, enabling adaptive calibration frequency that responds to environmental stability rather than performing fixed frequent recalibrations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where magnetometer reading quality is continuously assessed and fed back into the calibration decision process. This feedback loop enables the system to determine when recalibration is actually needed based on real-time quality metrics rather than relying on predetermined schedules.
2Use of energy by moving object
If background calibration quality threshold is lowered to reduce processing power consumption, then energy efficiency is improved, but calibration accuracy may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent dynamically adjusts the calibration quality threshold based on real-time assessment of magnetometer reading quality. When readings indicate high stability and accuracy, the system lowers the threshold to reduce processing requirements. When quality deteriorates, the threshold is raised to maintain calibration standards, creating a self-regulating system that balances accuracy and energy consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the calibration quality threshold parameter dynamically based on environmental conditions and reading quality. This parameter adjustment allows the system to operate with different accuracy requirements under different conditions, optimizing the balance between measurement precision and processing power consumption.
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AI summary
A method and system are provided for calibrating a magnetometer. The method comprises determining a current quality level associated with magnetometer readings obtained using an active set of calibration parameters; and lowering a quality threshold for a background calibration of the magnetometer when the current quality level exceeds a threshold quality level needed by an application utilizing the magnetometer readings.