Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Sensors
  • 2.1 Accelerometer
  • 2.1.1 Accelerometer placement
  • 2.2 Magnetometer
  • 2.2.1 Hard and soft iron magnetic compensation
  • 2.2.2 Magnetometer placement
  • 2.3 Gyro sensor
  • 2.4 Pressure sensor/altimeters
  • 3. Sensor fusion
  • 3.1 Terminology
  • 3.1.1 Degrees of freedom (DOF)
  • 3.1.2 Axis/axes
  • 3.1.3 Sensor module configurations
  • 3.2 Basic quaternion math
  • 3.2.1 Introduction and basic properties
  • 3.2.2 Equality
  • 3.2.3 Addition
  • 3.2.4 Multiplication
  • 3.2.5 Complex conjugate
  • 3.2.6 Norm
  • 3.2.7 Inverse
  • 3.3 Orientation representations
  • 3.3.1 Euler angles and rotation matrices
  • 3.3.2 Quaternions
  • 3.3.3 Conversions between representations
  • 3.3.4 Orientation representation comparison
  • 3.4 Virtual gyroscope
  • 3.5 Kalman filtering for orientation estimation
  • 3.5.1 Introduction to Kalman filters
  • 3.5.2 Kalman filters for inertial sensor fusion
  • 3.6 Tools
  • 3.6.1 Numerical analysis
  • 3.6.2 Tools to create fielded implementations
  • 4. Machine learning for sensor data
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Sensor data acquisition
  • 4.2.1 Structured vs. un-structured data
  • 4.2.2 Data quality
  • 4.2.3 Inherent variability
  • 4.3 Feature extraction
  • 4.3.1 Time-domain features
  • 4.3.2 Frequency-domain features
  • 4.3.3 Time-frequency features
  • 4.3.4 Dimension reduction
  • 4.3.5 Feature selection
  • 4.4 Supervised learning
  • 4.4.1 Linear discriminant analysis
  • 4.4.2 Support vector machines
  • 4.4.3 Kernel functions
  • 4.5 Unsupervised learning
  • 4.6 Remarks--learning from sensor data
  • 4.7 Performance evaluation
  • 4.8 Deep learning
  • 4.9 Integration point of machine learning algorithms
  • 4.10 Tools for machine learning
  • 5. IoT sensor applications
  • 5.1 Cloud platforms
  • 5.2 Automotive industry
  • 5.3 Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV )
  • 5.4 Manufacturing and processing industry
  • 5.5 Healthcare and wearables
  • 5.6 Smart city and energy
  • 6. Concluding remarks and summary
  • Bibliography
  • Authors' biographies.