The bionic orientation mechanism in the skylight polarization pattern

Lei Yan, Guixia Guan*, Jiabin Chen, Taixia Wu, Xuan Shao

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Abstract

An orienting method is proposed for bionic navigation with the polarized light patterns. Combining theoretical analysis with experiment, authors build a kind of theoretic and experimental models. Then the sun's relative position and a navigation reference line (solar meridian) are derived details for navigation system to provide orientation information. Finally, based on the horizon coordinate system, an example is given for the whole calculate process of direction angle.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)616-620
Number of pages5
JournalBeijing Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis
Volume45
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2009

Keywords

  • Direction angle
  • Navigation coordinate
  • Polarized light
  • Solar meridian

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Yan, L., Guan, G., Chen, J., Wu, T., & Shao, X. (2009). The bionic orientation mechanism in the skylight polarization pattern. Beijing Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, 45(4), 616-620.