Term · Photonics, MEMS & Sensors
Sensor fusion
The combination of data from multiple sensors, typically with a Kalman or particle filter, to produce an estimate more accurate and robust than any single sensor.
It exploits complementary error characteristics across sensing modes.
- Also known as
- Data fusion, Perception fusion
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- Photonics, MEMS & Sensors, Sensors
- Also relevant to
- Automotive
Notes
In vehicles it is increasingly done centrally on raw sensor data rather than on each sensor's own object list.
Related terms
- IMU
- LiDAR
- Accelerometer
- ADAS
- Kalman filter
- ADAS SoC
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