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NPS-MV-01-001 NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey, California Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Prepared for: NPS Moves Academic Group Real-Time Tracking and Display of Human Limb Segment Motions Using Sourceless Sensors and a Quaternion-Based Filtering Algorithm – Part I: Theory by Robert B. McGhee Eric R. Bachmann Xiaoping Yun Michael J. Zyda November 2000 ii NSN 7540-01-280-5800 Standard Form 298 Rev. 2-89) Prescribed by ANSI Std 239-18 REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form approved OMB No 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302, and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0704-0188), Washington, DC 20503. 1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank) 2. REPORT DATE November 2000 3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED Technical Report 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Real-Time Tracking and Display of Human Limb Segment Motions Using Sourceless Sensors and a Quaternion-Based Filtering Algorithm – Part I: Theory 5. FUNDING N6M ARO 6. AUTHOR(S) McGhee, Robert B., Bachmann, Eric R., Yun, Xiaoping, and Zyda, Michael J. 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93943-5118 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER NPS-MV-01-001