文件名称：Sensor Fusion Comes of Age.docx
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Over time, sensors have morphed from simple analog and mechanical constructs to chip-based digital devices that connect to a machine to monitor the machine’s health as well as environmental conditions. Similarly, sensor fusion — multiple types of sensors working together to solve a problem — has combined the threads of many other technologies to create something very new and exciting. The idea of using a computational device to sort out the data from multiple sensors and combine information to draw a conclusion has been around since at least the 1950s. But it was exceptionally difficult to do. Around 1960, several mathematicians developed sets of algorithms in an effort to have a machine draw a conclusion based on input from multiple sensors. These filters also removed meaningless data from noise or other sources. Of course, it wasn’t long before the military decided that this technology would be useful in their applications. Being able to process inputs from multiple sources and compare it with stored data would allow the military to better track and identify potential airborne targets and even compute the certainty of the results. With better computers and sensors, the technology was advancing, but there were still complex and expensive problems to solve.