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Inertial measurement unit
An inertial measurement unit (IMU) is an electronic device that measures specific force and angular rate in six degrees of freedom, serving as the sensing front end of inertial navigation systems.
Inertial measurement unit preintegration
Inertial measurement unit (IMU) preintegration summarizes hundreds of high-rate accelerometer and gyroscope readings between camera keyframes into a single relative motion constraint for visual-inertial odometry.
Inertial navigation system
An inertial navigation system, or inertial guidance system, is a self-contained device that computes a vehicle's position, velocity, and orientation using accelerometers and gyroscopes, without external references such as GPS.
Inertial odometry
Inertial odometry is a dead-reckoning method that estimates a vehicle's or person's position, velocity, and orientation by integrating accelerometer and gyroscope measurements alone, without satellite signals, maps, or cameras.
Inertial Upper Stage
The Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) is a two-stage, solid-fuel booster developed by the US Air Force and NASA, flown with the Space Shuttle and Titan rockets from 1982 to 2004.
Inertial wave
An inertial wave is a transverse oscillation propagating through the bulk of a rotating fluid, restored by the Coriolis force, arising in oceans, gaseous planets, and stellar interiors.
Inês Aguiar
Inês Aguiar (born 1998, Lisbon) is a Portuguese actress, twin sister of actress Joana Aguiar, known for Mar Salgado, Bem Me Quer, Paixão, A Fazenda, and films Leviano and Chuva de Verão; distinct from the Lisbon makeup artist of the same name.
Inés Arredondo
Inés Amelia Camelo Arredondo, known as Inés Arredondo (1928–1989), was a Mexican short-story writer of the Generación del Medio Siglo who won the 1979 Premio Xavier Villaurrutia for Río subterráneo.
Inês Barroso
Inês Barroso is a human geneticist studying the genetics of type 2 diabetes, obesity, and glycaemic traits, and Professor of Diabetes at the University of Exeter.
Inés Coronel Barreras
Inés Coronel Barreras (born 1968, Canelas, Durango), Mexican Sinaloa Cartel figure, father of El Chapo's wife Emma Coronel Aispuro; OFAC-sanctioned 2013, arrested in Agua Prieta, sentenced to 10 years in 2017.
Ines Geißler
Ines Geißler (Ines Geißler-Kaulfuss), East German swimmer born 1963 in Marienberg, 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m butterfly (2:10.44), also 1982 world champion and 1981/1983 European champion; career later linked to GDR doping.
Inés Granollers i Cunillera
Inés Granollers i Cunillera is a Spanish politician of Esquerra Republicana who chairs the Industry Committee of the Congress of Deputies, where she serves as a deputy.
Inés Huaylas Yupanqui
Quispe Sisa, baptized Inés Huaylas Yupanqui, was an Inca noblewoman and daughter of the emperor Huayna Cápac who became the consort of conquistador Francisco Pizarro around 1532.
Inés Páez Nin
Inés Páez Nin, known as Chef Tita, is a Dominican chef, restaurateur, and TV judge leading New Dominican Cuisine; author of La nueva cocina dominicana, driver of Law 20-18, and 2025 Champions of Change and Best Chef Awards honoree.
Ines Rau
Ines Rau (Ines-Loan Rau, born 1990) is a French-Algerian trans model, the first openly transgender Playmate, centerfold of Playboy's November/December 2017 issue; also actress, author of Femme, and DJ.
Inés Rivero
Inés Rivero (María Inés Rivero), Argentine model born 1975 in Córdoba; Elite Look of the Year 1992 winner, Victoria's Secret Angel 1998–1999, later actress, philanthropist, and Madrid-based designer.
Ines Schwerdtner
Ines Schwerdtner, born 1989 in Werdau, is a German politician of The Left, co-chair of the party since 2024 and a Bundestag member for Berlin-Lichtenberg since 2025.
Inês Sousa Real
Inês Sousa Real is a Portuguese politician of the People-Animals-Nature party, its national spokesperson and sole deputy in the Assembly of the Republic, re-elected for a third term in 2026.
Inés Suárez
Inés Suárez (c. 1507–1580) was a Spanish conquistadora who took part in the conquest of Chile with Pedro de Valdivia and directed the defense of Santiago in 1541.
Inese Jaunzeme
Inese Jaunzeme (Инесе Яунземе, 1932–2011), Latvian javelin thrower for the USSR; won the 1956 Melbourne Olympic javelin at 53.86 m, the first Latvian Olympic gold; later an orthopaedics professor in Rīga.
Inessa Armand
Inessa Armand (Инесса Фёдоровна Арман; born Elizaveta Fyodorovna Steffen) was a Bolshevik activist, born in Paris in 1874, who chaired the First International Conference of Communist Women in 1920.
Inessa Kravets
Inessa Kravets (Інеса Кравець), Ukrainian long and triple jumper born 1966 in Dnipro; first Olympic women's triple jump champion (1996, 15.33) and 1995 world champion with a 15.50 m world record that stood until 2021.
Inetkaes
Inetkaes, also rendered Intkawes or Inetkawes, was a royal daughter of the pharaoh Djoser, first king of Egypt's 3rd Dynasty, known only from inscriptions at Heliopolis and Saqqara.
Inevitable disclosure doctrine
The inevitable disclosure doctrine is a US trade secret law doctrine allowing courts to bar a departing employee from a new job that would inevitably rely on the former employer's trade secrets.
Inez and Vinoodh
Inez & Vinoodh: Dutch photographer duo Inez van Lamsweerde (1963) and Vinoodh Matadin (1961), New York-based partners in life and art, pioneers of digital manipulation in fashion photography since 1986.
Inez Fung
Inez Y. Fung, born 1949, is a Hong Kong-born climate scientist who models the sources and sinks of atmospheric CO2 and dust, and professor emerita at UC Berkeley.
Inezgane-Ait Melloul
Inezgane-Ait Melloul (إقليم إنزكان أيت ملول), a prefecture of Morocco's Souss-Massa region created in 1994 from Agadir province; chief town Inezgane; 636,916 inhabitants in 2024, 95.1% urban, with Tassila and Ait Melloul industrial zones and Al Massira airport.
Inezia
Inezia (Cherrie, 1909) is a genus of South American tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) with four species: Pale-tipped, Plain, Amazonian, and Slender-billed Inezia; ITIS TSN 557786, valid, IOC World Bird List v15.1.
INF Clairefontaine
INF Clairefontaine (Institut National du Football) is the FFF's national pre-training academy for 13-15-year-old footballers, founded 1972 at Vichy, moved 1988 to the CNF Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, entry by concours, alumni include Mbappé and Henry.
Infadels
Infadels were a Hackney, London indie-electro band (2003–2012) on Wall of Sound, founded by Bnann Watts, Matt Gooderson, and Alex Bruford; three albums including We Are Not the Infadels (2006).