Method and apparatus for determining vehicle position using a sa

Boots – shoes – and leggings

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

340988, 342357, G01S 502, H04B 7185

Patent

active

053595211

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for determining the position of a vehicle relative to the center of the Earth uses navigation signals from a satellite based navigation system which includes a plurality of satellites orbiting the Earth. In one embodiment, a plurality of antennas are mounted on the vehicle. The distance between the antennas is precisely known. This distance is used to constrain the solution of a vehicle position estimate to improve the accuracy of the position estimate. In another embodiment, a plurality of receiver systems are used in place of the plurality of antennas. In yet another embodiment, a plurality of base stations with known positions are used to constrain the solution of the vehicle position estimate.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4613864 (1986-09-01), Hofgen
patent: 4667203 (1987-05-01), Counselman, III
patent: 4809005 (1989-02-01), Counselman, III
patent: 4866450 (1989-09-01), Chisholm
patent: 4870422 (1989-09-01), Counselman, III
patent: 4894655 (1990-01-01), Joguet et al.
patent: 4894662 (1990-01-01), Counselman
patent: 4912475 (1990-03-01), Counselman, III
patent: 5021792 (1991-06-01), Hwang
patent: 5100229 (1992-03-01), Lundberg et al.
patent: 5101356 (1992-03-01), Timothy et al.
patent: 5119102 (1992-06-01), Barnard
patent: 5155490 (1992-10-01), Spradley, Jr. et al.
patent: 5185610 (1993-02-01), Ward et al.
patent: 5252982 (1993-10-01), Frei
Greenspan et al., "Accuracy of Relative Positioning By Interferometry With Reconstructed Carrier GPS: Experimental Results", Presented at Third International Symposium on Satellite Doppler Positioning, Las Cruces, N.M., Feb. 1982, CSDL-P-1486, pp. 1-19.
"Compensating For GPS Ephemeris Error", NASA Tech Briefs, Nov. 1992, pp. 56 and 58.
Van Graas et al., "Real-Time Attitude And Heading Determination Using GPS", GPS World, Mar. 1992, pp. 32-39.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Method and apparatus for determining vehicle position using a sa does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Method and apparatus for determining vehicle position using a sa, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method and apparatus for determining vehicle position using a sa will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-140135

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.