Network aided terrestrial triangulation using stars (NATTS)

Details Network aided terrestrial triangulation using stars (NATTS) Network aided terrestrial triangulation using stars (NATTS)

2008-12-30

2010-10-26

Hellner, Mark (Department: 3663)

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Navigation

Employing position determining equipment

C701S200000, C342S463000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07822551

ABSTRACT:
A method for determining a terrestrial location of an apparatus that is deployed in a generally known geographical region includes capturing, by the apparatus, an earthbound image of the sky from a terrestrial location at an identified time; communicating, by the apparatus, data representative of the captured earthbound image of the sky; and determining the terrestrial location of the apparatus based on the data communicated by the apparatus by comparing the captured earthbound image of the sky to a master mapping of the sky relative to the surface of the Earth.

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Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) Letter Regarding Common Patent Application(s) Dated Apr. 26, 2009.

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