System for determining direction or attitude using GPS satellite

Details System for determining direction or attitude using GPS satellite System for determining direction or attitude using GPS satellite

1990-01-12

1991-06-04

Blum, Theodore M.

Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,

Directive

Including a satellite

H04B 7185, G01S 502

Patent

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050217925

ABSTRACT:
A system for determining spatial orientation based on the carrier phase of signals received from a set of GPS satellites. The system comprises an antenna array including a number of antennas coupled to GPS radio receivers, a mechanism for reconfiguring the positions of the antennas within the array and a signal processing module for processing the data collected by the antennas and the receivers. The mechanism for reconfiguring the antenna array is adapted for exchanging the positions of one pair of antennas and for rearranging the antennas from collinear into non-collinear patterns. Phase measurements are taken by the antennas and their associated receivers, both before and after antenna exchange and after antenna rearrangement in order to provide the data necessary to determine direction or attitude.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3766556 (1973-10-01), Amoroso, Jr.
patent: 4719469 (1988-01-01), Beier et al.
patent: 4845502 (1989-07-01), Carr et al.
patent: 4881080 (1989-11-01), Jablonski

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