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7613567 Method for correcting the outputs of vehicle behavior sensor  
First and second acceleration sensor elements for detecting the acceleration of a vehicle in the direction in which the vehicle travels, and the acceleration of the vehicle in the direction...
7610560 Methods for automated and semiautomated composition of visual sequences, flows, and flyovers based on content and context  
A system with the ability to dynamically compose a sequence of visual views or flows allowing a single object or region, or multiple objects or regions, to be viewed from different perspectives and...
7606665 System and method for employing an aided-alignment mode to align an inertial reference system  
A system and method for aligning an inertial reference system, which is coupled to a moveable body, is provided. The method includes obtaining unaided navigation state information from an unaided...
7587277 Inertial/magnetic measurement device  
Disclosed is a system and method for onboard optimal estimation of heading, pitch, and roll through real-time measurement of magnetic field, acceleration and angular motion in three dimensions....
7564376 Condition-dependent icon generation for vehicular information terminals  
In condition-dependent icon generation for a vehicular information terminal, a strength of a signal indicative of vehicle location information is measured, a road speed limit is determined based...
7522999 Inertial waypoint finder  
Using a combination of inertial sensors (accelerometers 70, 80, 90, 170, 180, 190 ) and, perhaps, a digital compass, a device can record movement in all directions relative to an origin ( 300 ),...
7512488 System for delivering propane or other consumable liquid to remotely located storage tanks  
An improved system for delivering propane or other consumable liquid to remotely located storage tanks including a novel combination of remote monitoring of customer tanks and an improved method of...
7509216 Inertial navigation system error correction  
Methods and apparatus for: (a) the correction of one or more elements determined from a first set of continuous gyro and accelerometer measurements comprising using a second set of discontinuously...
7477986 Method and system for correction of navigational errors using general signals of opportunity  
According to one embodiment, a method for determining the location of an object includes determining a biased estimate of the location of the object for a plurality of locations and adjusting the...
7474962 Methods and systems of relative navigation for shipboard landings  
A method for guiding the approach and landing of an aircraft is provided. The method involves receiving navigation information from the aircraft, receiving navigation information from an aircraft...
7471952 Data terminal device  
A position data receiving part receives position data transmitted from an artificial satellite. A wireless unit transmits and receives data with respect to a base station. A detailed map data...
7451022 Calibration of ship attitude reference  
A ship includes a star tracker mounted on a platform stabilized in ENU by the inertial navigation system (INS). The line-of-sight (LOS) of the star tracker is directed toward two separated stars,...
7447590 Architecture of an onboard aircraft piloting aid system  
A function for generating guidance data from the GNSS data and the inertial data (IRS 1 ) with integrated fault detection is distributed on the inertial reference units and the digital processing...
7437242 Navigation apparatus  
A navigation apparatus mounted on a vehicle is equipped with a first gyro sensor and a second gyro sensor arranged in symmetry with respect to a first axis in a travel direction of the vehicle and...
7424309 System in vehicles for making a telephone call  
A system for making a telephone call in a vehicle in which information concerning the traffic situation of a first vehicle is electronically processed and sent to a second vehicle. By apparatuses...
7421343 Systems and methods for reducing vibration-induced errors in inertial sensors  
Systems and methods for reducing vibration-induced bias errors in inertial sensors are disclosed. A system for reducing bias errors in an inertial sensor operating within an environment may include...
7409292 Method and system for degimbalization of vehicle navigation data  
A method and system for degimbalization of sensor outputs is provided. Data output from an embedded GPS inertial navigation system (EGI), which is mounted within a gimbaled system on a vehicle, is...
7409291 Device for automatic detection of states of motion and rest, and portable electronic apparatus incorporating it  
A device for automatic detection of states of motion and rest includes at least one inertial sensor, having at least one preferential detection axis, and a converter, which is coupled to the...
7403853 Position determination system for movable objects or personnel using GPS/TV location technology integrated with inertial navigation system  
A position determination system for movable objects or personnel comprising at least one portable position sensor built into a wearable item of a member of personnel having an identification...
7403374 Integrated rotatable support for a communications device  
A spring-loaded rotatable support integrated into the end of a cable modem housing can be deployed to prevent tipping of the modem housing when it is placed in the vertical position, and stowed to...
7400246 Inertial Sensor Tracking System  
The INERTIAL SENSOR TRACKING SYSTEM is an overall system installation consisting of wireless body pack transmitters, broadband telemetry transceivers, computer and monitoring equipment, and...
7398155 Car navigation system  
When an elevated road and a usual fly-under road are located in a stacked state, two roads are shown in overlapped lines on a display unit of a car navigation system in a subject vehicle. When the...
7386395 Systems and methods for shock compensation utilizing an adaptive control technique algorithm  
A method for providing dynamic disturbance compensation to an inertial system is described. The method includes determining estimated correction factors based on received acceleration components,...
7373242 Navigation apparatus and navigation method with image recognition  
A navigation apparatus with image recognition, includes: an imaging section for obtaining a stereo image of a target spot; an inertial information detecting section for measuring an attitude angle...
7366613 RF wireless communication for deeply embedded aerospace systems  
A wireless communication interface for inertial measurement unit is disclosed. One or more instrumentation sensors, a processor, a wireless radio frequency transceiver with an antenna, and a power...
7366612 Method and apparatus for compensating attitude of inertial navigation system and method and apparatus for calculating position of inertial navigation system using the same  
Provided are a method and apparatus for compensating an attitude of an inertial navigation system and a method and apparatus for calculating a position of the inertial navigation system using the...
7359703 Adaptive communications system and method  
System and method for the adaptive control of VHF communications in aircraft. In one embodiment, the invention includes an adaptive communications system for an aircraft having a communications...
7353112 Input system based on a three-dimensional inertial navigation system and trajectory estimation method thereof  
An input system based on a three-dimensional inertial navigation system and a trajectory estimation method thereof is disclosed. The input system based on the three-dimensional inertial navigation...
7340344 Spherical position monitoring system  
A contact free optical position sensor for an inertial reference system. The surface of an inertial sensor assembly is adapted with a coordinate encoded pattern. One or more optical sensors are...
7328104 Systems and methods for improved inertial navigation  
A method for producing inertial measurement data is provided. The method comprises receiving raw inertial measurement data from one or more inertial sensors; receiving raw position data based on...
7317184 Kinematic sensors employing atom interferometer phases  
An apparatus and method for determining the coordinates of a body, where the coordinates express the body's inertial or kinematic properties, including, for example, its trajectory. The apparatus...
7310577 Integrated capacitive bridge and integrated flexure functions inertial measurement unit  
An inertia control system includes an integrated inertial measurement unit coupled to an inertial platform. The integrated inertial measurement unit includes three accelerometer gimbals/axes...
7305303 Personal navigation using terrain-correlation and/or signal-of-opportunity information  
A navigation system includes an inertial navigation unit. The navigation system also includes a Kalman filter that generates corrective feedback for use by the inertial navigation unit. The Kalman...
7289906 Navigation system applications of sigma-point Kalman filters for nonlinear estimation and sensor fusion  
A method of estimating the navigational state of a system entails acquiring observation data produced by noisy measurement sensors and providing a probabilistic inference system to combine the...
7289902 Three dimensional balance assembly  
A three-dimensional balance assembly is provided. The assembly includes a center shaft, two or more eccentric weighted shafts encompassing the center shaft and a first and a second locking...
7280917 Systems and methods for controlling a landing position of sensors deployed from an air vehicle  
A sensing device is described that is configured to be launched from an air vehicle for deployment on the ground. The sensing device includes at least one sensor, an inertial measurement unit...
7280916 Method and apparatus for compensating for acceleration errors and inertial navigation system employing the same  
Provided are a method and apparatus for compensating for an acceleration error in an inertial navigation system (INS). The apparatus includes a motion detector that detects the motion of the INS...
7274504 System and method for advanced tight coupling of GPS and inertial navigation sensors  
A system and method for generating a navigation solution in high interference and dynamic environments using Global Positioning System (GPS) and inertial measurement unit (IMU) data is described....
7266446 Helmet mounted tracking system and method  
A helmet mounted tracking system for target designation includes an airplane azimuth sensor, a helmet mounted azimuth sensor, an airplane pitch sensor, a helmet mounted pitch sensor, and a...
7260026 Time-of-day tracking with INS input  
Time-of-day tracking with INS input is described. In one embodiment, a range rate and a range acceleration is generated from inertial navigation system data received from a moveable platform (e.g....
7248967 Autonomous velocity estimation and navigation  
Measurement of a spatial velocity vector in order to make determination of a geographical position possible. A spatial velocity meter includes an inertial measurement unit, a direction-sensing...
7248964 System and method for using multiple aiding sensors in a deeply integrated navigation system  
A navigation system with resume logic and mode logic provides as an output an accurate navigation solution using multiple RF sensors. The resume logic determines which sensors are currently...
7248948 Apparatus and method for estimating attitude using inertial measurement equipment  
An apparatus for estimating attitude using an inertia measuring apparatus comprising: a Kalman filter 3 adapted to receive a quantity of state ω(t) from the inertia measuring apparatus 1 ,...
7245215 Position-tracking device for position-tracking system  
A position-tracking system for tracking the position of an object is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the tracking system includes a tracking device that is connected to or otherwise...
7242791 Method and system for guiding a vehicle with vision enhancement  
A method and system for guiding a-vehicle comprises a location module for collecting location data for the vehicle. A vision module collects vision data for the vehicle. A maximum allowable...
7239949 Integrated sensing system  
A vehicle control system includes a housed sensor cluster generating a plurality of signals. An integrated controller includes a sensor signal compensation unit and a kinematics unit, wherein the...
7233864 Method for improving GPS integrity and detecting multipath interference using inertial navigation sensors and a network of mobile receivers  
A method for checking the integrity of GPS measurements for a moving vehicle includes determining a first inter-vehicle distance between a first vehicle and a second vehicle based on GPS...
7209810 Locomotive location system and method  
A locomotive location system and method utilizes inertial measurement inputs, including orthogonal acceleration inputs and turn rate information, in combination with wheel-mounted tachometer...
7206694 Transfer alignment of navigation systems  
Navigation systems provide accurate position, velocity and attitude information at one or more slave inertial measurement units (SIMU), mounted and spaced apart from a master inertial navigation...
7171303 Navigation method and apparatus  
The apparatus generates at least one high-accuracy navigation parameter (P, V, A) by means of a relative sensor system and a radio receiver system. The relative sensor system registers relative...
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