Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lead and follower aircraft navigation system
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Application No.: US16284362Application Date: 2019-02-25
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Publication No.: US10719076B1Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Vladislav Gavrilets , Christopher M. Boggs , Max G. Taylor
- Applicant: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
- Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
- Agency: Suiter Swantz pc llo
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00 ; G05D1/08 ; G01S19/51

Abstract:
A system may include a follower aircraft including a processor configured to: determine a follower aircraft location at a time t0; receive a real-time kinematics (RTK) update from a lead aircraft, the RTK update including information associated with: a lead aircraft location at the time t0, the lead aircraft location at a time t1 relative to the lead aircraft location at the time t0, and an object location at the time t1 relative to the lead aircraft location at the time t1; perform RTK processing to determine the follower aircraft location at the time t0 relative to the lead aircraft location at a time t0; determine the follower aircraft location at a time t2 relative to the follower aircraft location at the time t0 by utilizing time relative navigation (TRN); and determine the object location at time t2 relative to the follower aircraft location at the time t2.
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