Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Satellite navigation system using multiple antennas
- Patent Title (中): 卫星导航系统采用多个天线
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Application No.: US11190640Application Date: 2005-07-27
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Publication No.: US07693659B2Publication Date: 2010-04-06
- Inventor: Kurt R. Zimmerman , Dave Lawrence , Michael L. O'Connor , Paul Montgomery
- Applicant: Kurt R. Zimmerman , Dave Lawrence , Michael L. O'Connor , Paul Montgomery
- Applicant Address: US CA Fremont
- Assignee: Novariant, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Novariant, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Fremont
- Agency: Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione
- Main IPC: G01C21/00
- IPC: G01C21/00

Abstract:
A satellite navigation system using multiple antennas for providing the position of multiple fiduciary points on an object even when fewer than four satellites are visible to some or all the antennas. Satellite signals from the multiple antennas are fed into at least one receiver. The receiver or receivers utilize constraint information, which is independent of the satellite signals. These external constraints are used to augment the signals received from the satellites, to obtain the position solution for each antenna. In a preferred embodiment, a common reference clock is used to provide an external constraint. Examples of other external constraints that can be used in the current invention are distance between the antennas, inertial measurement of attitude, rotational or linear position sensors, etc.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050278119A1 Satellite navigation system using multiple antennas Public/Granted day:2005-12-15
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