Invention Grant
- Patent Title: GNSS ultra-short baseline heading determination system and method
- Patent Title (中): GNSS超短基线航向确定系统及方法
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Application No.: US12563893Application Date: 2009-09-21
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Publication No.: US08130142B2Publication Date: 2012-03-06
- Inventor: John M. Zietz , Robert M. Allen , Robert V. Weinmann
- Applicant: John M. Zietz , Robert M. Allen , Robert V. Weinmann
- Applicant Address: US ND Fargo
- Assignee: Appareo Systems, LLC
- Current Assignee: Appareo Systems, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US ND Fargo
- Agent Mark E. Brown; Jonathan Tolstedt
- Main IPC: G01S19/53
- IPC: G01S19/53

Abstract:
A heading determination system comprises an inertial measurement unit (IMU) coupled with at least two GNSS receivers, each receiver paired with and receiving signals from a corresponding GNSS antenna, wherein the GNSS antennas are separated by an ultra-short baseline. The heading determination system receives signals broadcast by a plurality of GNSS satellites and calculates the phase difference in the signal seen among the separate GNSS antennas. Using this phase difference information, derived from comparing the signals received from a plurality of GNSS satellites, along with attitude data generated by the IMU, the heading determination system calculates a highly-accurate heading solution. A method is provided for determining a heading of a system including an IMU coupled with at least two GNSS receivers, with each receiver being paired with and receiving signals from a corresponding GNSS antenna and the antennas being separated by an ultra-short baseline.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110068975A1 GNSS ULTRA-SHORT BASELINE HEADING DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2011-03-24
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