Position and velocity estimation system for adaptive weighting of GPS and dead-reckoning information

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PATENT NO 5416712
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08068983

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An embodiment of the present invention is a combined GPS and dead-reckoning (DR) navigation sensor for a vehicle in which a pair of modifications are made to an otherwise conventional Kalman filter. Process noise is adapted to cope with scale factor errors associated with odometer and turning rate sensors, and correlated measurement error processing is added. When only two Doppler measurements (PRRs), or three with an awkward three-satellite geometry, are available, DR error growth can nevertheless be controlled. The measurement error correlations in the conventional Kalman filter covariance propagation and update equations are explicitly accounted for. Errors induced by selective availability periods are minimized by these two modifications.

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TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED935 STEWART DRIVE PO BOX 3642 SUNNYVALE CA 94088-3642

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Geier, George J Santa Clara, CA 25 2304
Heshmati, Ardalan Campbell, CA 41 1041
Johnson, Kelly G Milpitas, CA 3 488
McLain, Patricia W Sunnyvale, CA 1 447

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