Uti Limited Partnership

Profound Positioning Inc.

Adel Moussa

Naser El-Sheimy

Walid Abdelfatah

Shady Zahran

Mohamed Elsheikh

Mohamed Moussa

Mostafa Sakr

Jean-Pierre Sommadossi

A vehicle localization system and method includes acquiring, from a first sensor, first data indicative of a first navigation state of a vehicle; acquiring, from a second sensor, second data indicative of an environment in the vicinity of the vehicle; generating, using a processor communicatively coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor, a second navigation state based on matching the second data to a known map of the environment; and, generating, using the processor, a current navigation state based on the first navigation state and the second navigation state.

Vehicle localization system and method

Systems and methods for use in determining a device's speed. The system uses a plate having a front side that is perpendicular to the device's direction of travel. The airflow caused by the device's motion causes the plate to deflect from a resting position and the amount of deflection of the plate is proportional to the speed of the device. The amount of deflection is measured by a rotary encoder coupled to the plate. By properly calibrating the system, the system can determine the device's velocity simply from the airflow caused by the device's motion.

System and method for determining airspeed

Systems and methods for use in aiding an inertial navigation system during a GNSS signal outage. An ultrasonic transceiver is positioned adjacent a wheel of a vehicle and reflections of the emitted signal are used to determine changes of direction and/or to determine a distance traveled by the vehicle. For changes of direction, the transceiver is adjacent to a front wheel such that left or right turns cause the wheel to interrupt a signal path from the transceiver to a reflector. For distance estimates, the transceiver is adjacent a back wheel of the vehicle. The ultrasonic signal is reflected off of solid sections of the wheel or passes through void sections of the wheel. The measurements obtained can be processed in various ways to estimate number of rotations of the wheel and, accordingly, the distance traveled by the vehicle.

Sensor placement and methods for aiding navigation during GNSS signal outage

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