Honeywell International Inc.

Honeywell G.m.b.h.

Jeffrey R Ring

Scott I Snyder

Craig P Allen

Reinhold Matulenko

A navigation system comprises a global positioning satellite receiver to receive at least one global positioning satellite signal and to output global positioning satellite information. The navigation system further comprises a programmable processor, communicatively coupled to the global positioning satellite receiver, to execute software. The navigation system further comprises a clock, communicatively to the programmable processor, to output processor clock information. The software estimates an amount of drift in the processor clock information using the GPS information and adjusts the processor clock information for the amount of drift in order to generate adjusted processor clock information. The software generates a navigation solution as a function of at least the global positioning satellite information and the adjusted processor clock information.

Adjusting processor clock information using a clock drift estimate

A navigation system that provides a position estimate. In one embodiment, a method includes integrating an acceleration estimate in each of three dimensions. Subtracting a GPS velocity in each of the dimensions from the integrated acceleration estimate in each dimension to determine a velocity noise error in each dimension. Filtering the velocity noise error in each dimension. Adding the filtered velocity noise error to the integrated acceleration estimate in each dimension to obtain a velocity estimate in each dimension. Integrating the velocity estimate in each dimension to determine an integrated velocity estimate in each dimension. Subtracting a GPS position in each dimension from the integrated velocity estimate in each dimension to determine a position noise error in each dimension. Filtering the position noise error in each dimension and adding the filtered position noise error in each dimension to the integrated velocity estimate to obtain a position estimate in each dimension.

Navigation system with minimal on-board processing

By using the GPS satellite transmitted signals that are tracked on a satellite and those that should be tracked but are not due to the attitude of the satellite and rotating the satellite, two estimations of satellite attitude are made that are used to change the satellite attitude so that all the GPS signals are tracked.

Satellite attitude adjustment for GPS initialization

The attitude (yaw, pitch and roll) of a home satellite is determined using position signals, derived from a GPS receiver on the home satellite and GPS receiver on other satellites, that are transmitted between the home satellite and the other satellites by an intersatellite communications link using gimbaled transceivers on the satellites. The home satellite determines its attitude from the gimbal elevation and azimuth and the position vectors between the satellites.

Satellite attitude determination using GPS and intersatellite line of

An improved electromechanical actuator controller or system, counteracting the control stability degradation caused by motor interaction with the load dynamics (actuator compliance), having decreased sensor noise sensitivity responses and minimal compensation implementation requirements. The controller includes a motor rate sensor and an actuator position sensor, whose signal outputs are combined in a complimentary filter to blend the dissimilar sensor signals to achieve the desired control signal. The complementary filter time constant is chosen to result in a stabilizing quadratic phase lead which allows the controller bandwidth to be increased to provide the desired faster electromechanical actuator controller time responses.

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Palm Harbor, FL, United States of America

Jeffrey R Ring