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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10935670 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2018

Navigation system for gps denied environments

Applicants:

Stephen Parker Sandford, Yorktown, VA (US);

Diego Fernando Pierrottet, Poquoson, VA (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Parker Sandford, Yorktown, VA (US);

Diego Fernando Pierrottet, Poquoson, VA (US);

Assignee:

Psionic, LLC, Hampton, VA (US);

Attorney:

Thomas Nello Giaccherini

Primary Examiner:

Luke D Ratcliffe

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/48 (2010.01); G01S 17/58 (2006.01); G01S 1/24 (2006.01); G01S 15/58 (2006.01); G01C 21/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/12 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2020.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01S 15/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/34 (2020.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/48 (2013.01); G01C 21/025 (2013.01); G01C 21/12 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01S 1/24 (2013.01); G01S 15/58 (2013.01); G01S 15/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/34 (2020.01); G01S 17/58 (2013.01); G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/93 (2013.01); G01C 21/165 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for providing self-contained guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) functions for a vehicle moving through an environment on or near the ground, in the air or in space without externally provided information are disclosed. More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention includes a Heading Sensor (), an Absolute Location Sensor (), a timer (), a Range Doppler Processor (), a Navigation Reference Sensor (), an Area Range and a Velocity Sensor () which provide enhanced navigation information about a universal reference frame () and one or more targets ().

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