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Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2019
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventor:

Ian Jordan, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/08 (2006.01); G01C 17/38 (2006.01); G01R 33/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G01C 17/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/0017 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01C 17/28 (2013.01); G01C 17/38 (2013.01); G01C 21/08 (2013.01); G01R 33/0094 (2013.01); G01R 33/0206 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01);
Abstract

A digital compass with two or more multi-axis magnetometers and a processing element to determine a heading and detect any offset error in the heading is described. One electronic device includes first and second magnetometers. The second magnetometer can be disposed at least a specified distance or co-located and offset at least a specified angle from the first magnetometer. A processing device determines a magnetic field at the electronic device using a first output from the first magnetometer, detects an offset error in the magnetic field using a second output from the second magnetometer, and reports the offset error in the magnetic field.


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