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Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2021
Applicant:

Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);

Inventors:

Robert D. Frey, Jr., Bolton, MA (US);

Austin J. Dionne, Chester, NH (US);

Michael N. Mercier, Nashua, NH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/18 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/18 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01C 23/00 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An alignment system for sensor or other electrical device filters rate data from gyroscopes and integrates the same to determine an alignment error state that is populated into a direction cosine matrix that pre-rotates measurement from a first electrical device into an estimated coordinate frame to determine a static alignment between first and second electrical devices or sensors. The system may be part of a countermeasure system on an aircraft. A first electrical device may be an inertial navigation system (INS), and a second electrical device may be an inertial measurement unit (IMU). The attitude of the IMU is used to translate the detected threats from the countermeasure system into a common reference frame of the INS.


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