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Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2021
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Rongsheng Li, Corona, CA (US);

Chang J. Yoo, Long Beach, CA (US);

Tung-Ching Tsao, Torrance, CA (US);

Andrey Tolstov, Anaheim, CA (US);

Cody L. Gruebele, Corona, CA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Sensor data fusion systems that provide noise reduction and fault protection. The sensor data fusion system fuses data acquired by respective accelerometers having different attributes. For example, one accelerometer has low noise and high bias, while another accelerometer has high noise and low bias when measuring specific force. The high-noise, low-bias accelerometer may be a gravimeter. Gravimeters and traditional accelerometers measure the same physical variable, i.e., specific force. By combining an expensive gravimeter and low-cost accelerometers, a synthetic sensor having both low noise and low bias may be achieved. Such synthetic sensors may be utilized in a gravity anomaly-referenced navigation system to achieve improved navigation performance.


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