Method for passively determining the relative position of a moving

Abstract

A method for passive relative ranging between a position of a moving observer and a stationary remote object includes measuring a plurality of angles at the observer's position to the object from a reference direction at selected or arbitrary time intervals. From the measured angles, calculating the current relative location of the observer with respect to the object, using a non-recursive least square technique employing a Moore-Penrose pseudo-matrix-inverse. The technique is carried out in a general or special purpose digital computer by a program using a predetermined number of variables in which products derived from the measured angles are accumulated, without growth in the number or complexity of calculations with an increasing number of measured angles.