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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.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kim A Class, Blaine, MN (US);
Randolph G Hartman, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ; G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
342357 ; 455 121 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for predicting the position error bound in a satellite positioning system at a future time. The future position of each satellite at the future time is predicted from the trajectory data obtained from each satellite. The predicted position for each satellite and the estimated position of the satellite positioning system receiver is then used to generate a line of sight matrix at a future time, from which a position error bound value determined.