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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2002
Gan-tai Tseng, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Philip Roger Dahl, Encino, CA (US);
Shih-chieh Leung, Cerritos, CA (US);
James Chun-hsiang Liau, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Jo-lien Yang, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Michael Shigeru Yonezaki, Torrance, CA (US);
Gan-Tai Tseng, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Philip Roger Dahl, Encino, CA (US);
Shih-Chieh Leung, Cerritos, CA (US);
James Chun-Hsiang Liau, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Jo-Lien Yang, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Michael Shigeru Yonezaki, Torrance, CA (US);
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for determining three-axis attitude from line-of-sight (LOS) solutions for two or more GPS satellites uses intersections of null cone patterns and LOS vectors to the GPS satellites. In a preferred embodiment, a unified GPS-based sensor also provides navigation information.