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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2005
Applicants:

Quentin Ladetto, Heerbrugg, CH;

Celine Vanderstraeten, Sargans, CH;

Inventors:

Quentin Ladetto, Heerbrugg, CH;

Celine Vanderstraeten, Sargans, CH;

Assignee:

Vectronix AG, Heerbrugg, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

For an observer equipped with a first azimuth data source responsive to a magnetic field to deliver first azimuth data, such as a compass, and with a second azimuth data source delivering second azimuth data and which is independent of magnetic fields, such as a gyroscope. The azimuth is determined by: In an embodiment, the choices of azimuth data source and events such as magnetic disturbances, sensor updates, types of trajectory deduced, are stored as a history sequence over successive time windows, by analogy with a DNA sequence, and is exploited for optimizing azimuth or navigation results.


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