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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Lawrence William Stimac, Caledonia, MI (US);
Michael Steven Feldmann, Rockford, MI (US);
Frank Saggio, Iii, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Douglas Robert Nichols, Kentwood, MI (US);
Lawrence William Stimac, Caledonia, MI (US);
Michael Steven Feldmann, Rockford, MI (US);
Frank Saggio, III, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Douglas Robert Nichols, Kentwood, MI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of providing a relative navigation system by projecting into space from a first object a grid that is repeatedly detected from a second object having a second relative reference frame associated with a second origin point on the second object and using range and attitude between the objects to adjust the attitude or range of at least one of the first and second objects.