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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2010
Applicant:
Toan VU, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Toan Vu, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G01C 17/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetic compass comprising a magnetometer for taking readings of a magnetic field and a processing unit that calibrates the magnetic compass is provided. The processing unit is configured to validate a predetermined number of magnetic field samples and calculate calibration coefficients from the validated magnetic field samples. Each validated magnetic field sample is at least a minimum separation angle apart from every other validated magnetic field sample.