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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2010
Paul A. Miller, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Thomas Trautzsch, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Paul A. Miller, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Thomas Trautzsch, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
MSA Technology, LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
An initialization system for a personal navigation system associated with a user, including: a first reference point arrangement configured for communication with the personal navigation system of the user and to facilitate the generation of a first user data set including horizontal position and azimuth angle (x, y, θ); a second reference point arrangement configured for communication with the personal navigation system of the user and to facilitate the generation of a second user data set including horizontal position and azimuth angle (x, y, θ); and at least one control device configured to determine a common coordinate system based at least in part upon the first user data set and the second user data set. An initialization process and arrangement are also disclosed.