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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Choiniere, Merrimack, NH (US);
Brian F. O'Donnell, Nashua, NH (US);
Assignee:
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for maintaining north comprising the steps of locating north with a north finding gyroscope, tying north to a feature in a scene, correlating the feature to a target in the field of regard of a plurality of cameras, and determining a north factor and translating the north factor into a target vector relative to north.