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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:
Oct. 13, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2012
Applicants:

Yunqian MA, Plymouth, MN (US);

Michael Ray Elgersma, Plymouth, MN (US);

Inventors:

Yunqian Ma, Plymouth, MN (US);

Michael Ray Elgersma, Plymouth, MN (US);

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/005 (2013.01); G01S 5/0252 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system is provided for correlating evidence grids. In certain embodiments, the system includes a sensor that generates signals describing a current section of an environment; a memory configured to store measurements of historical sections of the environment; and a processor coupled to the sensor and configured to calculate navigation parameters based on signals received from the sensor. Further, the processor converts the signals received from the sensor into a current evidence grid and removes data from the current evidence grid to form a reduced evidence grid; converts the measurements of historical sections into a historical evidence grid; and correlates the reduced evidence grid with the historical evidence grid by adjusting position and orientation of the reduced evidence grid and the historical evidence grid in relation to one another and calculating correlative values, and searching for a highest correlative value.


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