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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Jan Wendel, Munich, DE;
Jan Wendel, Munich, DE;
Astrium GmbH, Taufkirchen, DE;
Abstract
A method for platform relative navigation using range measurements involves four or more transmitters of positioning signals located on and/or near a platform of a first object and a second object approaching the platform that includes three or more receivers for receiving the positioning signals. For each received positioning signal, a range measurement between the transmitter of the positioning signal and the receiver of the positioning signal is performed. The relative position and relative attitude of a body frame of the second object is estimated with regard to the first object by processing the range measurements with a state space estimation algorithm implementing a model of the system of the first and second object.