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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Mark D. Chapman, Central City, IA (US);
John S. Hamilton, Vinton, IA (US);
Dalayr W. Hight, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Inventors:
Mark D. Chapman, Central City, IA (US);
John S. Hamilton, Vinton, IA (US);
Dalayr W. Hight, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/30 (2006.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01S 19/48 (2010.01); G01S 13/93 (2006.01); G01S 19/05 (2010.01); G01S 19/45 (2010.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); G01S 13/08 (2006.01); G01S 19/14 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/30 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G01S 13/08 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01); G01S 19/05 (2013.01); G01S 19/14 (2013.01); G01S 19/45 (2013.01); G01S 19/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), comprising an improved Geometric Dilution of Precision (GDOP) calculation, a reduced set of feature landmarks, the use of Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) to detect measurement motion, and the use of one-time use features and absolute reference landmarks.