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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:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2014
Applicants:

Michael S. Larsen, Woodland Hills, CA (US);

Michael D. Bulatowicz, Canoga Park, CA (US);

A. Douglas Meyer, Woodland Hills, CA (US);

Dennis P. Bevan, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael S. Larsen, Woodland Hills, CA (US);

Michael D. Bulatowicz, Canoga Park, CA (US);

A. Douglas Meyer, Woodland Hills, CA (US);

Dennis P. Bevan, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Assignee:

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 7/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/18 (2006.01); G01P 15/105 (2006.01); G01P 15/14 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01C 21/08 (2006.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/18 (2013.01); G01C 21/08 (2013.01); G01C 21/165 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01P 15/105 (2013.01); G01P 15/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

One example includes an inertial navigation system (INS). The INS includes a navigation controller configured to generate inertial data associated with motion of a vehicle based on at least one navigation sensor configured on the vehicle and based on magnetic anomaly data. The INS also includes a magnetic anomaly INS-aiding system comprising a plurality of magnetometers distributed in a respective plurality of locations on the vehicle. The magnetic anomaly INS-aiding system can be configured to generate the magnetic anomaly data based on magnetic field measurements of a fixed magnetic anomaly at each of the plurality of magnetometers.


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