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Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2015
Applicant:

Vectronix Ag, Heerbrugg, CH;

Inventors:

Holger Kirschner, Widnau, CH;

Silvio Gnepf, Heerbrugg, CH;

Assignee:

Safran Vectronix AG, Heerbrugg, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 17/38 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01C 17/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2013.01); G01C 17/02 (2013.01); G01C 17/38 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a handheld observation device including a digital magnetic compass for measuring a magnetic field direction of a magnetic field present, a gravitation sensor for measuring a gravitational field direction of a gravitational field present, and a control and evaluation unit configured for determining an externally referenced orientation of the observation device depending on a measured magnetic field direction and a measured gravitational field direction and with application of an algorithmic disturbance suppression, for which compensation parameters are stored. The observation device can also include a video tracking system () for recording an image sequence and for deriving orientation changes of the observation device.


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