Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device system and method for determining the relative orientation between two different locations
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Application No.: US15561473Application Date: 2016-03-17
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Publication No.: US10036799B2Publication Date: 2018-07-31
- Inventor: Lior Avitan , Mark Gandelsman , Eugene Gurovich , Yoav Ophir
- Applicant: ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.
- Applicant Address: IL Haifa
- Assignee: ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.
- Current Assignee: ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Haifa
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Priority: IL237971 20150326
- International Application: PCT/IL2016/050292 WO 20160317
- International Announcement: WO2016/151575 WO 20160929
- Main IPC: G01S5/16
- IPC: G01S5/16 ; G01P21/00 ; G01C25/00 ; F41G3/32 ; G01B11/27

Abstract:
A device for determining relative orientation between two locations including an imager, an inertial-orientation-sensor firmly attached to the imager for determining information relating to the orientation thereof and which exhibits drift and a processor coupled with the imager and with the inertial-orientation-sensor. The processor determines a first orientation-measurement and first time-tag when the device is oriented with a first-orientation-indicator located at a first location. The processor determines a second-orientation-measurement and second time-tag when the device is oriented with a second-orientation-indicator located at a second location. The processor determines a third-orientation-measurement and third time-tag when the device is oriented again with the first-orientation-indicator. The processor determines the drift associated the inertial-orientation-sensor according to difference between the first-orientation-measurement and the third-orientation-measurement the respective time-tags associated therewith. The processor determines an angle-difference between the first-orientation-indicator and the second-orientation-indicator according to the first-orientation-measurement and the second-orientation-measurement, the first and second time-tags and the drift.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180059212A1 DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RELATIVE ORIENTATION BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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