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公开(公告)号:US10246988B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-02
申请号:US15279390
申请日:2016-09-28
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Shuoqin Wang , Logan D. Sorenson , Hung Nguyen , David Chang
IPC: E21B7/04 , G01C21/16 , E21B47/022 , E21B47/024
Abstract: Described is a system for position estimation. A set of raw sensor outputs are acquired from a sensor of a platform. The set of raw sensor outputs are stored in non-transitory memory. A set of optimized sensor measurements is generated by deducing errors in the raw sensor outputs using an unconstrained optimization algorithm. The system determines a position of the platform based on the set of optimized sensor measurements.
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公开(公告)号:US10240925B1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-26
申请号:US15083190
申请日:2016-03-28
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Raviv Perahia , Jonathan Lake , Richard J. Joyce , Logan D. Sorenson
IPC: G01C19/5684 , G01C25/00
Abstract: A gyroscope includes a vibratory structure, and a control mechanism including at least a first electrode, and at least a second electrode adjacent the first electrode, wherein the vibratory structure is separated from the control mechanism by a gap, wherein to drive a vibration in the vibratory structure, the control mechanism is configured to apply an alternating electrical voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, and wherein to sense motion in the vibratory structure, the control mechanism is configured to apply a direct current voltage bias between the first electrode and the second electrode.
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公开(公告)号:US10126376B1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-13
申请号:US14997160
申请日:2016-01-15
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Hung Nguyen , Logan D. Sorenson , Raviv Perahia , David T. Chang , Joshua A. Erbland
IPC: G01R33/028 , H01L41/09 , H01L41/047
Abstract: A resonator and/or a magnetometer has a resonating structure which is naturally resonant in at least one resonant mode, the resonating structure being significantly wider at a free end thereof than it is at a fixed end thereof, the resonating structure having at least one pair of sense electrodes disposed on opposing major surfaces of the resonating structure and having a conductive path formed as a loop, the loop being disposed near or at edges of the resonating structure so that the loop follows a path which is significantly wider at the free end of the resonating structure than it is at the fixed end of the resonating structure and wherein the at least one pair of sense electrodes are formed inwardly of the edges of the resonating structure and also inwardly of the path of the loop.
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公开(公告)号:US20180238930A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-23
申请号:US15897819
申请日:2018-02-15
Applicant: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
Inventor: Hung Nguyen , David T. Chang , Raviv Perahia , Logan D. Sorenson
IPC: G01P15/18 , G01P15/14 , G01P15/105 , G01P15/08
Abstract: A microelectromechanical (MEMS) sensor suite including a three axis accelerometer including an accelerometer sensor polyhedron having a series of faces, and a series of axial accelerometers on three faces of the series of faces of the accelerometer sensor polyhedron. The MEMS sensor suite also includes a three axis magnetometer including a magnetometer sensor polyhedron having a series of faces, and a series of axial magnetometers on three faces of the series of faces of the magnetometer sensor polyhedron.
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公开(公告)号:US09977097B1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-22
申请号:US14628182
申请日:2015-02-20
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Hung Nguyen , Logan D. Sorenson , David T. Chang , Raviv Perahia , Deborah J. Kirby , Richard J. Joyce
IPC: G01R33/028
CPC classification number: G01R33/0283 , G01R33/0286
Abstract: A magnetometer has a resonating structure which is naturally resonant in at least first and second resonant modes, a resonant frequency of the second mode being at least an order of magnitude greater than a resonant frequency of the first mode, the resonating structure having two sense electrodes disposed on opposing major surfaces of the resonating structure and having a conductive path formed as a loop, the loop being disposed near or at edges of the resonating structure and the two sense electrodes being formed inwardly of the edges of the resonating structure and also inwardly of said loop. First and second oscillators are provided, the first oscillator being coupled to the loop for applying an oscillating current to the loop, the oscillating current having a frequency essentially equal to the resonant frequency of the first mode of the resonating structure, the second oscillator being coupled to said sense electrodes, the second oscillator oscillating with a fundamental frequency corresponding to the resonant frequency of the second mode of the resonating structure, the second oscillator also producing sidebands indicative of the magnetometer sensing an external magnetic field.
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公开(公告)号:US20170314384A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-02
申请号:US15279390
申请日:2016-09-28
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Shuoqin Wang , Logan D. Sorenson , Hung Nguyen , David Chang
IPC: E21B47/024 , G01C21/16 , E21B7/04
CPC classification number: E21B47/024 , E21B7/04 , E21B47/022 , G01C21/16
Abstract: Described is a system for position estimation. A set of raw sensor outputs are acquired from a sensor of a platform. The set of raw sensor outputs are stored in non-transitory memory. A set of optimized sensor measurements is generated by deducing errors in the raw sensor outputs using an unconstrained optimization algorithm. The system determines a position of the platform based on the set of optimized sensor measurements.
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公开(公告)号:US11244667B1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-08
申请号:US16258439
申请日:2019-01-25
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Raviv Perahia , Jeremy Bregman , Amit M. Patel , Sean M. Meenehan , Lian X. Huang , Logan D. Sorenson
Abstract: A curved phononic waveguide. In some embodiments, the curved phononic waveguide includes a sheet including a plurality of standard reflectors and a plurality of divergent reflectors. Each of the standard reflectors is associated with a respective grid point of a grid defined by a plurality of intersecting lines, each grid point being a respective intersection of two of a plurality of intersecting lines, the grid being locally periodic to within 5%, and having a local grid spacing. Each of the standard reflectors has a center separated from the respective grid point of the standard reflector by at most 1% of the grid spacing. The divergent reflectors define a waveguide among the standard reflectors, each of the divergent reflectors being an absent reflector or a reflector that is smaller than one of the standard reflectors.
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公开(公告)号:US11100914B1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-24
申请号:US16258271
申请日:2019-01-25
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Raviv Perahia , Jeremy Bregman , Amit M. Patel , Sean M. Meenehan , Logan D. Sorenson , Lian X. Huang
Abstract: A phononic coupler. In some embodiments, the phononic coupler includes a sheet, including a plurality of standard reflectors, and a plurality of divergent reflectors. The divergent reflectors define, among the standard reflectors, a first waveguide, and a second waveguide. The coupler has a first port, at a first end of the coupler, a second port, at the first end of the coupler, and a third port, at a second end of the coupler. The first waveguide has a first end at the first port. The second waveguide has a first end at the second port, and a second end at the third port. The coupler is configured to couple longitudinal sound waves to both the first port and the second port.
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公开(公告)号:US10775748B1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-15
申请号:US16720139
申请日:2019-12-19
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Christopher S. Roper , Adam F. Gross , Matthew T. Rakher , Logan D. Sorenson , John J. Vajo , Jason A. Graetz , Russell Mott , Danny Kim
Abstract: Some variations provide an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal vapor cell with a solid ionic conductor and intercalable-compound electrodes. The intercalable-compound electrodes are used as efficient sources and/or as sinks for alkali metal or alkaline earth metal atoms, thus enabling electrical control over metal atom content in the vapor cell. Some variations provide a vapor-cell system comprising: a vapor-cell region configured to allow a vapor-cell optical path into a vapor-cell vapor phase; a first electrode; a second electrode electrically isolated from the first electrode, wherein the second electrode contains an intercalable compound intercalated by an element selected from Rb, Cs, Na, K, or Sr; and an ion-conducting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The ion-conducting layer is ionically conductive for at least one ionic species selected from Rb+, Cs+, Na+, K+, or Sr2+. The intercalable compound is preferably a carbonaceous material, such as graphite.
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公开(公告)号:US10718198B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-21
申请号:US15823489
申请日:2017-11-27
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Logan D. Sorenson , Shuoqin Wang , David L. Walter , Adour V. Kabakian , Keerti S. Kona , Hung Nguyen , Raviv Perahia , David Chang
Abstract: Described is a system for estimating a trajectory of a borehole. The system processes signals of sensor streams obtained from an inertial sensor system. Using the set of processed signals, the system determines whether a drill is in a survey mode state or a continuous mode state, and a measured depth of the borehole is determined. A set of survey mode positioning algorithms is applied when the drill is stationary. A set of continuous mode navigation algorithms is applied when the drill is non-stationary. Using at least one Kalman filter, results of the set of survey mode positioning algorithms and the set of continuous mode navigation algorithms are combined. An estimate of a borehole trajectory and corresponding ellipse of uncertainty (EOU) is generated using the combined results.
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