Inertial navigation responsive to temporary loss of satellite signal

    公开(公告)号:US11194055B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16990956

    申请日:2020-08-11

    摘要: A method of receiving and decoding non-legacy GNSS signals and re-transmitting these in real-time as legacy GPS (L1-C/A) signals decoding into standard PVT/PNT information then re-encoding using a real-time GPS simulator as legacy GPS code signals, and outputting as a legacy GPS antenna signal. A navigational apparatus for performing the method may further include an Inertial Measurement Unit, Inertial Navigation System (IMU/INS) module and oscillator coupled to the GPS simulator for providing an inertial location signal supplementing the GNSS signal to the GPS simulator, wherein the GPS simulator encodes the RF simulated GPS signal based at least in part on the inertial location signal for a period when at least one of the GNSS signal or the PVT/PNT signal is not available.

    Method and apparatus to retrofit legacy global positioning satellite (GPS) and other global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers

    公开(公告)号:US10809384B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-20

    申请号:US15429156

    申请日:2017-02-09

    摘要: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of receiving and decoding military L2 or L1 P(Y) or M-Code signals and re-transmitting these in real-time as legacy L1-C/A signals. The decoding process of the P(Y) or M-code is done through the programming by the user of secret keys into an embodiment of this invention. These military code signals are then decoded into standard PVT/PNT information which are typically transmitted on an industry standard serial port and format, which are then re-encoded using a real-time GPS simulator sub-system as legacy L1-C/A code signals, and transmitted to the output of the embodiment of this invention as a standard antenna signal. This output signal could be made compatible with any commercial L1-C/A code GPS receiver, and may thus be decoded by the GPS receiver as if the signals had been received directly from the Satellites. In one application of this embodiment of this present invention the legacy GPS receiver does not know the difference and cannot differentiate between signals generated by this embodiment of the present invention versus true GPS satellite signals received by a real GPS antenna. This embodiment of the present invention allows efficient replacement of legacy GPS antennae without having to change any of the system, setup, cabling, or programming of the legacy GPS receiver system. Another embodiment of this present invention may receive Glonass, BeiDou, or Galileo signals, and output legacy GPS signals to allow a glueless retrofit of legacy GPS receivers to Glonass, BeiDou, or Galileo compatibility.

    Method and Apparatus to Improve Performance of GPSDO's and other Oscillators
    4.
    发明申请
    Method and Apparatus to Improve Performance of GPSDO's and other Oscillators 审中-公开
    提高GPSDO和其他振荡器性能的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20140125418A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-08

    申请号:US13714737

    申请日:2012-12-14

    IPC分类号: H03L7/00

    摘要: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of correcting the frequency of a crystal oscillator. The method includes establishing an operating baseline for the crystal oscillator using a frequency reference, storing information in memory, and adjusting the frequency according to the information. The information corresponds to the operating baseline. Adjusting the frequency occurs in response to a power-on event and the absence of the frequency reference.

    摘要翻译: 在一个实施例中,本发明包括校正晶体振荡器的频率的方法。 该方法包括使用频率参考建立晶体振荡器的操作基线,将信息存储在存储器中,并根据信息调整频率。 信息对应于操作基线。 响应于上电事件和频率参考的不在而调整频率。

    Inertial navigation responsive to temporary loss of satellite signal

    公开(公告)号:US20210041576A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US16990956

    申请日:2020-08-11

    摘要: A method of receiving and decoding non-legacy GNSS signals and re-transmitting these in real-time as legacy GPS (L1-C/A) signals decoding into standard PVT/PNT information then re-encoding using a real-time GPS simulator as legacy GPS code signals, and outputting as a legacy GPS antenna signal. A navigational apparatus for performing the method may further include an Inertial Measurement Unit, Inertial Navigation System (IMU/INS) module and oscillator coupled to the GPS simulator for providing an inertial location signal supplementing the GNSS signal to the GPS simulator, wherein the GPS simulator encodes the RF simulated GPS signal based at least in part on the inertial location signal for a period when at least one of the GNSS signal or the PVT/PNT signal is not available.