POSE CALIBRATION METHOD FOR AEROSPACE MAGNETOMETER

    公开(公告)号:US20240328824A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18434835

    申请日:2024-02-07

    IPC分类号: G01C25/00 G01C21/08

    CPC分类号: G01C25/00 G01C21/08

    摘要: A pose calibration method for an aerospace magnetometer includes the following steps: mounting a magnetometer and a camera on a vehicle body; in the ground state, completely expanding a stretching rod mounted on the vehicle body, and taking photos from multiple angles by the camera in the Earth's full gravity mode; in the near-moon gravity mode, taking photos from multiple angles by the camera; comparing the photos in the Earth's full gravity mode and the near-moon gravity mode to obtain a reference database; and repeating S2 and S3 in an on-orbit state, and comparing the photographing result with the reference database to obtain a length and an angle of the stretching rod. According to the pose calibration method, the photographed structure in the on-orbit state is compared with the reference database to obtain the length and the angle of the stretching rod.

    Inertial reference unit and system with enhanced integrity and associated integrity-checking methods

    公开(公告)号:US12098922B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US17600573

    申请日:2020-04-03

    申请人: THALES

    IPC分类号: G01C21/00 G01C21/16 G01C25/00

    CPC分类号: G01C21/165 G01C25/00

    摘要: An inertial reference unit includes a first measurement channel that includes a first high-performance inertial measurement unit for measuring specific forces and angular velocities, a first computing unit able to compute pure inertial data based on the measurements of the first measurement unit; a second measurement channel that includes a second inertial measurement unit of performance lower than the first inertial measurement unit for measuring specific forces and angular velocities; a second computing unit able to compute pure inertial data based on the measurements of the second measurement unit; an integrity check function able to implement a method for checking the integrity of the data of the first measurement channel based and the second measurement channel; and a synchronization device for synchronizing the measurements.

    System and a method for analyzing the motions of a mechanical structure

    公开(公告)号:US12085485B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US18573611

    申请日:2022-05-23

    IPC分类号: G01M7/02 G01C25/00

    CPC分类号: G01M7/025 G01C25/005

    摘要: A system and a method for analyzing the motions of a mechanical structure. The System includes (a) accelerometers provided as standard accelerometers to measurement-points of the mechanical structure, (b) at least three accelerometers provided as reference accelerometers to measurement-points of the mechanical structure, (c) at least one shaker being attached to the mechanical structure for moving the structure periodically within a first frequency range, and at least one data processing system being configured to: (d) receiving measurements from the accelerometers at the measurement-points when periodically moving the structure within the first frequency range by the at least one shaker. To provide accurate and quick calibration the at least one data processing system is further configured to calibrate the accelerometers' positions and orientations by the following steps: (e) determining from the measurements of the at least three reference accelerometers rigid body motions, (f) determining positions and orientations of reference accelerometers from the rigid body motions, and (g) determining positions and orientations of standard accelerometers from the rigid body motions.

    Device orientation calibration system

    公开(公告)号:US12066301B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-20

    申请号:US17934797

    申请日:2022-09-23

    申请人: Samsara Inc.

    IPC分类号: G01C25/00 G01C21/16

    CPC分类号: G01C25/005 G01C21/16

    摘要: A device orientation calibration system to perform operations that include: accessing inertial measurement unit (IMU) data generated by an IMU mounted upon an object that corresponds with a first reference frame, the IMU data indicating a second reference frame that comprises a Z-axis, a Y-axis, and an X-axis; performing a calibration of the IMU data to align the second reference frame of the IMU with the first reference frame of the object, the performing the calibration comprising: determining a gravitational vector based on a first portion of the IMU data; applying a first rotation to the IMU data to align the Z-axis of the second reference frame with the gravitational vector; determining a forward motion vector based on a second portion of the IMU data; and applying a second rotation to the IMU data to align the X-axis of the second reference frame with the forward motion vector.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN ALTITUDE OF A WIRELESS STATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240230328A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18049075

    申请日:2022-10-24

    IPC分类号: G01C5/06 G01C25/00

    CPC分类号: G01C5/06 G01C25/00

    摘要: A device may receive small cell data associated with a small cell, wherein the small cell data includes small cell location data and a small cell barometric pressure reading. The device may identify a calibration user device connected to the small cell and may receive, from the calibration user device, a user device barometric pressure reading. The device may calibrate, based on the user device barometric pressure reading, the small cell barometric pressure reading to obtain a calibrated small cell barometric pressure reading. The device may identify a reference weather station and may receive, from the reference weather station, weather station data, wherein the weather station data includes a weather station barometric pressure reading, and a weather station altitude that indicates an altitude of the reference weather station. The device may determine a small cell altitude based on the calibrated small cell barometric pressure reading and the weather station data.

    NON-CONTACT PROBE
    8.
    发明公开
    NON-CONTACT PROBE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240230327A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18403224

    申请日:2024-01-03

    IPC分类号: G01C3/02 G01C25/00

    CPC分类号: G01C3/02 G01C25/00

    摘要: A non-contact probe includes: a light irradiating section that scans a measurement target object with spot-like laser beam; an image-capturing section that captures an image of the laser beam reflected by the measurement target object by using a plurality of pixel columns selected from a light-reception surface including a plurality of pixel columns, and generates a captured image; a position sensing section that senses an image-formation position of the laser beam on the captured image; and a pixel column changing section that selects a different plurality of pixel columns such that the image-formation position is included in the selected plurality of pixel columns.

    MEMS MOTION SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING

    公开(公告)号:US20240210174A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18393460

    申请日:2023-12-21

    摘要: A MEMS motion sensor and its manufacturing method are provided. The sensor includes a MEMS wafer including a proof mass and flexible springs suspending the proof mass and enabling the proof mass to move relative to an outer frame along mutually orthogonal x, y and z axes. The sensor includes top and bottom cap wafers including top and bottom cap electrodes forming capacitors with the proof mass, the electrodes being configured to detect a motion of the proof mass. Electrical contacts are provided on the top cap wafer, some of which are connected to the respective top cap electrodes, while others are connected to the respective bottom cap electrodes by way of insulated conducting pathways, extending along the z axis from one of the respective bottom cap electrodes and upward successively through the bottom cap wafer, the outer frame of the MEMS wafer and the top cap wafer.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING IMAGE CAPTURING MODULES

    公开(公告)号:US20240193814A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18444938

    申请日:2024-02-19

    IPC分类号: G06T7/80 G01C25/00 G06T7/00

    摘要: In one embodiment, a method includes capturing, by a camera of an image capturing module, a first image of a target. The image capturing module and a drum are attached to a fixture and the target is attached to the drum. The method also includes determining a number of lateral pixels in a lateral pitch distance of the image of the target, determining a lateral object pixel size based on the number of lateral pixels, and determining a drum encoder rate based on the lateral object pixel size. The drum encoder rate is programmed into a drum encoder. The method further includes capturing, by the camera, a second image of the target while the target is rotated about an axis of the drum, determining a number of longitudinal pixels in a longitudinal pitch distance of the second image, and comparing the number of lateral pixels to the number of longitudinal pixels.