System and method for determining an operating point
Patent 5877723 Issued on March 2, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: March 5, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
342/357.14, Combined with secondary navigation system (i.e., LORAN, gyroscope, inertial, dead reckoning, etc.)701/216Having an self-contained position computing means (e.g., dead reckoning)
System and method for determining an operating point of a mobile machine. The invention receives GPS information from a GPS and INU information from an inertial navigational unit. A plurality of error states are modeled. The operating point of the mobile machine is determined as a function of the error states and the GPS and INU information.
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