G - Physics – 01 – S
Patent
G - Physics
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S
G01S 5/14 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2070116
ABSTRACT An embodiment of the present invention is a shipboard GPS positioning system having data links to outlying tailbuoys equipped with respective GPS receivers. On ship, an Intel 386-based microcomputer system collects data from various ship's equipment including the ships's GPS receiver and data from the several tailbuoy units. A computer- implemented process located in the microcomputer system controls the following processes. Periodically each GPS receiver produced updated pseudo ranges (PRs) and these are time-tagged. The time-tagged PRs for the ship are aligned according to their time tags with their counterpart PRs from the tailbuoys. The raw PRs are then passed through a Kalman mathematical filter to produce filtered pseudo- ranges (??s). A position solution is then attempted for each GPS receiver using the ??s. The filters provide statistical data that is used to rate the quality of each ?? in a weighted least squares solution process. Special measures are included to provide quality control/quality assurance, including the use of error ellipses on the display, to present a graphic indication of expected solution accuracy, and the use of real time fault detection, isolation, and correction algorithms when redundant satellite information is available.
Smart & Biggar
Trimble Navigation Limited
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