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Coprocessor system and method
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Inventors: Schmalenberger, Russell M.; Wyman, Jeffrey L.;
Assignee: United States of America (Washington, DC)
Primary Examiner: Tarcza; Thomas H.
Assistant Examiner: Swann; Tod
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wohlfarth; Robert M., Tarlano; John P.
An improvement in a coprocessor system for correcting for drifts in directions of navigation gyros, by means of satellite navigation information from global positioning satellites. Values of gyro navigation information from the gyros are interpolated to values that are valid at a cycle time. A cycle time is a time when the satellite navigation information is valid. The interpolated gyro navigation information is coprocessed with the satellite navigation information to arrive at accurate gyro drift terms. The gyro drift terms are used in correcting for the drifts in the navigation gyros. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A coprocessor system, comprising: (a) antenna means located on a vehicle for sensing global positioning satellite signals; (b) tracker means for converting the satellite signals to satellite range information; (c) a buffer for storing the satellite range information for a period of time and releasing it; (d) a GPS processor means for processing the released satellite range information, the processed satellite range information being available at a cycle time; (e) electrostatic gyro navigation (ESGN) means located on the vehicle for sensing values of acceleration and attitude of the vehicle; (f) ESGN processor means for processing the values of acceleration and attitude into attitude, position and velocity information, the processed attitude, position and velocity information being available at times other than the cycle time; and (g) a coprocessor means having an algorithm therein, said algorithm having interpolation steps therein for interpolating the attitude, position and velocity information to values the attitude, position and velocity information would have at the cycle time and for then coprocessing the satellite range information and the interpolated attitude, position and velocity information to produce more precise position and velocity information.
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A method of coprocessing ESGN system information and global positioning system information, comprising: (a) gathering global positioning system based positioning and velocity information of a moving vehicle, on the vehicle, said global positioning system based information being available at a cycle time; (b) gathering ESGN system based attitude, position and velocity information of a moving vehicle, on the vehicle, said ESGN system based information being available at times other than the cycle time; and (c) coprocessing the global positioning system based information and the ESGN based information, on the vehicle, with the aid of an algorithm having interpolation steps therein for interpolating the ESGN system based information to values the ESGN based information would have at the cycle time and then coprocessing the global positioning system based information and the interpolated ESGN system based information in order to produce improved velocity and position information of the moving vehicle
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