Image-augmented inertial navigation system (iains) and method
CA 2569209 C · Owner: Athena Technologies, Inc. · Inventors: Vos, David William; Gallet, Bart Marcel Odiel; Gavrilets, Vladislav
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An image-augmented inertial navigation system (LAWS) mounted on a vehicle (10) includes an inertial navigation system (INS) configured to estimate a navigation state vector and an imager (12) configured to output pixel signals associated with terrain features passing through a field of view (x y, z) of , the imager. The system (IAINS) further includes a processing unit operatively connected to the inertial navigation system (INS) and the imager (12). The processing unit is configured to sense a distance from the imager to a centroid of one or more of the terrain features passing though a field of view of the imager for a given image frame associated with the feature pixel signals. …
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- Filed June 2, 2005 and granted July 29, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 2, 2025.
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