Method and apparatus for improving performance of an inertial navigation system having global positioning system corrections
First Claim
1. In an inertial navigation system (INS),at an INS location, of the type having inertial sensors coupled to a navigator, the navigator having an output coupled to provide position data and to a differencing element to which a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, at a GPS location, is also coupled to provide GPS-INS position difference data that is coupled to a Kalman filter, the Kalman filter having an output from which correction position data is provided to the navigator, the improvement comprising:
- a filter coupled to receive said position difference data and provide filtered position difference data; and
means for adding said filtered position difference data to said navigator position data, to provide navigator corrected position data.
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Abstract
Performance of an inertial navigation system (INS) corrected with GPS position data is enhanced with the addition of a filter that smooths the GPS-INS position difference data and couples the smoothed data to the INS position data. Difference data provided to the filter is edited to eliminate GPS-INS position data that excceeds a predetermined level. Performance is further improved by applying position resets from the INS Kalman filter in a ramp like manner.
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1. In an inertial navigation system (INS),at an INS location, of the type having inertial sensors coupled to a navigator, the navigator having an output coupled to provide position data and to a differencing element to which a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, at a GPS location, is also coupled to provide GPS-INS position difference data that is coupled to a Kalman filter, the Kalman filter having an output from which correction position data is provided to the navigator, the improvement comprising:
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a filter coupled to receive said position difference data and provide filtered position difference data; and
means for adding said filtered position difference data to said navigator position data, to provide navigator corrected position data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for correcting position data of an inertial navigation system (INS),at an INS location, of the type having inertial sensors coupled to a navigator, the navigator having an output coupled to provide position data and to a differencing element to which a global positioning system (GPS), at a GPS location, is also coupled to provide GPS-INS position difference data that is coupled to a Kalman filter, the Kalman filter having an output from which corrected position data is provided to the navigator comprising the steps of:
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filtering said position difference data to provide filtered position difference data; and
adding said filtered position difference data to said navigator position data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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