Vehicle position detector device and its processing method

• US 20060265127A1
• Filed: 10/08/2003
• Published: 11/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shengbo Qu
• Original Assignee: Shengbo Qu
• Inventors: Qu, Shengbo
• Application Number:
  US10/529,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20060265127A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/213
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/28 with correlation of data from several navigational instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/025 Differential odometers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/40 Correcting position, velocity or attitude
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/47 the supplementary measurement being an inertial measurement, e.g. tightly coupled inertial

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle position detector device that obtains the vehicle position information at lower cost and a method of confirming the moving vehicle current position. The vehicle position detector device measures respectively the velocity of both side wheels by use of the velocity sensitive elements mounted on both sides of the vehicle, and obtains the variation in the moving direction by calculation, the problem, in which the GPS may no longer work normally when the vehicle enters into tunnel, goes under elevated highway or into urban center ways that are surrounded by high buildings, could be resolved without the inertia navigation element. The method could eliminate the invalid data caused by the blocked or interfered GPS signal, and eliminate the accumulated error of the calculation result when calculating the position according to the velocity and direction, and continuously obtain the correct and effective vehicle position information.

Claims

1. A vehicle position detector device, comprises:

a GPS module for receiving and processing the GPS satellite signal, used to receive the satellite position information;

two groups of velocity sensitive elements, for sensing the moving velocity of the left and right side wheels or other moving mechanism of the vehicle;

a calculation unit, for calculating the vehicle moving velocity, direction and position coordinate, comparing the GPS position information with the calculation results, eliminating the invalid data, and providing the correct and effective vehicle position information;

a communication interface, for transmitting the vehicle position information processed by the calculation unit to the position information display device or the vehicle navigation system.

2. The vehicle position detector device according to claim 1 wherein each group of the said velocity sensitive elements comprises tow or more inductive point elements for increasing the measurement precision.

3. The vehicle position detector device according to claim 1 wherein at least one group in the said two groups of velocity sensitive elements comprises two sensitive elements for judging the wheel turning direction.

4. The vehicle position detector device according to claim 2 wherein at least one group in the said velocity sensitive elements comprises two sensitive elements for judging the wheel turning direction.

5. The vehicle position detector device according to claim 3 wherein the said calculation unit is combined into the GPS module, and a modularized vehicle position detector device is thus formed.

7. The vehicle position detector device according to claim 4 wherein the said calculation unit is combined into the GPS module, and a modularized vehicle position detector device is thus formed.

6. A method of confirming the moving vehicle current position, comprising the following steps:

sensing the velocity of both sides of the vehicle;

calculating the vehicle moving velocity and the azimuth angle variation in the moving direction;

calculating the current vehicle position coordinate and azimuth;

comparing the position data obtained from GPS measurement with the calculation result, eliminating the invalid data caused by the blocked or interfered GPS signal and the accumulated error of the calculation result to obtain the correct and effective vehicle position information.