Navigation method and apparatus
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1. THE METHOD OF NAVIGATING A CRAFT WITH PRECISION OVER TERRAIN HAVING AN IDENTIFIABLE CHECK POINT ON THE DESIRED GROUND TRACK, COMPRISING UTILIZING NAVIGATIONAL MEANS FOR GUIDING THE CRAFT TOWARD THE CHECK POINT AND FOR COMPUTING TIME OF ARRIVAL OVER THE CHECK POINT;
- AS THE CRAFT PASSES OVER THE CHECK POINT, AS DETERMINED BY SUCH COMPUTATION, FORMING A DISPLAY WHICH IMAGES THE AREA DIRECTLY BELOW THE CRAFT OF SUFFICIENT SCOPE TO INCLUDE THE CHECK POINT NOTWITHSTANDING PROBABLE NAVIGATIONAL ERROR, AND UPON WHICH IMAGE IS IMPOSED A VISIBLE, SELECTIVELY MOVABLE CURSOR REFERENCED TO THE NADIR;
SHIFTING THE CURSOR ACROSS THE IMAGE TO AN IDENTIFIABLE NAVIGATIONAL REFERENCE POINT BEARING A KNOWN RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHECK POINT SO AS TO DERIVE CO-ORDINATES OF POSITIONAL ERROR AT THE CHECK POINT;
AND UTILIZING SUCH ERROR COORDINATES FOR MAKING NAVIGATIONAL CORRECTIONS THROUGH SAID MEANS.
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1. THE METHOD OF NAVIGATING A CRAFT WITH PRECISION OVER TERRAIN HAVING AN IDENTIFIABLE CHECK POINT ON THE DESIRED GROUND TRACK, COMPRISING UTILIZING NAVIGATIONAL MEANS FOR GUIDING THE CRAFT TOWARD THE CHECK POINT AND FOR COMPUTING TIME OF ARRIVAL OVER THE CHECK POINT;
- AS THE CRAFT PASSES OVER THE CHECK POINT, AS DETERMINED BY SUCH COMPUTATION, FORMING A DISPLAY WHICH IMAGES THE AREA DIRECTLY BELOW THE CRAFT OF SUFFICIENT SCOPE TO INCLUDE THE CHECK POINT NOTWITHSTANDING PROBABLE NAVIGATIONAL ERROR, AND UPON WHICH IMAGE IS IMPOSED A VISIBLE, SELECTIVELY MOVABLE CURSOR REFERENCED TO THE NADIR;
SHIFTING THE CURSOR ACROSS THE IMAGE TO AN IDENTIFIABLE NAVIGATIONAL REFERENCE POINT BEARING A KNOWN RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHECK POINT SO AS TO DERIVE CO-ORDINATES OF POSITIONAL ERROR AT THE CHECK POINT;
AND UTILIZING SUCH ERROR COORDINATES FOR MAKING NAVIGATIONAL CORRECTIONS THROUGH SAID MEANS.
- AS THE CRAFT PASSES OVER THE CHECK POINT, AS DETERMINED BY SUCH COMPUTATION, FORMING A DISPLAY WHICH IMAGES THE AREA DIRECTLY BELOW THE CRAFT OF SUFFICIENT SCOPE TO INCLUDE THE CHECK POINT NOTWITHSTANDING PROBABLE NAVIGATIONAL ERROR, AND UPON WHICH IMAGE IS IMPOSED A VISIBLE, SELECTIVELY MOVABLE CURSOR REFERENCED TO THE NADIR;
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Current AssigneeNovak, Philip F.
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Original AssigneeNovak, Philip F.
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InventorsNovak, Philip F.
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Application NumberUS04/462,983Time in Patent Office628 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current342/53CPC Class CodesG01S 1/02 using radio waves G01S19/00...
