Synthesized attitude and heading inertial reference
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1. A high integrity sensor system consisting of:
- a precision sensor system, a less precise secondary sensor system, and means to allow detection of a fault in the precision sensor system by utilizing signals from both sensor systems, wherein said means to allow detection of a fault utilizes a short-term stability characteristic of said secondary sensor system to detect faults while concomitantly correcting longer-term errors in said secondary sensor system.
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Abstract
An inertial reference system for determining the attitude and rate of change of attitude of a vehicle such as an aircraft is disclosed. Redundancy of the inertial reference system may be accomplished by replacement of one of the fiber optic gyroscopes of an otherwise dual fiber optic gyros installation with a low-cost reference IMU. Failure detection and isolation of a fiber optic gyroscope system may be accomplished with a low-cost reference IMU rather than with an additional fiber optic gyroscope. The information provided by the eliminated fiber optic gyroscope is synthesized from the output of the remaining fiber optic gyroscope and the output of the low-cost reference IMU.
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1. A high integrity sensor system consisting of:
a precision sensor system, a less precise secondary sensor system, and means to allow detection of a fault in the precision sensor system by utilizing signals from both sensor systems, wherein said means to allow detection of a fault utilizes a short-term stability characteristic of said secondary sensor system to detect faults while concomitantly correcting longer-term errors in said secondary sensor system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An inertial reference system for determining the attitude and rate of change of attitude of a vehicle, comprising:
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an attitude and heading reference system including at least three precision gyroscopes and an electronics system for providing attitude and rate of change of attitude information of the vehicle about a first directional axis; and a second reference system for providing a reference signal, said second reference system provides an independent measurement of attitude and rate of change of attitude information of the vehicle; and means, operationally connected to said attitude and heading reference system and to said second reference system, for synthesizing attitude and rate of change of attitude information of the vehicle about a second directional axis of the vehicle from said attitude and rate of change of attitude and from said reference signal.
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