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Smart-phone bracket for car and truck navigation

  • US 8,467,967 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2011
  • Issued: 06/18/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a method for estimating position, heading and speed of a wheeled vehicle to be performed, the method comprising:

  • executing Kalman filter in a processor to estimate position, heading and speed based on;

    altitude, pitch rate, yaw rate and longitudinal acceleration information from an altimeter, pitch rate gyro, yaw rate gyro and longitudinal accelerometer, respectively, and position information from a position sensor when position information is available;

    wherein,the Kalman filter does not require lateral acceleration, vertical acceleration or roll rate.

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