Non-GPS full position and angular orientation onboard sensors for moving and stationary platforms

Harbans S. Dhadwal; Jahangir Rastegar; Dake Feng; Philip Kwok; Carlos M. Pereira

doi:10.1117/12.2224075

13 May 2016 Non-GPS full position and angular orientation onboard sensors for moving and stationary platforms

Harbans S. Dhadwal, Jahangir Rastegar, Dake Feng, Philip Kwok, Carlos M. Pereira

Proceedings Volume 9837, Unmanned Systems Technology XVIII; 983702 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224075
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

Angular orientation of both mobile and stationary objects continues to be an ongoing topic of interest for guidance and control as well as for non-GPS based solutions for geolocations of assets in any environment. Currently available sensors, which include inertia devices such as accelerometers and gyros; magnetometers; surface mounted antennas; radars; GPS; and optical line of sight devices, do not provide an acceptable solution for many applications, particularly for gun-fired munitions and for all-weather and all environment scenarios. A robust onboard full angular orientation sensor solution, based on a scanning polarized reference source and a polarized geometrical cavity orientation sensor, is presented. The full position of the object, in the reference source coordinate system, is determined by combining range data obtained using established time-of-flight techniques, with the angular orientation information.

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Harbans S. Dhadwal, Jahangir Rastegar, Dake Feng, Philip Kwok, and Carlos M. Pereira "Non-GPS full position and angular orientation onboard sensors for moving and stationary platforms", Proc. SPIE 9837, Unmanned Systems Technology XVIII, 983702 (13 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224075

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