Methods for improved heading estimation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9739635
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13915998

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Methods for calibrating a body-worn magnetic sensor by spinning the magnetic sensor 360 degrees to capture magnetic data; if the spin failed to produce a circle contained in an x-y plane fit a sphere to the captured data; determining offsets based on the center of the sphere; and removing the offsets that are in the z-direction. Computing a magnetic heading reliability of a magnetic sensor by determining an orientation of the sensor at one location; transforming the orientation between two reference frames; measuring a first vector associated with the magnetic field of Earth at the location; processing the first vector to generate a virtual vector when a second location is detected; measuring a second vector associated with the magnetic field of Earth at the second location; and calculating the magnetic heading reliability at the second location based on a comparison of the virtual vector and the second vector.

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TRX SYSTEMS INC6411 IVY LANE SUITE 510 GREENBELT MD 20770

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Funk, Benjamin E Hanover, US 21 1545
Hakim, Dan Silver Spring, US 19 218
Karvounis, John Bowie, US 27 288
Teolis, Carole Glenn Dale, US 41 698
Young, Travis Rockville, US 40 429

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