[go: up one dir, main page]

Harkins et al., 2000 - Google Patents

MAGSONDE (patent pending): A device for making angular measurements on spinning projectiles using magnetic sensors

Harkins et al., 2000

View PDF
Document ID
2320172607191574899
Author
Harkins T
Hepner D
Publication year
Publication venue
Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing XIV

External Links

Snippet

Accurate measurement of angular motions of spinning bodies with on-board sensors has long been recognized as a daunting task. Recent advances in magnetic sensor technologies have yielded devices small enough, rugged enough, and sensitive enough to …
Continue reading at apps.dtic.mil (PDF) (other versions)

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C21/00—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in preceding groups
    • G01C21/10—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in preceding groups by using measurements of speed or acceleration
    • G01C21/12—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in preceding groups by using measurements of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning
    • G01C21/16—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in preceding groups by using measurements of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C19/00—Gyroscopes; Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses; Turn-sensitive devices without moving masses; Measuring angular rate using gyroscopic effects
    • G01C19/02—Rotary gyroscopes
    • G01C19/34—Rotary gyroscopes for indicating a direction in the horizontal plane, e.g. directional gyroscopes
    • G01C19/38—Rotary gyroscopes for indicating a direction in the horizontal plane, e.g. directional gyroscopes with north-seeking action by other than magnetic means, e.g. gyrocompasses using earth's rotation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C17/00—Compasses; Devices for ascertaining true or magnetic north for navigation or surveying purposes
    • G01C17/02—Magnetic compasses
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01P—MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT
    • G01P3/00—Measuring linear or angular speed; Measuring differences of linear or angular speeds
    • G01P3/42—Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01P—MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT
    • G01P13/00—Indicating or recording presence, absence, or direction, of movement
    • G01P13/02—Indicating direction only, e.g. by weather vane
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01D—MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01D5/00—Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US6398155B1 (en) Method and system for determining the pointing direction of a body in flight
Harkins et al. MAGSONDE (patent pending): A device for making angular measurements on spinning projectiles using magnetic sensors
US6295931B1 (en) Integrated magnetic field sensors for fuzes
Gu et al. Design and implementation of attitude and heading reference system with extended Kalman filter based on MEMS multi-sensor fusion
Tian et al. A cosine-fitting self-alignment method of MEMS-based inertial navigation system consisting of a skew FOG
Bezick et al. Inertial navigation for guided missile systems
CN103487053A (en) Strapdown north seeking method for two arbitrary positions
US6493651B2 (en) Method and system for determining magnetic attitude
Hepner et al. Determining inertial orientation of a spinning body with body-fixed sensors
Palamar et al. Method of calibration MEMS accelerometer and magnetometer for increasing the accuracy determination angular orientation of satellite antenna reflector
Yu et al. Spinning projectile’s attitude measurement using background magnetic field compensation
Ping-an et al. Research on attitude measurement method of special aircraft using geomagnetic sensor/gyroscope based on UKF
Gao et al. A Real‐Time Estimation Method of Roll Angle and Angular Rate Based on Geomagnetic Information
Xu et al. A Miniature Integrated Navigation System for Rotary‐Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Harkins et al. Novel onboard sensor systems for making angular measurements on spinning projectiles
Adam et al. In-flight roll angle estimation for a guided high spin projectile
Yu et al. SINS/CNS nonlinear integrated navigation algorithm for hypersonic vehicle
Harkins Understanding body-fixed sensor output from projectile flight experiments
Iozan et al. North finding system using a MEMS gyroscope
Wang et al. Integrated navigation method based on inertial and geomagnetic information fusion
An et al. Combinatory Attitude Determination Method for High Rotational Speed Rigid‐Body Aircraft
Persa et al. Multisensor robot navigation system
Zhu et al. Attitude measurement method of geomagnetic/gyro combination based on difference-quotient
Su et al. Roll Angle Estimation Algorithm of Geomagnetic/Gyro Combination Based on an Interacting Multiple‐Model Kalman Filter
Shen et al. Design and realization of low-cost, fast and high-precision fog north finder