ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,195, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Analog Devices Inc. (Wilmington, Mass.).
"Trusted motion unit" was invented by Igor P. Prikhodko (Buzzards Bay, Mass.), Joseph Bergeron (Greensboro, N.C.) and Alan Christopher O'Connor (Dedham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Navigation systems and methods for autonomous vehicles are provided. The navigation system may include multiple navigation subsystems, including one having an inertial measurement unit (IMU). That unit may serve as the primary unit for navigation purposes, with other navigation subsystems being treated as secondary. The other navigation subsystems may include global p...