US Patent Issued to HERE GLOBAL on Nov. 25 for "Method and apparatus for reliance upon centripetal acceleration to mitigate error in an inertial navigation system" (Finnish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,766, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HERE GLOBAL B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Method and apparatus for reliance upon centripetal acceleration to mitigate error in an inertial navigation system" was invented by Jani Kappi (Tampere, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus and computer program product provide for error mitigation in an inertial navigation system (INS) based upon centripetal acceleration experienced by a vehicle that carries the INS. In the context of a method, the centripetal acceleration experienced by a vehicle carrying the INS that is making a turn is determined. The method also includes dete...