US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Oct. 14 for "Inertial coasting position and velocity solution separation" (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,936, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Inertial coasting position and velocity solution separation" was invented by Kenneth Steven Morgan (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Ruth Dagmar Kreichauf (River Falls, Wis.) and Benjamin Meier (Shakopee, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inertial coasting monitoring system comprises aiding sensors onboard a vehicle, including a GNSS receiver and at least one non-GNSS aiding sensor, and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) that produces inertial measurements for the vehicle. A navigation system is coupled to the aiding sensors and the IMU. The navigati...