Patent ID: 11859979
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A system comprising:
a plurality of sources of navigation information, wherein the plurality of sources of navigation information for a vehicle comprises at least one inertial navigation system component mounted on the vehicle; and
a processing device on the vehicle configured to fuse the navigation information from the plurality of sources of navigation information to create a navigation output; and
wherein the at least one inertial navigation system component is coupled to the processing device, the inertial navigation system component comprising:
one or more inertial sensors configured to provide inertial measurements of motion experienced by the vehicle;
an output interface for providing navigation parameters based on the inertial measurements to the processing device, where the processing device receives the navigation parameters as part of the navigation information;
an input interface configured to receive one or more measurements through one or more messages defined for communications with the inertial navigation system from the processing device; and
a computation device configured to acquire delta position measurements and delta attitude measurements for the vehicle from the one or more measurements, wherein the computation device calibrates the inertial measurements based on the delta position measurements and the delta attitude measurement;, wherein the processing device uses the calibrated inertial measurements to provide the navigation output estimating the state of the vehicle for use by the vehicle in motion.