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US 2014/0195152 A1Published application
Autonomous Velocity Sensing by Time Dilation
OwnerRobert S. Neiswanderinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for determination of a vehicle or crafts velocity uses on-board time dilation measurements of a moving signal generator and signal generator movement measurements to determine a velocity vector of a craft or vehicle.
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A method of determining a vector velocity of a craft or vehicle by on-board measurements of motion-induced time dilation, the method comprising:
- a. providing one or more oscillators producing multiple periodic measurements of oscillator motion velocity;
- b. calculating the time dilation associated with the measurements of oscillator motion velocity;
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- c. calculating the vector velocity of the craft from the time dilation calculations.
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A method of determining a vector velocity of a craft or vehicle by on-board measurements and data processing, the method comprising:
- a. providing an oscillator producing a periodic signal,
- b. dilating the signal period by moving the oscillator,
- c. measuring the oscillator motion,
- d. measuring the signal period dilation by an analyzer with zero velocity,
- e. periodically repeating steps b. through d. providing a set of period dilation measurements,
- f. selecting maximum and minimum dilated periods from the set of period dilation measurements, and
- g. determining the vector velocity from the maximum and minimum period dilations.
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A vector velocity system for a craft or vehicle containing one or more similar modules;
- each module comprising:
- a. an oscillator producing a periodic signal,
- b. a mechanism for moving the oscillator,
- c. an encoder arranged to measure the oscillator motion,
- d. an analyzer with zero velocity arranged to receive the signal from the moving oscillator and produce a measurement of the period dilation of the moving oscillator's signal,
- e. a computer programmed to receive a set of multiple period dilation and motion measurements and select maximum and minimum periods from the set, and
- f. the computer also programmed to determine a craft or vehicle vector velocity component from the maximum and minimum dilated periods.
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