US 9,753,049 B1Granted

Collinear system to determine its own displacement from its own motion

AssigneeNon-Inertial Technology, LLC

InventorVal Parker

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Abstract

A light beam or other electromagnetic medium is emitted, guided, and received, all within a unitary system frame. The beam retains its characteristics regardless of position or motion of the frame in which it propagates. The beam retains its position in space relative to the detection of motion of the frame. Because the frame and the beam emitted within it are in the same frame of reference, characteristics of their motion are compared to determine parameters including system velocity and planetary velocity which is useful in navigation. Position, orientation, displacement, velocity of an object in motion, and changes in these parameters relative to previous values thereof, are derived from information provided within and directly by the motion of the unitary system itself.

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Dependent claims

A self-contained system to detect and determine, from within the system itself, parameters including position, orientation, and velocity of said system relative to previous data thereof, said system including:

an electromagnetic emitter to emit electromagnetic energy along an optical axis;
a forward electromagnetic receiver on said optical axis at a fixed distance forward of said emitter to receive electromagnetic energy therefrom;
a rearward electromagnetic receiver on said optical axis at a fixed distance rearward of said emitter to receive electromagnetic energy therefrom;
a forward light guide physically connected to said emitter and said forward electromagnetic receiver to carry electromagnetic energy along said optical axis from said emitter to said forward electromagnetic receiver;
and
a rearward light guide physically connected to said emitter and said rearward electromagnetic receiver to carry electromagnetic energy along said optical axis from said emitter to said rearward electromagnetic receiver,
wherein elapsed times of electromagnetic energy travel from said emitter to said receivers are correlative to the velocity of said system.

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Application: 14/477,945Filed 5 Sep 2014 · us provisional application
Priority: 6 Sep 2013
Granted: 5 Sep 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G01P 3/36
Measuring linear or angular speed; Measuring differences of linear or angular speeds: devices characterised by the use of optical means, e.g.…
G01B 11/14
Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques: for measuring distance or clearance between spaced objects or spaced apertures
G01C 21/12
By using measurements of speed or acceleration: executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning
G01P 3/68
Devices characterised by the determination of the time taken to traverse a fixed distance: using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible, or…

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Application61/959,903Us provisional application · filed 6 Sep 2013
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