WO2009032586A3 - Antenna orientation sensor and method for determining orientation - Google Patents
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- WO2009032586A3 WO2009032586A3 PCT/US2008/074183 US2008074183W WO2009032586A3 WO 2009032586 A3 WO2009032586 A3 WO 2009032586A3 US 2008074183 W US2008074183 W US 2008074183W WO 2009032586 A3 WO2009032586 A3 WO 2009032586A3
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- orientation
- sensor
- pivoting support
- antenna
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
- H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
- H01Q1/18—Means for stabilising antennas on an unstable platform
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
- G01C17/00—Compasses; Devices for ascertaining true or magnetic north for navigation or surveying purposes
- G01C17/38—Testing, calibrating, or compensating of compasses
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
- G01C25/00—Manufacturing, calibrating, cleaning, or repairing instruments or devices referred to in the other groups of this subclass
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
- H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
- H01Q1/125—Means for positioning
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system
- H01Q3/02—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole
- H01Q3/08—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole for varying two co-ordinates of the orientation
Abstract
An antenna orientation sensor, having a base, a pivoting support coupled to the base. An actuator operable to move the pivoting support through a calibration movement with respect to the base. A, for example, three axis magnetic sensor on the pivoting support and a position sensor operable to sense the position of the pivoting support within the calibration movement.
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US11/852,288 US7777480B2 (en) | 2007-09-08 | 2007-09-08 | Antenna Orientation Sensor |
US11/852,288 | 2007-09-08 |
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WO2009032586A2 WO2009032586A2 (en) | 2009-03-12 |
WO2009032586A3 true WO2009032586A3 (en) | 2009-04-23 |
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US3991361A (en) * | 1975-03-27 | 1976-11-09 | Westinghouse Electric Corporation | Semi-automatic compass calibrator apparatus for a vehicle mounted flux gate compass system to cancel out effect of local magnetic disturbances |
GB2053471A (en) * | 1979-06-01 | 1981-02-04 | Bodenseewerk Geraetetech | Navigational Instruments |
DE3019743A1 (en) * | 1980-05-23 | 1981-12-03 | Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., 5000 Köln | Gyroscopic platform for inertial guidance system - has gimbal mounted platform with motor-driven gyroscopic stabilisation system |
US4734863A (en) * | 1985-03-06 | 1988-03-29 | Etak, Inc. | Apparatus for generating a heading signal for a land vehicle |
US5790075A (en) * | 1994-09-09 | 1998-08-04 | Software Design Ltd. | Beam antenna direction measuring method, direction measuring device and antenna direction controller |
EP0715150A1 (en) * | 1994-11-29 | 1996-06-05 | Xanavi Informatics Corporation | Navigation system furnished with means for estimating error of mounted sensor |
US5948044A (en) * | 1996-05-20 | 1999-09-07 | Harris Corporation | Hybrid GPS/inertially aided platform stabilization system |
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