Patents Examined by Long Thtul/ Nguyen
  • Patent number: 4823299
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing signals representative of a complex matrix/vector equation. More particularly, signals representing an orderly sequence of the combined matrix and vector equation, known as a Kalman filter algorithm, are processed in real time in accordance with the principles of this invention. The Kalman filter algorithm is rearranged into a Faddeeva algorithm, which is a matrix-only algorithm that is modified to represent both the matrix and vector portions of the Kalman filter algorithm. The modified Faddeeva algorithm is embodied into electrical signals which are applied as inputs to a systolic array processor. The processor performs triangulation and nullification on the input signals, and delivers an output signal which is a real-time solution to the input signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Jaw J. Chang, Hen-Geul Yeh