Patents by Inventor Karl Abraham Keyzer

Karl Abraham Keyzer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250110243
    Abstract: Systems and methods for GNSS interference monitoring are provided. In certain embodiments, a system includes at least one GNSS receiver configured to receive a plurality of signals from a plurality of satellites and provide measurements from the plurality of satellites; and a processor coupled to the at least one GNSS receiver. Further, the processor is configured to calculate a detection parameter that comprises at least one of a composite detection parameter based on a short-term average and a long-term average of carrier-to-noise measurements for the plurality of signals; and a transient detection parameter based on an average difference for the plurality of satellites between the short-term average and long-term average of the carrier-to-noise measurements for each satellite in the plurality of satellites. The processor is also configured to determine a state of the plurality of signals based on a comparison of the composite detection parameter against a comparison threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Casey James Carlson, Karl Abraham Keyzer
  • Publication number: 20240230921
    Abstract: A method for detecting failure of multiple satellite signals comprises receiving satellite signals in a GNSS receiver; processing the satellite signals in a Kalman filter to produce a navigation solution and sub-solutions; and performing at least one of a residual monitoring process, or a state corrections monitoring process. In the residual monitoring process, for each sub-solution, expected and actual residuals are computed and compared to determine whether the actual residuals are greater than a threshold; multiple erroneous measurements are detected when at least one actual residual is greater than the threshold for each sub-solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Abraham Keyzer, Benjamin Meier, Radek Baranek, Radek Reznicek, Matej Kucera
  • Patent number: 12019165
    Abstract: A system for detecting satellite signal spoofing using error state estimates is provided. The system includes at least one satellite receiver to receive satellite signals, at least one memory and at least one controller. The at least one memory is configured to store at least operation instructions. The at least one controller is in communication with the at least one satellite receiver and the at least one memory. The at least one controller is configured to determine state estimates from the received satellite signals. The at least one controller is further configured to determine error state estimates based at least in part on differences in current state estimates and differences in delayed state estimates. The controller further configured to determine if spoofing is occurring in one more of the received satellite signals when the error state estimates are greater than a select threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Abraham Keyzer, James Arthur McDonald, Anthony Pritchard
  • Publication number: 20240201394
    Abstract: Techniques for providing evacuation guidance parameters to a vehicle traversing in a geographical region in the presence of interfering GNSS signals are disclosed. In some embodiments, a vehicle can determine evacuation guidance parameters from characteristics of at least one interfering source and implement evasive maneuvers based on the evacuation guidance parameters. Alternatively, a vehicle can send characteristics of at least one interfering source to a central processing system located remotely from the vehicle, and receive evacuation guidance parameters from the central processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Guoqing Wang, Karl Abraham Keyzer, Xiaoqiang Chen, Danhua Liang, Mei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11668835
    Abstract: Systems and methods for GNSS spoofing detection using C/No based monitoring are provided. In certain embodiments, a system including at least one GNSS receiver that provides C/No for GNSS signals received from GNSS satellites. The system also includes a processor coupled to the at least one GNSS receiver. The processor executes instructions that cause the processor to calculate new C/No comparison values based on the C/No measurements and previous C/No comparison values. Further, the instructions cause the processor to compare the C/No measurements against the previous C/No comparison values. Moreover, the instructions cause the processor to determine whether one or more of the GNSS signals are spoofed based on the comparison of the C/No measurements against the previous C/No comparison values. Additionally, the instructions cause the processor to set the new C/No comparison values as the previous C/No comparison values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Pritchard, Karl Abraham Keyzer, James Arthur McDonald
  • Patent number: 11585941
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting GNSS spoofing using inertial mixing data are disclosed. One or more navigation parameters are determined by at least one GNSS receiver and a plurality of IRS from at least two periods of time. The navigation parameters from the GNSS receiver(s) and the IRS are compared at each time period, and the difference(s) between the compared navigation parameters are further compared to generate at least one differential value. A system can detect GNSS spoofing by comparing the at least one differential value to a suitable threshold. In one aspect each IRS navigation parameter is compared with a corresponding GNSS navigation parameter, wherein the plurality of differential values is mixed before threshold comparison. In another aspect, each IRS navigation parameter is mixed before comparison with a GNSS navigation parameter, and the resulting differential value is then compared against a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Duane Lemke, Karl Abraham Keyzer, Mark A. Ahlbrecht, James Arthur McDonald
  • Patent number: 11385356
    Abstract: A spoofing detection system including at least one antenna, a receiver and a controller is provided. The at least one receiver is in communication with the at least one antenna to receive detected satellite signals. The controller is configured to determine raw pseudorange values from the received satellite signals. The controller is further configured to apply at least one first filter on the raw pseudorange values to generate at least an output of first filtered pseudorange values. The controller is also conjured to compare an output of the first filtered pseudorange values with one of the raw pseudorange values and second filtered pseudorange values from a second filter. The controller is further configured to determine if spoofing is present in the received satellite signals based on a determined divergence between the output of first filtered pseudorange values and one of the raw pseudorange values and the second filtered pseudorange values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: James Arthur McDonald, Karl Abraham Keyzer, Anthony Pritchard
  • Publication number: 20220082704
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting GNSS spoofing using inertial mixing data are disclosed. One or more navigation parameters are determined by at least one GNSS receiver and a plurality of IRS from at least two periods of time. The navigation parameters from the GNSS receiver(s) and the IRS are compared at each time period, and the difference(s) between the compared navigation parameters are further compared to generate at least one differential value. A system can detect GNSS spoofing by comparing the at least one differential value to a suitable threshold. In one aspect each IRS navigation parameter is compared with a corresponding GNSS navigation parameter, wherein the plurality of differential values is mixed before threshold comparison. In another aspect, each IRS navigation parameter is mixed before comparison with a GNSS navigation parameter, and the resulting differential value is then compared against a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Duane Lemke, Karl Abraham Keyzer, Mark A. Ahlbrecht, James Arthur McDonald
  • Publication number: 20220057526
    Abstract: A system for detecting satellite signal spoofing using error state estimates is provided. The system includes at least one satellite receiver to receive satellite signals, at least one memory and at least one controller. The at least one memory is configured to store at least operation instructions. The at least one controller is in communication with the at least one satellite receiver and the at least one memory. The at least one controller is configured to determine state estimates from the received satellite signals. The at least one controller is further configured to determine error state estimates based at least in part on differences in current state estimates and differences in delayed state estimates. The controller further configured to determine if spoofing is occurring in one more of the received satellite signals when the error state estimates are greater than a select threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Abraham Keyzer, James Arthur McDonald, Anthony Pritchard
  • Publication number: 20220026579
    Abstract: A spoofing detection system including at least one antenna, a receiver and a controller is provided. The at least one receiver is in communication with the at least one antenna to receive detected satellite signals. The controller is configured to determine raw pseudorange values from the received satellite signals. The controller is further configured to apply at least one first filter on the raw pseudorange values to generate at least an output of first filtered pseudorange values. The controller is also conjured to compare an output of the first filtered pseudorange values with one of the raw pseudorange values and second filtered pseudorange values from a second filter. The controller is further configured to determine if spoofing is present in the received satellite signals based on a determined divergence between the output of first filtered pseudorange values and one of the raw pseudorange values and the second filtered pseudorange values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: James Arthur McDonald, Karl Abraham Keyzer, Anthony Pritchard
  • Publication number: 20220026578
    Abstract: Systems and methods for GNSS spoofing detection using C/No based monitoring are provided. In certain embodiments, a system including at least one GNSS receiver that provides C/No for GNSS signals received from GNSS satellites. The system also includes a processor coupled to the at least one GNSS receiver. The processor executes instructions that cause the processor to calculate new C/No comparison values based on the C/No measurements and previous C/No comparison values. Further, the instructions cause the processor to compare the C/No measurements against the previous C/No comparison values. Moreover, the instructions cause the processor to determine whether one or more of the GNSS signals are spoofed based on the comparison of the C/No measurements against the previous C/No comparison values. Additionally, the instructions cause the processor to set the new C/No comparison values as the previous C/No comparison values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Pritchard, Karl Abraham Keyzer, James Arthur McDonald