Patents by Inventor Laurence H. Mutuel

Laurence H. Mutuel 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).

  • Attitude determination using a global positioning system
    Patent number: 6580389
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for vehicle orientation determination is disclosed. A typical method comprises the steps of receiving position and velocity information data from a global positioning system receiver unit, receiving vehicle dynamics information data from one or more vehicle dynamics sensors and determining a vehicle attitude from the position and velocity information and the vehicle dynamics information data using a Kalman filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jason L. Speyer, Laurence H. Mutuel
  • Attitude determination using a global positioning system
    Publication number: 20020021243
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for vehicle orientation determination is disclosed. A typical method comprises the steps of receiving position and velocity information data from a global positioning system receiver unit, receiving vehicle dynamics information data from one or more vehicle dynamics sensors and determining a vehicle attitude from the position and velocity information and the vehicle dynamics information data using a Kalman filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Jason L. Speyer, Laurence H. Mutuel