Patents by Inventor Manuel Hernandez-Pajares

Manuel Hernandez-Pajares 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).

  • Patent number: 9494693
    Abstract: A method for determining a position of an object having a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver comprises receiving signals that are transmitted by GNSS transmitters positioned on board satellites positioned in view of the object; updating service data in the object, the service data including satellite clock data, satellite orbit data, satellite delay code bias data relating to delay code biases of the GNSS transmitters, and ionospheric model data indicating a state of an ionosphere; determining, based on the ionospheric model data, ionospheric delay data indicating corrections relating to delays of the signals, the delays of the signals resulting from passage of the signals through the ionosphere, and reception of the signals by the GNSS receiver; and determining a position of the object based on the signals, the satellite clock data, the satellite orbit data, the satellite delay code bias data, and the determined ionospheric delay data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: European Space Agency
    Inventors: Manuel Hernández-Pajares, José Miguel Juan Zornoza, Jaume Sanz Subirana, Jaron Samson, Michel Mathias Maria Tossaint
  • Publication number: 20140070992
    Abstract: A method for determining a position of an object having a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver comprises receiving signals that are transmitted by GNSS transmitters positioned on board satellites positioned in view of the object; updating service data in the object, the service data including satellite clock data, satellite orbit data, satellite delay code bias data relating to delay code biases of the GNSS transmitters, and ionospheric model data indicating a state of an ionosphere; determining, based on the ionospheric model data, ionospheric delay data indicating corrections relating to delays of the signals, the delays of the signals resulting from passage of the signals through the ionosphere, and reception of the signals by the GNSS receiver; and determining a position of the object based on the signals, the satellite clock data, the satellite orbit data, the satellite delay code bias data, and the determined ionospheric delay data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
    Inventors: Manuel Hernandez-Pajares, José Miguel Juan Zornoza, Jaume Sanz Subirana, Jaron Samson, Michel Mathias Maria Tossaint
  • Patent number: 7256730
    Abstract: The invention concerns a real-time navigation method for locating a rover using three-carrier radio signals of three different frequencies to determine the position of a user, transmitted by satellites. The method comprises a first step for determining “extra-wide lane” carrier phase ambiguity, a second step for estimating “wide-lane” phase ambiguity, and a third step for resolving the phase ambiguity of one of the frequencies. An additional step consists in the application of real-time ionospheric corrections during the third step, these ionospheric corrections being based on a continuously updated ionospheric model of said ionospheric layer calculated by a fixed ground reference station combined with geodetic data calculated by a so-called master fixed ground reference station. The invention also concerns a system for implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Organisation Intergouvernementale Dite Agence Spatiale Europeenne
    Inventors: Manuel Hernandez-Pajares, Jose Miguel Juan-Zornoza, Juame Sanz-Subirana, Alberto Garcia-Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20060164297
    Abstract: The invention concerns a real-time navigation method for locating a rover using three-carrier radio signals of three different frequencies to determine the position of a user, transmitted by satellites. The method comprises a first step for determining “extra-wide lane” carrier phase ambiguity, a second step for estimating “wide-lane” phase ambiguity, and a third step for resolving the phase ambiguity of one of the frequencies. An additional step consists in the application of real-time ionospheric corrections during the third step, these ionospheric corrections being based on a continuously updated ionospheric model of said ionospheric layer calculated by a fixed ground reference station, combined with geodetic data calculated by a so-called master fixed ground reference station. The invention also concerns a system for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Manuel Hernandez-Pajares, Jose Juan-Zornoza, Juame Sanz-Subirana, Alberto Garcia-Rodriguez