Patents by Inventor Michael Paul Dentinger

Michael Paul Dentinger 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).

  • Enhanced attitude determination system using satellite navigation receiver with antenna multiplexing
    Patent number: 6154170
    Abstract: The position, velocity, time (PVT) and attitude (ATT) measurement system including a Master GPS antenna and a plurality of Slave GPS antennas is disclosed. The system comprises a hardware PVT channel and a hardware ATT channel. After the Master GPS antenna is selected, the hardware PVT channel stays locked on the Master antenna during the measurement time thus optimizing the accuracy of the PVT data. The PVT channel performs the tracking of the visible GPS satellites and generates the tracking data and the PVT data. The ATT channel performs the attitude measurement using all Slave antennas and the PVT tracking data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited
    Inventors: Michael Paul Dentinger, Yiming Jim Yu