Patents by Inventor Nicholas WILKINSON

Nicholas WILKINSON 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).

  • Gyroscope loop filter
    Patent number: 10753745
    Abstract: There is provided a method of sensing a rotation rate using a vibrating structure gyroscope, said gyroscope comprising an electronic control system comprising one or more control loops, wherein at least one of said control loops comprises a filter having a variable time constant, said method comprising the steps of: determining or estimating a characteristic of the vibrating structure of said gyroscope; and adapting or varying said time constant of said filter with the determined or estimated characteristic of said vibrating structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ATLANTIC INERTIAL SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kevin Townsend, Andrew Clifford, Nicholas Wilkinson
  • GYROSCOPE LOOP FILTER
    Publication number: 20180017388
    Abstract: There is provided a method of sensing a rotation rate using a vibrating structure gyroscope, said gyroscope comprising an electronic control system comprising one or more control loops, wherein at least one of said control loops comprises a filter having a variable time constant, said method comprising the steps of: determining or estimating a characteristic of the vibrating structure of said gyroscope; and adapting or varying said time constant of said filter with the determined or estimated characteristic of said vibrating structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin TOWNSEND, Andrew CLIFFORD, Nicholas WILKINSON