Patents by Inventor Tom Vanderhoek

Tom Vanderhoek 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).

  • Self-correcting wireless inertial navigation system and method
    Publication number: 20030120425
    Abstract: A self-correcting wireless inertial navigation system and method employ a mobile unit having an inertial sensor and a transmitter connected to the output of the initial sensor for broadcasting an RF measurement signal. A base station has receivers responsive to the signal, an interferometer connected to the receivers and a processor programmed to obtain inertial measurements from the signal and to correct the measurements in accordance with phase difference triangulation information derived by the interferometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Kevin Stanley, Q.M. Jonathan Wu, Tom Vanderhoek