Patents by Inventor Wim De Wilde
Wim De Wilde 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).
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Patent number: 11906635Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for recreating unavailable measurements in a GNSS system by producing at least one GNSS parameter estimate Formula (I) at a target carrier frequency (fk), the method comprising at least one of: deriving (1030), from one or more available pseudorange measurements (Pi) at respective other carrier frequencies (fi), a pseudorange estimate Formula (II) at said target carrier frequency (fk) and deriving (1040), from said one or more available pseudorange measurements (Pi) and one or more available carrier phase measurements (?i) at said respective other carrier frequencies (fi), a carrier phase estimate Formula (III) at said target carrier frequency (fk).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Septentrio N.V.Inventors: Wim De Wilde, Jean-Marie Sleewaegen
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Publication number: 20230367021Abstract: The application pertains to a method for determining a phase of a target data carrier in a GNSS system, the method comprising: in an initialization phase: determining, at a first point in time, a bias term of a synthetic carrier phase function constructed to mimic a phase of the target data carrier; and in an operational phase: using said bias term determined in said initialization phase, obtaining a value of the synthetic carrier phase function, said value corresponding to a second point in time; and comparing a measured phase of the target data carrier at the second point in time to said value to assess the presence or absence of a half-cycle phase discrepancy; wherein said synthetic carrier phase function is constructed to mimic said phase of said target data carrier at points in time subsequent to said first point in time without requiring readjustment of said determined bias term.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Septentrio N.V.Inventors: Jean-Marie SLEEWAEGEN, Wim DE WILDE
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Patent number: 11714199Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for operating a GNSS receiver in the presence of spoofed signals, the GNSS receiver having a plurality of satellite signal receive chains with a low associated antenna envelope correlation coefficient, the method comprising: receiving signals from said plurality of satellite signal receive chains; obtaining (1010) relative amplitude and phase values of respective signals as provided by a pair of satellite signal receive chains from among said plurality of satellite signal receive chains; clustering (1020) said received signals on the basis of said monitored relative amplitude and phase values; and asserting (1040) a spoofing detection state when said clustering reveals a cluster of signals exhibiting similar relative amplitude and phase values over a predetermined time frame (1030). The invention also pertains to a GNSS receiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Septentrio N.V.Inventors: Wim De Wilde, Jean-Marie Sleewaegen
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Publication number: 20220050213Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for operating a GNSS receiver in the presence of spoofed signals, the GNSS receiver having a plurality of satellite signal receive chains with a low associated antenna envelope correlation coefficient, the method comprising: receiving signals from said plurality of satellite signal receive chains; obtaining (1010) relative amplitude and phase values of respective signals as provided by a pair of satellite signal receive chains from among said plurality of satellite signal receive chains; clustering (1020) said received signals on the basis of said monitored relative amplitude and phase values; and asserting (1040) a spoofing detection state when said clustering reveals a cluster of signals exhibiting similar relative amplitude and phase values over a predetermined time frame (1030). The invention also pertains to a GNSS receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: Septentrio N.V.Inventors: Wim DE WILDE, Jean-Marie SLEEWAEGEN
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Publication number: 20220011443Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for recreating unavailable measurements in a GNSS system by producing at least one GNSS parameter estimate Formula (I) at a target carrier frequency (fk), the method comprising at least one of: deriving (1030), from one or more available pseudorange measurements (Pi) at respective other carrier frequencies (fi), a pseudorange estimate Formula (II) at said target carrier frequency (fk) and deriving (1040), from said one or more available pseudorange measurements (Pi) and one or more available carrier phase measurements (?i) at said respective other carrier frequencies (fi), a carrier phase estimate Formula (III) at said target carrier frequency (fk).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Septentrio N.V.Inventors: Wim DE WILDE, Jean-Marie SLEEWAEGEN
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Patent number: 11221418Abstract: A correction is applied to a pseudorange measured by a satellite navigation receiver, operating on the basis of signals sampled at a sampling frequency Fs, wherein the correction is based on the measured pseudorange itself. The correction may be a correction to the discriminator value determined in the DLL, or it may be correction to the actual pseudorange as such. The correction is specific for a particular PRN code and for the parameters of the receiver. The correction is therefore implemented in the receiver as a predefined function of the measured pseudorange, to be calculated in real time, or as a look-up table of pre-defined values at least between 0 and cTs, with Ts equal to 1/Fs and c the speed of light.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Septentrio NVInventors: Jean-Marie Sleewaegen, Wim De Wilde
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Publication number: 20210026021Abstract: A receiver for satellite navigation includes a signal processor for deriving from a satellite signal a pseudorandom sequence of code chips, a converter for producing a digitized version of the received PRN sequence, a first and second shift register (3, 7), a code generator (4), a set of correlators, circuitry for summing correlation values and circuitry for determining a maximum of the summed correlation, and a scheduler (20). The receiver includes at least one multiplexer (6, 24), configured to transform multiple PRN sequences into an interleaved sequence and to enter the interleaved sequence into the first or second shift register (3, 7). The summing circuitry has multiple summing circuits (11) for separately summing correlation values related to the multiple PRN sequences. The circuitry for determining a maximum is configured to determine the maximum in one or more subgroups of sums determined by the multiple summing circuits (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: SEPTENTRIO N.V.Inventors: Daniel SALLAERTS, Koen PAUWELS, Wim DE WILDE
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Publication number: 20200271794Abstract: A correction is applied to a pseudorange measured by a satellite navigation receiver, operating on the basis of signals sampled at a sampling frequency Fs, wherein the correction is based on the measured pseudorange itself. The correction may be a correction to the discriminator value determined in the DLL, or it may be correction to the actual pseudorange as such. The correction is specific for a particular PRN code and for the parameters of the receiver. The correction is therefore implemented in the receiver as a predefined function of the measured pseudorange, to be calculated in real time, or as a look-up table of pre-defined values at least between 0 and cTs, with Ts equal to 1/Fs and c the speed of light.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Jean-Marie SLEEWAEGEN, Wim DE WILDE
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Patent number: 7486717Abstract: A method for demodulating alternate binary offset carrier signals includes at least two subcarriers, each having an in-phase and a quadrature component modulated by pseudo-random codes. The quadrature components are modulated by dataless pilot signals. The in-phase components are modulated by data signals. The method includes converting the alternate binary offset carrier signals into an intermediate frequency, band-pass filtering the converted signals and sampling the filtered signals, generating a carrier phase and carrier phase-rotating the sampled signals by the carrier phase, correlating the rotated sampled signals, and generating, for each subcarrier, pseudo-random binary codes and a subcarrier phase, which are used to correlate the rotated sampled signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2007Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: European Space AgencyInventors: Wim De Wilde, Jean-Marie Sleewaegen, Gonzalo Seco Granados
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Publication number: 20070201537Abstract: A method for demodulating alternate binary offset carrier signals includes at least two subcarriers, each having an in-phase and a quadrature component modulated by pseudo-random codes. The quadrature components are modulated by dataless pilot signals. The in-phase components are modulated by data signals. The method includes converting the alternate binary offset carrier signals into an intermediate frequency, band-pass filtering the converted signals and sampling the filtered signals, generating a carrier phase and carrier phase-rotating the sampled signals by the carrier phase, correlating the rotated sampled signals, and generating, for each subcarrier, pseudo-random binary codes and a subcarrier phase, which are used to correlate the rotated sampled signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2007Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCYInventors: Wim DE WILDE, Jean-Marie SLEEWAEGEN, Gonzalo SECO GRANADOS