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WU YEONG-WEI A
US34 patents
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BOEING CO
20 patentsUS8019544B2Sep 13, 2011
Real-time refinement method of spacecraft star tracker alignment estimates
BOEING CO20 citations92
US7124001B2Oct 17, 2006
Relative attitude estimator for multi-payload attitude determination
BOEING CO23 citations92
US6766227B2Jul 20, 2004
Attitude-acquisition methods and systems for controlled spacecraft attitude
BOEING CO19 citations92
US6512979B1Jan 28, 2003
Lost-in-space stellar attitude acquisition using multiple star trackers
BOEING CO35 citations91
US6470270B1Oct 22, 2002
Lost-in-space stellar attitude acquisition using multiple star trackers
BOEING CO44 citations91
US7487016B2Feb 3, 2009
Method for compensating star motion induced error in a stellar inertial attitude determination system
BOEING CO18 citations84
US6595469B2Jul 22, 2003
Attitude control methods and systems for multiple-payload spacecraft
BOEING CO14 citations84
US6825806B2Nov 30, 2004
Satellite methods and structures for improved antenna pointing and wide field-of-view attitude acquisition
BOEING CO13 citations83
US6681159B2Jan 20, 2004
Spacecraft methods and structures with enhanced attitude control that facilitates gyroscope substitutions
BOEING CO16 citations80
US7260456B2Aug 21, 2007
Pixel-frequency slews and filters for star data measurements
BOEING CO7 citations74
US7561968B2Jul 14, 2009
Scale factor calibration and compensation for angular position resolver
BOEING CO6 citations72
US7877173B2Jan 25, 2011
Method and apparatus for determining a satellite attitude using crosslink reference signals
BOEING CO6 citations63
US7633432B2Dec 15, 2009
Method and apparatus for precision antenna boresight error estimates
BOEING CO5 citations63
US7260026B1Aug 21, 2007
Time-of-day tracking with INS input
BOEING CO4 citations63
US7062363B2Jun 13, 2006
Refinement of spacecraft angular velocity and attitude estimates using star data
BOEING CO7 citations63
US7228231B2Jun 5, 2007
Multiple stayout zones for ground-based bright object exclusion
BOEING CO3 citations61
US7219014B2May 15, 2007
Method and apparatus for real-time star exclusion from a database
BOEING CO2 citations61
US7136752B2Nov 14, 2006
Method and apparatus for on-board autonomous pair catalog generation
BOEING CO6 citations61
US7310578B2Dec 18, 2007
Fast access, low memory, pair catalog
BOEING CO3 citations59
US8000896B2Aug 16, 2011
Scale factor calibration and compensation for angular position resolver
BOEING CO0 citations51
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP
7 patentsUS6356815B1Mar 12, 2002
Stellar attitude-control systems and methods with weighted measurement-noise covariance matrices
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP28 citations93
US6298288B1Oct 2, 2001
Autonomous gyro scale factor and misalignment calibration
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP29 citations92
US6272432B1Aug 7, 2001
System and method for correcting star tracker low spatial frequency error in stellar-inertial attitude determination systems
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP48 citations92
US6289268B1Sep 11, 2001
Attitude determination system and method
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP43 citations91
US6236939B1May 22, 2001
Method and apparatus for controlling spacecraft attitude with rotational star trackers
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP24 citations90
US6362464B1Mar 26, 2002
System for stellar inertial attitude determination
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP17 citations83
US6478260B1Nov 12, 2002
Star detection and location system
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP15 citations82
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO
5 patentsUS5672872ASep 30, 1997
FLIR boresight alignment
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO99 citations93
US5412951AMay 9, 1995
Cyrogenic cooling system with active vibration control
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO54 citations92
US5392607AFeb 28, 1995
Stirling-cycle cyrogenic cooler using adaptive feedforward vibration control
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO33 citations92
US5535593AJul 16, 1996
Apparatus and method for temperature control of a cryocooler by adjusting the compressor piston stroke amplitude
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO54 citations91
US5836165ANov 17, 1998
Adaptive feedforward vibration control system and method
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO42 citations89