SKY POLARIZATION SENSOR FOR ABSOLUTE ORIENTATION DETERMINATION

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EP 2 875 317 B8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
	Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	04.10.2017 Bulletin 2017/40

(45)	Mention of the grant of the patent:
	23.08.2017 Bulletin 2017/34

(21)	Application number: 13747727.9

(22)	Date of filing: 22.07.2013

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01C 17/34^(2006.01)
G01J 4/04^(2006.01)
G01C 17/00^(2006.01)
G01S 19/45^(2010.01)
G01B 11/26^(2006.01)
G01S 19/43^(2010.01)
G01S 19/53^(2010.01)

G01C 21/02^(2006.01)
G01C 1/04^(2006.01)
G01C 15/00^(2006.01)
G01S 5/00^(2006.01)
G01S 17/06^(2006.01)
G01S 19/48^(2010.01)
G06G 7/70^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2013/051540

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2014/018461 (30.01.2014 Gazette 2014/05)

(54)	SKY POLARIZATION SENSOR FOR ABSOLUTE ORIENTATION DETERMINATION HIMMELPOLARISATIONSSENSOR ZUR ABSOLUTEN ORIENTIERUNGSBESTIMMUNG CAPTEUR DE POLARISATION DU CIEL POUR DÉTERMINATION D'ORIENTATION ABSOLUE

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Priority:

23.07.2012 US 201261674563 P
14.03.2013 US 201313830955

(43)	Date of publication of application:
	27.05.2015 Bulletin 2015/22

(73)	Proprietor: Trimble Inc.
	Sunnyvale CA 94085 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	FRANCE, Peter Glen Westmorland Christchurch 8025 (NZ)

(74)	Representative: Farrington, Graham et al
	Ladas & Parry London Limited Temple Chambers 3-7 Temple Avenue London EC4Y 0DA London EC4Y 0DA (GB)

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References cited: :

EP-A1- 1 990 607
CN-B- 101 413 799
US-A1- 2011 018 990

WO-A1-2011/036662
US-A- 5 903 235

JINKUI CHU ET AL: "Research on a Novel Polarization Sensor for Navigation", INFORMATION ACQUISITION, 2007. ICIA '07. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, PI, 1 July 2007 (2007-07-01), pages 241-246, XP031130210, ISBN: 978-1-4244-1219-8

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