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US 11,435,482 · App. 15/378,386 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Method for verifying the plausibility of GNSS position signals

Inventors: Michael Zalewski (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Henrik Antoni (Freigericht, DE); Ulrich Stählin (Eschborn, DE)
G01S19/215
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Patent No.
US 11,435,482
App. No.
15/378,386
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to different methods for verifying the plausibility of GNSS position signals, including a method for verifying the plausibility of position signals of a global satellite navigation system in a vehicle, said navigation system comprising at least one detection system for detecting objects in the surroundings of the vehicle as well as a reception device for receiving the position signals, said method involving the steps of: having the reception device receive the position signals, and determining the actual position of the vehicle on the basis of the position signals; having the detection system detect at least one object in the surroundings, and determining the position of the object; verifying the plausibility of the position signals by comparing at least one position of an object with the actual position of the vehicle.

Claims (13)

1. A method for verifying plausibility of position signals of a global satellite navigation system for a vehicle comprising:

receiving the position signals with a reception device in a signal receiver wherein the signal receiver is a vehicle;

determining an actual position of the signal receiver from the received position signals;

comparing the position signals with previous position signals of the signal receiver; verifying the plausibility of the position signals when alteration in characteristics of the received position signals with respect to characteristics of preceding position signals is below a comparison threshold; and

determining one of an entry into and an exit from a range having a signal transmitter which is transmitting implausible position signals has occurred based upon a direction of change.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristics of the position signals comprise information about the time used by a transmitter.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plausibility of the position signals is verified when the actual position determined on the basis of the position signals with respect to the previous actual positions is below the comparison threshold.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method is carried out by an infrastructure device.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising verifying a signal transmitter which is transmitting implausible position signals by a handshake verification.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further verifying a signal transmitter transmitting implausible position data by one of tracking of the position signal and elimination of the signal receiver as a spoofer.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein an external evaluation system receives position information from vehicles which have a V2X communication device.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the position signals are one of chipping codes; position data obtained by the receiver from chipping codes; and data contained within the position signal.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the data contained within the position signal is at least one of phase, running time, and a time stamp.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2024
From: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 068794/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2019
From: ZALEWSKI, MICHAEL; ANTONI, HENRIK; STÄHLIN, ULRICH, DR
To: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
Reel/Frame 048066/0124 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 211 788.7 · Jun 18, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2015063751 · Jun 18, 2015
Related Publication 20170090036A1 · Mar 30, 2017