Velocity and position computer

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING DIGITAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING THE ATTITUDE, VELOCITY AND POSITION OF A BODY WITH RESPECT TO A REFERENCE SPATIAL FRAME COMPRISING A BODY, MEANS, INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ROTATION-SENSING DEVICES AND A PLURALITY OF TRANSLATIONAL ACCELERATION SENSING DEVICES COUPLED TO SAID BODY, FOR PRODUCING SIGNALS SOME REPRESENTATIVE OF COMPONENTS OF ANGULAR ROTATION OF SAID BODY ABOUT THEIR ROTATION-SENSITIVE AXES AND OTHERS REPRESENTATIVE OF INCREMENTS OF VELOCITY OF SAID BODY PARALLEL TO THEIR SENSITIVE DIRECTIONS, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID SENSING DEVICES ON SAID BODY WITH ROTATION-SENSITIVE AXES AND SENSITIVE DIRECTIONS FIXED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY, EACH OF SAID ROTATION-SENSITIVE AXES BEING ALIGNED WITH A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID SENSITIVE DIRECTIONS, AND EACH OF SAID SENSITIVE AXES AND SENSITIVE DIRECTIONS BEING ORTHOGONALLY RELATED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, FIRST DIGITAL COMPUTER MEANS ADAPTED TO STORE A FIRST PLURALITY OF SIGNALS EACH SIGNAL REPRESENTING ONLY ONE, AND A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE SEPARATE ANGLES FORMED BY DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF ONES OF THE SENSITIVE AXES WITH ONES OF THE REFERENCE FRAME AXES, ALL OF SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF SIGNALS TOGETHER REPRESENTING EACH OF THE ANGLES FORMED BY ALL THE COMBINATIONS OF EACH OF SAID SENSITIVE AXES WITH EACH OF THE REFERENCE FRAME AXES, SECOND DIGITAL COMPUTER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF INCREMENTS OF VELOCITY AND SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF SIGNALS FOR COMPUTING AND STORING A SECOND AND A THIRD PLURALITY OF SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VELOCITY AND POSITION, RESPECTIVELY, OF SAID BODY WITH RESPECT TO SAID REFERENCE FRAME AXES AND MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SIGNAL PRODUCING MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID SIGNALS THEREFROM TO MODIFY THE SIGNALS IN SAID FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD STORAGE MEANS SO THAT THE SIGNALS IN SAID STORAGE MEANS CONTINUOUSLY REPRESENT THE ATTITUDE, VELOCITY AND POSITION OF SAID BODY WITH RESPECT TO THAT OF THE REFERENCE FRAME.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING DIGITAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING THE ATTITUDE, VELOCITY AND POSITION OF A BODY WITH RESPECT TO A REFERENCE SPATIAL FRAME COMPRISING A BODY, MEANS, INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ROTATION-SENSING DEVICES AND A PLURALITY OF TRANSLATIONAL ACCELERATION SENSING DEVICES COUPLED TO SAID BODY, FOR PRODUCING SIGNALS SOME REPRESENTATIVE OF COMPONENTS OF ANGULAR ROTATION OF SAID BODY ABOUT THEIR ROTATION-SENSITIVE AXES AND OTHERS REPRESENTATIVE OF INCREMENTS OF VELOCITY OF SAID BODY PARALLEL TO THEIR SENSITIVE DIRECTIONS, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID SENSING DEVICES ON SAID BODY WITH ROTATION-SENSITIVE AXES AND SENSITIVE DIRECTIONS FIXED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY, EACH OF SAID ROTATION-SENSITIVE AXES BEING ALIGNED WITH A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID SENSITIVE DIRECTIONS, AND EACH OF SAID SENSITIVE AXES AND SENSITIVE DIRECTIONS BEING ORTHOGONALLY RELATED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, FIRST DIGITAL COMPUTER MEANS ADAPTED TO STORE A FIRST PLURALITY OF SIGNALS EACH SIGNAL REPRESENTING ONLY ONE, AND A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE SEPARATE ANGLES FORMED BY DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF ONES OF THE SENSITIVE AXES WITH ONES OF THE REFERENCE FRAME AXES, ALL OF SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF SIGNALS TOGETHER REPRESENTING EACH OF THE ANGLES FORMED BY ALL THE COMBINATIONS OF EACH OF SAID SENSITIVE AXES WITH EACH OF THE REFERENCE FRAME AXES, SECOND DIGITAL COMPUTER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF INCREMENTS OF VELOCITY AND SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF SIGNALS FOR COMPUTING AND STORING A SECOND AND A THIRD PLURALITY OF SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VELOCITY AND POSITION, RESPECTIVELY, OF SAID BODY WITH RESPECT TO SAID REFERENCE FRAME AXES AND MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SIGNAL PRODUCING MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID SIGNALS THEREFROM TO MODIFY THE SIGNALS IN SAID FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD STORAGE MEANS SO THAT THE SIGNALS IN SAID STORAGE MEANS CONTINUOUSLY REPRESENT THE ATTITUDE, VELOCITY AND POSITION OF SAID BODY WITH RESPECT TO THAT OF THE REFERENCE FRAME.