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  "description": "The present invention enables a vehicle navigation system to automatically compensate for odometer measurement errors due to changes in tire size and/or slip, and to avoid odometer recalibration when slip is present. These capabilities improve the accuracy and reliability of the vehicle navigation…",
  "path": "/patents/1113437",
  "publishedAt": "2001-04-25T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
  "tags": [
    "G01C21/28",
    "VISTEON GLOBAL TECH INC [US]"
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  "textContent": "The present invention enables a vehicle navigation system to automatically compensate for odometer measurement errors due to changes in tire size and/or slip, and to avoid odometer recalibration when slip is present. These capabilities improve the accuracy and reliability of the vehicle navigation system. Slip of a vehicle, e.g., a loss of traction, can occur when a road is wet or covered with snow or ice. It can occur when a road is dry, and a vehicle is accelerating or decelerating rapidly. It can occur rounding a sharp corner. Because an odometer is typically hooked up to a driven wheel, the engine or transmission, there may be large sources of error in the distance estimates derived from the odometer. Utilizing conveniently derived slip signals from an anti-lock brake system (ABS) or from a traction control system (TCS), the slip of the vehicle can be accounted for, even absent a GPS signal to recalibrate the system. This allows for improved accuracy of the system which is particularly noticeable in urban environments where GPS signals may not be available.",
  "title": "Method and apparatus for improving the distance calculation in a dead reckoning vehicle navigation system"
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