Coupled Real Time Emulation Method for Positioning and Location System

1. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method for positioning and location system, comprising the steps of: (a) inputting IMU measurement models and IMU error models into a coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system according to a real IMU device of an integrated GPS/INS system to be tested, wherein said IMU measurement models comprise gyro measurement model and accelerometer measurement model which are determined by inertial sensor principles, and that said IMU error models comprises gyro error model and accelerometer error model which are defined by a user according to said real IMU device used in said integrated GPS/INS system to be tested; (b) producing real time trajectory data from a 6DOF trajectory generator and send said real time trajectory data to said coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, wherein said real time trajectory data are defined by said user and said coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system produces dynamic GPS measurements and IMU signals as if a vehicle is really moving along a trajectory defined by said user; (c) generating output data including real time IMU data by said IMU model of said coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, and said GPS measurements by a GPS receiver model in said GPS/IMU emulation system; (d) formatting said GPS measurement data and converting said real time IMU data into IMU simulated electronic signals by an IMU signal generator in said coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, wherein said IMU signal generator is an interface board in an emulation computer provided in said coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system; (e) processing said simulated GPS measurements and generated IMU simulated electronic signals by a standard interface and a regulator and connector circuit to form suitable electrical specifications and a connector pin arrangement that is compatible to said integrated GPS/INS system; and (f) injecting said simulated GPS measurements and said IMU simulated electronic signals into said integrated GPS/INS system, wherein when said integrated GPS/INS system is excited in dynamic operation, a performance thereof is able to be tested and evaluated as if carrying a real transportation test.

2. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 1, after the above step (f), further comprising an additional step of collecting test data from said integrated GPS/INS system by a data acquisition and performance evaluation system connected between said 6DOF trajectory generator and said integrated GPS/INS system, so as to compare said real time trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator with integrated GPS/INS resolved vehicle trajectory data output from said integrated GPS/INS system in order to determine whether said integrated GPS/INS system works properly and to evaluate the performance thereof.

3. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 1, wherein outputs of said coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system is directly injected into said integrated GPS/INS system through bypassing an real GPS receiver and a real IMU device in said integrated GPS/INS system, said real time GPS/IMU emulation comprising: an interface board including a GPS emulation input/output interface and an IMU emulation input/output interface; an emulation computer comprising a GPS emulation module for performing GPS emulation and an IMU emulation module for performing IMU emulation, said GPS emulation module receiving said real time trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator and generating dynamic GPS measurements including pseudoranges, carrier phases, and Doppler shifts, and positioning information including location information and velocity information, said dynamic GPS measurements being formatted to simulated GPS measurements and sent out through said GPS emulation input/output interface to said integrated GPS/INS system, wherein said velocity information from said integrated GPS/INS system is sent through said GPS emulation input/output interface to said GPS simulation module for GPS tracking loop aiding to facilitate said integrated GPS/INS system, said IMU emulation module receiving real time trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator and producing IMU simulated measurements, said IMU emulation input/output interface projecting said IMU measurements into specific simulated electrical signals; and a signal regulator and connector board for converting electronic signals from said IMU emulation input/output interface into simulated electrical signals, wherein said simulated electrical signals, coupled with said simulated GPS measurements, are injected into said integrated GPS/INS system which causes an on-board GPS/INS navigation computer installed therein into working as if carrying real transportation test.

4. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 3, further comprising an Ethernet network controller connected between said 6DOF trajectory generator and said GPS/IMU emulation computer for receiving said real time trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator and sending said real time trajectory data to said GPS emulation module and said IMU emulation module respectively.

5. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 4, wherein said GPS emulation module comprises: a GPS satellite constellation simulation which is triggered by said 6DOF trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator for reading orbit parameters, satellite clock parameters, and atmospheric parameters from ephemeris data, which are stored in said GPS/IMU emulation computer of said coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, and calculating a position and velocity vector in an Earth-Centered-Earth-Fixed (ECEF) coordinate system for all GPS satellites; a user initial position which is given by said 6DOF trajectory data; a GPS satellite prediction using information from said GPS satellite constellation simulation and said user initial position to determine visible GPS satellites and the elevation, azimuth, and Doppler shifts thereof; a GPS Error Models for using said information from said GPS satellite constellation simulation and said user initial position to calculate error correction terms, including satellite clock correction, relativistic, ionospheric delay, tropospheric delay, and group delay; a jamming model and effect simulation for simulating an impact of jamming on GPS signal reception, wherein an array of jammers defined by location, type, and effective radiating power is constructed and input to said jamming model and effect simulation; a raw data generation using said information from said GPS satellite prediction, said GPS error models, and said jamming model and effect simulation to calculate simulated pseudorange, carrier phase, and delta range for all visible satellites; a Kalman filter for calculating said GPS receiver's position and velocity using said simulated raw data from said raw data generation; and a data formatting for formatting said position and velocity information and said simulated raw data along with said ephemeris data according to a specific protocol, wherein said data formatting an integral part which allows said simulated GPS measurements has a format identical to that of said real GPS receiver used in said integrated GPS/INS system.

6. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 4, wherein said GPS emulation module comprises: a GPS satellite constellation simulation which is triggered by said 6DOF trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator for reading orbit parameters, satellite clock parameters, and atmospheric parameters from ephemeris data, which are stored in said GPS/IMU emulation computer of said coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, and calculating a position and velocity vector in an Earth-Centered-Earth-Fixed (ECEF) coordinate system for all GPS satellites; a user initial position which is given by said 6DOF trajectory data; a GPS satellite prediction using information from said GPS satellite constellation simulation and said user initial position to determine visible GPS satellites and the elevation, azimuth, and Doppler shifts thereof; a GPS Error Models for using said information from said GPS satellite constellation simulation and said user initial position to calculate error correction terms, including satellite clock correction, relativistic, ionospheric delay, tropospheric delay, and group delay; a jamming model and effect simulation for simulating an impact of jamming on GPS signal reception, wherein an array of jammers defined by location, type, and effective radiating power is constructed and input to said jamming model and effect simulation; an input signal simulation for generating a GPS spread spectrum signal at an intermediate frequency (IF), which comprises a noise generation for generating a white noise using a random number method, a carrier generation for creating a sine wave at a defined intermediate frequency, a code generation adapted for generating a coarse acquisition (C/A) code or a precision (P) code, a first multiplier for multiplying a white noise from said noise generation and a sine signal from said carrier generation and a second multiplier for multiplying an output of said first multiplier by said C/A code or P code generated by said code generation; a tracking loop and signal processing simulation for accurately representing characteristics and performance of said real GPS receiver, wherein a modulated IF signal coming from said input signal simulation is an input signal of said tracking loop and signal processing simulation, said tracking loop and signal processing simulation comprising a carrier phase correction for driving a carrier DCO to generate a sine wave at said tracked frequency that is close to said intermediate frequency (IF), a deviation between said tracked frequency of said generated sine wave and said input IF being called frequency tracking error, and a code phase correction for driving a code generation to produce said C/A code or P code same as said code generation; a Kalman filter for calculating said GPS receiver's position and velocity using said simulated raw data from said raw data generation; and a data formatting for formatting said position and velocity information and said simulated raw data along with said ephemeris data according to a specific protocol, wherein said data formatting an integral part which allows said simulated GPS measurements has a format identical to that of said real GPS receiver used in said integrated GPS/INS system.

7. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 4, 5 or 6, wherein said IMU Emulation module comprises a gyro measurement model, a gyro error model, an accelerometer model, an accelerometer error model, and an IMU signal synthesis module, said 6DOF trajectory data generated by said 6DOF trajectory generator driving said gyro measurement model and said gyro error model to simulate a real gyro's characteristics and performance to form simulated gyro measurements and error which are combined by using an adder, said 6DOF trajectory data also driving said accelerometer measurement model and said accelerometer error model to simulate a real accelerometer's characteristics and performance to form simulated accelerometer measurements and error which are also combined by using an adder, said simulated gyro and accelerometer measurement data being processed by said IMU signal synthesis module to meet a specific protocol.

8. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 7, wherein said IMU input/output interface for IMU emulation includes an analog interface which is a multi-channel D/A converter circuit board for generating analog IMU signals, which comprises a bus interface circuitry, a DMA interface, and an interrupt interface, which are connected to a standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, said analog interface further comprising a FIFO circuitry connected to said bus interface circuitry, a multi-channel D/A converter circuitry connected between said FIFO circuitry and an analog signal regulator and/or isolator of said signal regulator and connector board, and a timing circuitry connected between said DMA interface and said multi-channel D/A converter circuitry.

9. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 7, wherein said IMU input/output interface for IMU emulation includes a serial signal interface which is a multi-channel RS-422/485 communication control circuit board for generating serial IMU signals, which comprises a bus interface circuitry connected with said standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, an interrupt interface connected between said bus interface circuitry and said standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, a discrete logic circuitry connected between said bus interface circuitry and a serial signal regulator and connector of said signal regulator and connector board, and an RS-485 interface circuitry connected between said bus interface circuitry and a signal regulator and connector of said signal regulator and connector board.

10. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 7, wherein said IMU input/output interface for IMU emulation includes a pulse signal interface which is a multi-channel digitally controlled frequency generator circuit board for producing pulse IMU signals, which comprises a bus interface circuitry connected with said standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, an interrupt interface connected between said bus interface circuitry and said standard bus of said IMU emulation computer, a multi-channel digital to frequency converter circuitry connected with said bus interface circuitry, and a Inc/Dec pulse separation circuitry connected between said multi-channel digital to frequency convert circuitry and a pulse signal regulator and connector of said signal regulator and connector board.

11. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 7, wherein said IMU input/output interface for IMU emulation includes a parallel digital signal interface which comprises two sets of interrupt interfaces and bus interface circuitries, wherein said first set of said interrupt interface and said bus interface circuitry are mutually connected and respectively connected to said standard bus of GPS/IMU emulation computer and said second set of said interrupt interface and said bus interface circuitry are also mutually connected and respectively connected to a standard bus of said GPS/INS navigation computer, and that said first bus interface circuitry is connected to said second bus interface circuitry.

12. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 7, wherein said IMU input/output interface for IMU emulation includes an analog signal interface, a serial signal interface, a pulse signal interface, and a parallel digital signal interface, which are used to convert said simulated IMU measurement data into one kind of signal adapted to inject into said integrated GPS/INS system, said generated signals being identical to signals produced by said real IMU device that is replaced by said GPS/IMU emulation system.

13. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 12, wherein said analog interface is a multi-channel D/A converter circuit board for generating analog IMU signals, which comprises a bus interface circuitry, a DMA interface, and an interrupt interface, which are connected to a standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, said analog interface further comprising a FIFO circuitry connected to said bus interface circuitry, a multi-channel D/A converter circuitry connected between said FIFO circuitry and an analog signal regulator and/or isolator of said signal regulator and connector board, and a timing circuitry connected between said DMA interface and said multi-channel D/A converter circuitry.

14. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 13, wherein said serial signal interface is a multi-channel RS-422/485 communication control circuit board for generating serial IMU signals, which comprises a bus interface circuitry connected with said standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, an interrupt interface connected between said bus interface circuitry and said standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, a discrete logic circuitry connected between said bus interface circuitry and a serial signal regulator and connector of said signal regulator and connector board, and an RS-485 interface circuitry connected between said bus interface circuitry and a signal regulator and connector of said signal regulator and connector board.

15. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 14, wherein said pulse signal interface is a multi-channel digitally controlled frequency generator circuit board for producing pulse IMU signals, which comprises a bus interface circuitry connected with said standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, an interrupt interface connected between said bus interface circuitry and said standard bus of said IMU emulation computer, a multi-channel digital to frequency converter circuitry connected with said bus interface circuitry, and a Inc/Dec pulse separation circuitry connected between said multi-channel digital to frequency convert circuitry and a pulse signal regulator and connector of said signal regulator and connector board.

16. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation method, as recited in claim 15, wherein said parallel digital signal interface comprises two sets of interrupt interfaces and bus interface circuitries, wherein said first set of said interrupt interface and said bus interface circuitry are mutually connected and respectively connected to said standard bus of GPS/IMU emulation computer and said second set of said interrupt interface and said bus interface circuitry are also mutually connected and respectively connected to a standard bus of said GPS/INS navigation computer, and that said first bus interface circuitry is connected to said second bus interface circuitry.

17. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, which is connected between an integrated GPS/IMU system for by passing a real GPS receiver and a real IMU device installed therein and a 6DOF trajectory generator for producing a real time trajectory data to send to said coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, comprising: an interface board including a GPS emulation input/output interface and an IMU emulation input/output interface; an emulation computer comprising a GPS emulation module for performing GPS emulation and an IMU emulation module for performing IMU emulation, said GPS emulation module receiving a real time trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator and generating dynamic GPS measurements including pseudoranges, carrier phases, and Doppler shifts, and positioning information including location information and velocity information, said dynamic GPS measurements being formatted to simulated GPS measurements and sent out through said GPS emulation input/output interface to an integrated GPS/INS system, wherein said velocity information from said integrated GPS/INS system is sent through said GPS emulation input/output interface to said GPS simulation module for GPS tracking loop aiding to facilitate said integrated GPS/INS system, said IMU emulation module receiving real time trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator and producing IMU simulated measurements, said IMU emulation input/output interface projecting said IMU measurements into specific simulated electrical signals; and a signal regulator and connector board for converting electronic signals from said IMU emulation input/output interface into simulated electrical signals, wherein said simulated electrical signals, coupled with said simulated GPS measurements, are injected into said integrated GPS/INS system which causes an on-board GPS/INS navigation computer installed therein into working as if carrying real transportation test.

18. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 17, further comprising an Ethernet network controller connected between said 6DOF trajectory generator and said GPS/IMU emulation computer for receiving said real time trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator and sending said real time trajectory data to said GPS emulation module and said IMU emulation module respectively.

19. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 18, wherein said GPS emulation module comprises: a GPS satellite constellation simulation which is triggered by said 6DOF trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator for reading orbit parameters, satellite clock parameters, and atmospheric parameters from ephemeris data, which are stored in said GPS/IMU emulation computer of said coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, and calculating a position and velocity vector in an Earth-Centered-Earth-Fixed (ECEF) coordinate system for all GPS satellites; a user initial position which is given by said 6DOF trajectory data; a GPS satellite prediction using information from said GPS satellite constellation simulation and said user initial position to determine visible GPS satellites and the elevation, azimuth, and Doppler shifts thereof; a GPS Error Models for using said information from said GPS satellite constellation simulation and said user initial position to calculate error correction terms, including satellite clock correction, relativistic, ionospheric delay, tropospheric delay, and group delay; a jamming model and effect simulation for simulating an impact of jamming on GPS signal reception, wherein an array of jammers defined by location, type, and effective radiating power is constructed and input to said jamming model and effect simulation; a raw data generation using said information from said GPS satellite prediction, said GPS error models, and said jamming model and effect simulation to calculate simulated pseudorange, carrier phase, and delta range for all visible satellites; a Kalman filter for calculating said GPS receiver's position and velocity using said simulated raw data from said raw data generation; and a data formatting for formatting said position and velocity information and said simulated raw data along with said ephemeris data according to a specific protocol, wherein said data formatting an integral part which allows said simulated GPS measurements has a format identical to that of said real GPS receiver used in said integrated GPS/INS system.

20. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 18, wherein said GPS emulation module comprises: a GPS satellite constellation simulation which is triggered by said 6DOF trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator for reading orbit parameters, satellite clock parameters, and atmospheric parameters from ephemeris data, which are stored in said GPS/IMU emulation computer of said coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, and calculating a position and velocity vector in an Earth-Centered-Earth-Fixed (ECEF) coordinate system for all GPS satellites; a user initial position which is given by said 6DOF trajectory data; a GPS satellite prediction using information from said GPS satellite constellation simulation and said user initial position to determine visible GPS satellites and the elevation, azimuth, and Doppler shifts thereof; a GPS Error Models for using said information from said GPS satellite constellation simulation and said user initial position to calculate error correction terms, including satellite clock correction, relativistic, ionospheric delay, tropospheric delay, and group delay; a jamming model and effect simulation for simulating an impact of jamming on GPS signal reception, wherein an array of jammers defined by location, type, and effective radiating power is constructed and input to said jamming model and effect simulation; an input signal simulation for generating a GPS spread spectrum signal at an intermediate frequency (IF), which comprises a noise generation for generating a white noise using a random number method, a carrier generation for creating a sine wave at a defined intermediate frequency, a code generation adapted for generating a coarse acquisition (C/A) code or a precision (P) code, a first multiplier for multiplying a white noise from said noise generation and a sine signal from said carrier generation and a second multiplier for multiplying an output of said first multiplier by said C/A code or P code generated by said code generation; a tracking loop and signal processing simulation for accurately representing characteristics and performance of said real GPS receiver, wherein a modulated IF signal coming from said input signal simulation is an input signal of said tracking loop and signal processing simulation, said tracking loop and signal processing simulation comprising a carrier phase correction for driving a carrier DCO to generate a sine wave at said tracked frequency that is close to said intermediate frequency (IF), a deviation between said tracked frequency of said generated sine wave and said input IF being called frequency tracking error, and a code phase correction for driving a code generation to produce said C/A code or P code same as said code generation; a Kalman filter for calculating said GPS receiver's position and velocity using said simulated raw data from said raw data generation; and a data formatting for formatting said position and velocity information and said simulated raw data along with said ephemeris data according to a specific protocol, wherein said data formatting an integral part which allows said simulated GPS measurements has a format identical to that of said real GPS receiver used in said integrated GPS/INS system.

21. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 18, 19 or 20, wherein said IMU Emulation module comprises a gyro measurement model, a gyro error model, an accelerometer model, an accelerometer error model, and an IMU signal synthesis module, said 6DOF trajectory data generated by said 6DOF trajectory generator driving said gyro measurement model and said gyro error model to simulate a real gyro's characteristics and performance to form simulated gyro measurements and error which are combined by using an adder, said 6DOF trajectory data also driving said accelerometer measurement model and said accelerometer error model to simulate a real accelerometer's characteristics and performance to form simulated accelerometer measurements and error which are also combined by using an adder, said simulated gyro and accelerometer measurement data being processed by said IMU signal synthesis module to meet a specific protocol.

22. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 21, wherein said IMU input/output interface for IMU emulation includes an analog interface which is a multi-channel D/A converter circuit board for generating analog IMU signals, which comprises a bus interface circuitry, a DMA interface, and an interrupt interface, which are connected to a standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, said analog interface further comprising a FIFO circuitry connected to said bus interface circuitry, a multi-channel D/A converter circuitry connected between said FIFO circuitry and an analog signal regulator and/or isolator of said signal regulator and connector board, and a timing circuitry connected between said DMA interface and said multi-channel D/A converter circuitry.

23. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 21, wherein said IMU input/output interface for IMU emulation includes a serial signal interface which is a multi-channel RS-422/485 communication control circuit board for generating serial IMU signals, which comprises a bus interface circuitry connected with said standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, an interrupt interface connected between said bus interface circuitry and said standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, a discrete logic circuitry connected between said bus interface circuitry and a serial signal regulator and connector of said signal regulator and connector board, and an RS-485 interface circuitry connected between said bus interface circuitry and a signal regulator and connector of said signal regulator and connector board.

24. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 21, wherein said IMU input/output interface for IMU emulation includes a pulse signal interface which is a multi-channel digitally controlled frequency generator circuit board for producing pulse IMU signals, which comprises a bus interface circuitry connected with said standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, an interrupt interface connected between said bus interface circuitry and said standard bus of said IMU emulation computer, a multi-channel digital to frequency converter circuitry connected with said bus interface circuitry, and a Inc/Dec pulse separation circuitry connected between said multi-channel digital to frequency convert circuitry and a pulse signal regulator and connector of said signal regulator and connector board.

25. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 21, wherein said IMU input/output interface for IMU emulation includes a parallel digital signal interface which comprises two sets of interrupt interfaces and bus interface circuitries, wherein said first set of said interrupt interface and said bus interface circuitry are mutually connected and respectively connected to said standard bus of GPS/IMU emulation computer and said second set of said interrupt interface and said bus interface circuitry are also mutually connected and respectively connected to a standard bus of said GPS/INS navigation computer, and that said first bus interface circuitry is connected to said second bus interface circuitry.

26. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 21, wherein said IMU input/output interface for IMU emulation includes an analog signal interface, a serial signal interface, a pulse signal, and a parallel digital signal interface, which are used to convert said simulated IMU measurement data into one kind of signal adapted to inject into said integrated GPS/INS system, said generated signals being identical to signals produced by said real IMU device that is replaced by said GPS/IMU emulation system.

27. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 26, wherein said analog interface is a multi-channel D/A converter circuit board for generating analog IMU signals, which comprises a bus interface circuitry, a DMA interface, and an interrupt interface, which are connected to a standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, said analog interface further comprising a FIFO circuitry connected to said bus interface circuitry, a multi-channel D/A converter circuitry connected between said FIFO circuitry and an analog signal regulator and/or isolator of said signal regulator and connector board, and a timing circuitry connected between said DMA interface and said multi-channel D/A converter circuitry.

28. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 27, wherein said serial signal interface is a multi-channel RS-422/485 communication control circuit board for generating serial IMU signals, which comprises a bus interface circuitry connected with said standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, an interrupt interface connected between said bus interface circuitry and said standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, a discrete logic circuitry connected between said bus interface circuitry and a serial signal regulator and connector of said signal regulator and connector board, and an RS-485 interface circuitry connected between said bus interface circuitry and a signal regulator and connector of said signal regulator and connector board.

29. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 28, wherein said pulse signal interface is a multi-channel digitally controlled frequency generator circuit board for producing pulse IMU signals, which comprises a bus interface circuitry connected with said standard bus of said GPS/IMU emulation computer, an interrupt interface connected between said bus interface circuitry and said standard bus of said IMU emulation computer, a multi-channel digital to frequency converter circuitry connected with said bus interface circuitry, and a Inc/Dec pulse separation circuitry connected between said multi-channel digital to frequency convert circuitry and a pulse signal regulator and connector of said signal regulator and connector board.

30. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 29, wherein said parallel digital signal interface comprises two sets of interrupt interfaces and bus interface circuitries, wherein said first set of said interrupt interface and said bus interface circuitry are mutually connected and respectively connected to said standard bus of GPS/IMU emulation computer and said second set of said interrupt interface and said bus interface circuitry are also mutually connected and respectively connected to a standard bus of said GPS/INS navigation computer, and that said first bus interface circuitry is connected to said second bus interface circuitry.

31. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 17, 18, 19, or 20, further comprising a data acquistion and performance evaluation system, which is independently connected between said 6DOF trajectory generator and said integrated GPS/IMU system, for comparing said real time trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator with integrated GPS/INS resolved vehicle trajectory data output from said integrated GPS/INS system in order to determine whether said integrated GPS/INS system works properly and to evaluate the performance thereof.

32. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 21, further comprising a data acquistion and performance evaluation system, which is independently connected between said 6DOF trajectory generator and said integrated GPS/IMU system, for comparing said real time trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator with integrated GPS/INS resolved vehicle trajectory data output from said integrated GPS/INS system in order to determine whether said integrated GPS/INS system works properly and to evaluate the performance thereof.

33. A coupled real time GPS/IMU emulation system, as recited in claim 30, further comprising a data acquistion and performance evaluation system, which is independently connected between said 6DOF trajectory generator and said integrated GPS/IMU system, for comparing said real time trajectory data from said 6DOF trajectory generator with integrated GPS/INS resolved vehicle trajectory data output from said integrated GPS/INS system in order to determine whether said integrated GPS/INS system works properly and to evaluate the performance thereof.