RayIQ™ enables precise orientation, heading, and pose using light — not imagery.
Reliable under sunlight, moonlight, atmospheric glare, haze, and cloud cover.
Why Cameras and IMUs Fail Outdoors
Cameras saturate, glare out, misinterpret the horizon, freeze under exposure problems, drift, and fail under rapid lighting transitions.
IMUs drift without any absolute reference — often within seconds.
RayIQ reads energy vectors, not images — giving a stable absolute frame even in extreme outdoor environments.
How RayIQ Sees the Sky
RayIQ detects:
- The direction of sunlight (even indirect)
- The “blue-edge” illumination gradient through the atmosphere
- Moonlight and night sky gradients
- Reflections from clouds, terrain, and airborne particles
- Directional IR, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, LWIR signatures
This creates an absolute orientation frame independent of GPS.
Applications Across Land, Sea, Air, and Space
Ground Vehicles
Navigation when GPS is jammed or spoofed.
Aircraft & UAVs
Night navigation, horizon detection, and absolute heading lock under zero visibility.
Maritime
Wave haze / sun glitter immunity. Stable orientation during roll, pitch, yaw.
LEO and High Orbit
Sun, moon, and illumination field sensing even without atmosphere.
Night Mode: 100× Stronger than IMU-only Solutions
At night, cameras fail completely.
IMU-only systems drift disastrously.
RayIQ still has:
- Moonlight
- Celestial gradient
- Ambient sky scattering
- Artificial light from horizon glow
- Thermal signatures
And the IMU drift is continuously corrected.
Extreme Conditions: What RayIQ Survives
- Full sun (0°–90°)
- Desert glare
- Maritime haze
- Fog, smoke, vapor
- Rapid day/night transitions
- High dynamic range floodlights
- Sensor heating
- Airborne debris
RayIQ does not rely on imagery — no overexposure, no white-out.
RayIQ vs. Cameras Outdoors
| Capability | Cameras | RayIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Sunlight | Blinds sensor | Improves SNR |
| Fog/Haze | Severe degradation | Usable |
| Night | Requires IR / active light | Works passively |
| Compute | Very high | 100M× less |
| Privacy | Images everything | Sees only photons |
| GPS need | High | None |
| Drift | High | None when sky is visible |
Use Cases by Branch
Army
GPS-denied ground navigation. Vehicle and soldier orientation.
Air Force
Night orientation at extreme speeds. Unjammable reference.
Navy / Marines
Maritime horizon lock under heavy roll and pitch.
Space Force
Solar / lunar orientation, satellite cross-tagging, and MWIR plume detection.
RayIQ™: The New Standard for Outdoor Orientation
Unjammable. Passive. Absolute.
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