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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100217524 | Navigation device, method, and program Devices, methods, and programs identify a leading candidate point by calculating a cost for candidate points on a road, and match a vehicle position to the identified leading candidate point. The devices, methods, and programs acquire an estimated vehicle position based... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100207810 | POSITION CALCULATING METHOD AND POSITION CALCULATING DEVICE Position calculating methods and devices are described. Satellite information may be calculated, which includes satellite position, satellite movement speed, and satellite movement direction of a positioning satellite. A pseudo distance between the positioning satellite... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100188286 | TIME REFERENCE SYSTEM A time reference system for generating a time reference from signals produced by a global navigation satellite constellation has a satellite signal receiver to receive and down-convert code-modulated signals from a plurality of satellites and a correlator to track and d... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100188284 | POSITION CALCULATING METHOD AND POSITION CALCULATING DEVICE A position calculating method includes: executing position calculation processing using a plurality of Kalman filter processing, which is processing corresponding to each of a plurality of power spectral density groups classified by performing in advance frequency analy... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100182194 | Positioning Apparatus and Method A positioning apparatus and the associated positioning method are provided. The positioning apparatus includes a wireless communication unit, a storage unit, a positioning module and a control unit. The wireless communication unit generates a detection signal. The stora... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100176987 | Method and apparatus to estimate vehicle position and recognized landmark positions using GPS and camera A navigation system with a capability of estimating positions of the platform vehicle and recognized landmarks using satellite information and camera measurements is disclosed. One aspect is to represent a landmark by one or few representative features by executing imag... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100174486 | VEHICLE POSITION SPECIFYING DEVICE, VEHICLE POSITION SPECIFYING METHOD, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE A vehicle position specifying device includes a reception unit that is installed in a vehicle and receives radio waves transmitted from a positioning satellite, a measurement unit that measures coordinates of the reception unit based on a reception result of the recepti... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100169001 | POST-MISSION HIGH ACCURACY POSITION AND ORIENTATION SYSTEM A method of generating post-mission position and orientation data comprises generating position and orientation data representing positions and orientations of a mobile platform, based on global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data and inertial navigation system (INS... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100156707 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Geographic Location of a Device A method and apparatus for determining the location of a device from signals provided by a plurality of satellites. A device receives a first plurality of signals comprising one signal from each of a first plurality of satellites and determines a first location of the d... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100156708 | Auxiliary Positioning Method and Auxiliary Positioning Device Using the Method An auxiliary positioning method, applied to a portable electronic device operative in a wireless communication network system and a satellite positioning system, for determining current position information of the potable electronic device, includes steps of receiving a... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100149025 | GPS RECEIVER RAIM WITH SLAVED PRECISION CLOCK A method and a system for providing a substituted timing signal for a missing satellite ephemeris in execution of a RAIM algorithm includes deriving a plurality of position, velocity, and time solutions from a GPS navigation system. The position, velocity and time solut... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100134348 | POSITIONING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING POSITIONING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM A positioning device, which locates a position based on satellite signals which are signals from positioning satellites, includes a position holding section which holds a reference position P, a stationary condition determination section which determines whether or not ... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100117895 | POSITION CALCULATING METHOD AND POSITION CALCULATING DEVICE A position calculating method includes: calculating a position of a mobile body based on a positioning signal from a positioning satellite; determining the moving condition of the mobile body based on a detection result of a sensor unit including at least one of an acce... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100117894 | Gps-based measurement of roll rate and roll angle of spinning platforms A system and method for determining the roll rate and roll angle of a spinning platform, using the measured phase differences between the GPS satellite signals received on two or more antennas. The measured phase differences and the navigation solution from a GPS receiv... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100103032 | Base Data Extrapolator to Operate with a Navigation Receiver in Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) and Differential Global Positioning System ( DGPS) Modes Base data received at a rover receiver is extrapolated to a rover measurement time referenced to a clock in the rover receiver. The base data comprises a plurality of base parameters, such as pseudo-ranges and full phases, calculated at base epochs from data received fr... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100103031 | METHOD OF DETERMINING RELIABILITY OF LONG-TERM PREDICTED ORBIT DATA, METHOD OF PROVIDING LONG-TERM PREDICTED ORBIT DATA, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS A method of determining the reliability of long-term predicted orbit data is disclosed. The method includes: analyzing a variation in the accuracy of the time-series predicted positions included in predicted position data by comparing the predicted positions included in... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100097267 | Determining a Geolocation Solution of an Emitter on Earth Using Satellite Signals Embodiments provide systems and methods for determining the geolocation of an emitter on earth. A solution is obtained from two TDOA measurements that need not be acquired at the same time. A solution is obtained from a TDOA measurement and an FDOA measurement that need... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100090888 | SBAS CORRECTION INFORMATION IN MS BASED AGPS SYSTEM A method for providing a mobile station, being connected to a wireless communication system, with GPS assistance data, comprises obtaining (210) of correction data of a satellite based augmentation system. The method further comprises obtaining (220) of as... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100079334 | LOW-COMPLEXITY TIGHTLY-COUPLED INTEGRATION FILTER FOR SENSOR-ASSISTED GNSS RECEIVER Embodiments of the invention provide a blending filter based on extended Kalman filter (EKF), which optimally integrates the IMU navigation data with all other satellite measurements tightly-coupled integration filter. This blending filter can be easily implemented with... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100079333 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATION-DEPENDENT TIME-SPECIFIC CORRECTION DATA A method and system for delivery of location-dependent time-specific corrections. In one embodiment, a first extended-lifetime correction for a first region is generated. A distribution timetable is used to determine a first time interval for transmitting the first exte... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100066602 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING INFORMATION BETWEEN GPS ENGINES IN MOBILE TERMINAL A mobile terminal and method for sharing Global Positioning System (GPS) information is provided. The mobile terminal includes a first GPS engine and a GPS driver. The first GPS engine updates GPS information. The GPS driver stores the GPS information updated by the fir... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100066601 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING TIME IN A SATELLITE POSITIONING SYSTEM Method and apparatus for receiving an estimate of time in a satellite signal receiver receives an estimate of time from a server and compensates for error of a clock in the satellite signal receiver using the estimate of time. The output of the compensated clock is used... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100066603 | System and Methods for Real Time Kinematic Surveying Using GNSS and Ultra Wideband Ranging Disclosed are systems and methods for augmenting the GNSS RTK surveying system with ground-based ranging transceivers, such as ultra wideband (UWB) Radio Frequency (RF) transceivers. A system embodiment includes a plurality UWB reference ranging transceivers, a movable ... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100066600 | MOBILE APPARATUS FOR TRACKING SATELLITE AND METHOD THEREOF A mobile apparatus for tracking a satellite, includes: a mobile unit; a GPS receiving unit mounted on the mobile unit that generates position coordinates of the mobile unit; a level meter mounted on the mobile unit that adjusts the mobile unit in horizontal and obtains ... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100060516 | METHOD OF DETERMINING APPROPRIATENESS OF SATELLITE ORBIT MODELING, METHOD OF PROVIDING LONG-TERM PREDICTED ORBIT DATA, AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING APPROPRIATENESS OF SATELLITE ORBIT MODELING A method of determining the appropriateness of satellite orbit modeling is provided. The method includes calculating values of parameters, that the predetermined model has, on the basis of predicted position data including a first predicted position at a first point of ... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100057349 | Electronic Timepiece and Time Difference Correction Method for an Electronic Timepiece An electronic timepiece has a function for receiving satellite signals transmitted from positioning information satellites, and includes a reception unit that receives the satellite signal and acquires satellite information from the received satellite signal, a satellit... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100052979 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF STATUS MESSAGES IN A SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM In a method for optimization of status messages in a satellite navigation system, which comprises a space segment having a plurality of satellites that emit navigation signals to be received and evaluated by utilization systems for position determination, and a ground s... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100049376 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A GPS-BASED POSITION A cooperative engagement group-position determining system employs a group of at least three cooperative units, for example a group of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's), with each unit including a GPS system for determining a GPS-based position, an inter-distance measure... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100026566 | MOBILE-UNIT POSITIONING DEVICE In a mobile-unit positioning device, phases of pseudo noise codes carried on satellite signals from satellites are observed at a mobile unit to measure a position of the mobile unit. A pseudo distance between one of the satellites and the mobile unit is measured for eve... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100019960 | Method and Apparatus for Mitigating Multipath Effects at a Satellite Signal Receiver Using a Sequential Estimation Filter A method and apparatus for mitigating multipath effects in a satellite signal receiver is described. In one example, measured pseudoranges are obtained from the satellite signal receiver to a plurality of satellites. For each measured pseudorange: an expected pseudorang... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100013702 | Methods and Apparatuses For Requesting/Providing Sensitivity Assistance Information Associated with Various Satellite Positioning Systems in Wireless Communication Networks Methods and apparatuses are provided for use by devices within a wireless communication network to request and/or provide sensitivity assistance information signals associated with one or more Satellite Positioning Systems (SPSs).... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100007550 | Positioning apparatus for a mobile object A positioning apparatus for a mobile object for measuring a position at a current time includes a GPS positioning unit for updating a GPS operation data; an INS positioning unit with a detection value for INS positioning; a speed detector for detecting speed; an error c... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100004860 | PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD An on-foot pedestrian navigation module useful for pedestrian navigation when operated with at least a control unit and another on-foot pedestrian navigation module, comprising (a) at least a first sensor unit and a second sensor unit, wherein each sensor unit including... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090322597 | LOCATION METHOD AND SYSTEM AND LOCATABLE PORTABLE DEVICE Location method for locating a portable device (1) from a server (2) configured to communicate with said portable device (1) through a wireless communications network (3), in which said portable device (1) comprises a transmission/rece... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090315763 | Satellite Signal Reception Device, Timekeeping Device with a Satellite Signal Reception Device, and Satellite Signal Reception Method A satellite signal reception device has a reception unit that receives satellite signals transmitted from a positioning information satellite, a timekeeping unit that keeps time internally, a power supply unit that supplies power at least to the reception unit, a correl... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090303114 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LOCATION USING A HYBRID SATELLITE AND WLAN POSITIONING SYSTEM BY SELECTING THE BEST WLAN-PS SOLUTION This disclosure describes a method and system for determining location using a hybrid satellite and WLAN positioning system by selecting the best WLAN-PS solution. In some embodiments, the method of increasing the accuracy of a WLAN based position estimate using satelli... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090289841 | POSITIONING APPARATUS A positioning apparatus includes a correlator 30 for calculating a correlation between the pseudo pattern code of each of satellites 1 and 2 and each of SPS signals associated with the satellites 1 and 2, and for outputting a correlati... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090289842 | Process for Improving the Continuity in the Case of a Two-Frequency Navigation Satellite System A process for improving continuity in a two-frequency navigation satellite system includes steps of i) observing the ionosphere by measurements in the two or more frequency bands; and ii) transmitting an alert message which informs user systems of a change of the ionosp... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090278735 | FREQUENCY AIDING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATION SATELLITE RECEIVER WITH CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY HYSTERESIS A method and apparatus for estimating oscillator signal variation due to temperature and for providing an estimated frequency to a GPS receiver in order to assist the GPS receiver to acquire the signals quickly is disclosed. A temperature sensor is closely thermally cou... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090251364 | Method and system of a mobile subscriber estimating position A method and apparatus of a mobile subscriber (MS) estimating position are disclosed. One method includes the MS receiving at least one satellite transmitted signal with a first receiver, and estimating a time of arrival of the at least one satellite transmitted signal.... | 10/08/2009 |
