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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100171660 | NOVAS HYBRID POSITIONING TECHNOLOGY USING TERRESTRIAL DIGITAL BROADCASTING SIGNAL (DBS) AND GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) SATELLITE SIGNAL A positioning method using global positioning system (GPS) signal and digital broadcasting system (DBS) signal. The method includes detecting a presence status of the GPS signal through a signal detector in a receiver, detecting a presence status of the DBS signal throu... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100171657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS POSITIONING AND LOCATION DETERMINATION According to the present invention, there is provided a system and method for wireless sensor networks (WSN) positioning which is cost-effective, scalable, can be easily implemented, and provides excellent performance and accuracy. In the present invention, a few refere... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100149030 | POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD An improved position determination system and method are described. The method includes determining that a failure to generate an acceptable GNSS position fix has occurred. In response to determining that the failure to generate an acceptable GNSS position fix has occur... | 06/17/2010 |
| 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 |
| 20100141518 | AUTONOMOUS COOPERATIVE SURVEYING A method and apparatus for measuring depth of waterways and elevation of land features through autonomous consolidation of GPS device data acquired from a plurality of mobile platforms is disclosed. The GPS device data may then be processed and compared to published ref... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100127927 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING, LOCATING AND POSITIONING OBJECTS IN A NON-EQUIPPED AREA The invention relates to a system for identifying, locating and positioning an object inside a given and unequipped zone, wherein the system comprises a radiofrequency module to receive identification of an object to be positioned in a predetermined location, one or mor... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100109949 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING A HYBRID NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION THEREOF A mobile terminal having a hybrid navigation system and a method for determining a location thereof. A satellite navigation system receiver receives satellite data from a satellite. An inertial navigation system measuring device measures inertial data of the mobile term... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100109950 | TIGHTLY-COUPLED GNSS/IMU INTEGRATION FILTER HAVING SPEED SCALE-FACTOR AND HEADING BIAS CALIBRATION Embodiments of the invention provide a tightly-coupled integration filter for inertial sensor-assisted GNSS (global navigation satellite system) receiver. The inertial measurement unit (IMU) contains inertial sensors such as accelerometer, magnetometer, and/or gyroscope... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100109948 | Methods and Apparatuses For GPS Coordinates Extrapolation When GPS Signals Are Not Available Systems and methods for extrapolating GPS coordinates beyond line of sight are disclosed. A coordinate extrapolation system (CES) can include a memory, a processor, and a GPS receiver. The CES can receive GPS signals and determine GPS coordinates corresponding to a loca... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100103040 | Method of using road signs to augment Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate data for calculating a current position of a personal navigation device A method of using road signs to augment Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate data for calculating a current position of a personal navigation device includes obtaining recent GPS coordinate data with the personal navigation device, obtaining an image from a camera... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100073227 | Detecting Lack of Movement to Aid GNSS Receivers Embodiments of the invention provide a method of detecting movement to aid GNSS receivers. By detecting when the user is stationary, the Doppler frequency estimation can be corrected or the SNR can be boosted more both of which lead to improved performance. The embodime... | 03/25/2010 |
| 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 |
| 20100039318 | ARRANGEMENT FOR AND METHOD OF TWO DIMENSIONAL AND THREE DIMENSIONAL PRECISION LOCATION AND ORIENTATION DETERMINATION In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of and apparatus for determining inaccurate GPS samples in a set of GPS samples is disclosed, according to the following actions: a) obtaining GPS samples as taken by a global positioning system on board a vehicle whe... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100026571 | Nautical Safety Beacon A signalling beacon which includes a global positioning system receiver, operable to determine a geographic location of the signalling beacon, a radio frequency transmitter operable to transmit a radio frequency signal, a radio frequency receiver operable to receive a r... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090309793 | Acceleration compensated inclinometer An inclinometer using a speedometer and a forward-looking accelerometer for measuring inclination angle.... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090295633 | Attitude estimation using intentional translation of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) antenna A system determines three-dimensional attitude of a stationary or moving platform using signals from a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) antenna that undergoes deliberate translation, which may be occasional. The system uses single GNSS receiver, a single GNSS a... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090278740 | HYBRID POSITIONING METHOD AND DEVICE The invention relates to a method of determining the position of an aircraft by combining inertial data with range data between the aircraft and satellites, in which: a) the range is stored in a FIFO memory so as make delayed range data available at the output from the ... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090267832 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY DETERMINING POSITION A system and method of dynamically determining a position. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems comprising a host processor, a sensor configured to send signals indicative of the position of the system to the host processor, an antenna configured to... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090201200 | POSITIONING METHOD, POSITIONING ARRANGEMENT, BEARING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO BE USED IN A POSITIONING SYSTEM A positioning method, positioning arrangement, bearing device (11) and computer program product for use in a positioning arrangement one described. The invention, the location information of the object being tracked can be visualized to the tracker (10), a... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090189810 | WEIGHTED AIDING FOR POSITIONING SYSTEMS Location information provided by multiple positioning systems is combined to provide an estimated user location. In performing the combination, location information provided by the positioning system that is currently deemed more reliable is provided greater weight than... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090128408 | System and Method For Maintaining Antenna Pointing Accuracy During Periods of GPS Outage A method of computing an antenna pointing direction for an inertial navigation unit (INU) utilizing a global positioning system (GPS) signal during periods of GPS signal outage includes determining antenna pointing error of magnitude and phase information. The phase inf... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090122295 | Increasing measurement rate in time of flight measurement apparatuses An apparatus for measuring distance to a surface is disclosed. The apparatus transmits at least one subsequent pulse of light prior to receiving a reflection of a previously sent pulse of light. Thus, multiple pulses of light are in-flight at a given time. The embodimen... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090079628 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING GPS RECEIVER AND AN ON-CHIP GYRATOR A circuit for use in a wireless communication device includes a on-chip gyrating circuit that generates a motion parameter based on motion of the circuit. A GPS receiver receives a GPS signal and that generates GPS position data based on the GPS signal. A processing mod... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090079629 | GPS DEVICE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH AN ON-CHIP GYRATOR An integrated circuit, for use in a GPS device, includes an on-chip gyrating circuit that generates a motion parameter based on motion of the IC. A global positioning system (GPS) receiver receives a GPS signal and generates GPS position data based on the GPS signal. A ... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090058723 | POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF The invention provides a positioning system. In one embodiment, the positioning system comprises a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) module, a dead reckoning module, a Geographic Information System (GIS) module, and an calculating module. The GNSS module generat... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20080316091 | Accuracy Assessment in Assisted Gps Positioning Reliable and efficient search windows are provided by allowing the adaptation of the code search window to be dependent on inaccuracy measures of relations between a cellular frame time and a satellite reference time. This inaccuracy is calculated in a positioning node ... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080294309 | Autonomous Agriculture Platform Guidance System A guidance system for an agriculture platform that is capable of making decisions concerning the platforms direction and velocity regarding the pathway the platform is moving along as well as obstacles in the path of the platform, is provided. The autonomous agricultura... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080291084 | Independent Device for Determining Absolute Geographic Coordinates of an Immersed Moving Body This invention relates to immersed moving bodies for which the activity requires knowledge of their absolute geographic coordinates. This is the case particularly for moving bodies performing site survey operations, excavations and more generally exploration operations.... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080284643 | 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... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080284650 | Sports Sensor A data logger for a monitoring sports which includes an accelerometer, a gyro sensor to sense angular displacement, a GPS unit to sense position and velocity, a magnetometer to sense direction of movement, a heart rate monitor, and a controller programmed to manipulate ... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080238771 | Vehicle position detection system A vehicle position detection system is provided to detect a vehicle position with higher accuracy. The vehicle position detection system includes a GPS receiving device mounted on the vehicle to receive GPS signals from a GPS satellite, a light beacon communication devi... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080238770 | GPS Device and integrated circuit with an on-chip gyrator An integrated circuit, for use in a GPS device, includes an on-chip gyrating circuit that generates a motion parameter based on motion of the IC. A global positioning system (GPS) receiver receives a GPS signal and generates GPS position data based on the GPS signal. A ... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080238772 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING MULTIPATH SIGNAL IN GPS ARCHITECTURE A method and apparatus for constructive use of a multipath signal in GPS signal processing is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) receiving a GPS signal at a mobile object from a satellite vehicle, b) determining a distance characteristic relating a ref... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080211718 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Position and Orientation of a Missile A system for determining the position and orientation of a flying object such as a missile includes a ground segment having at least one pseudolite station located on the earth's surface which transmits into space a navigation signal that uniquely identifies the pseudol... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20070257837 | Position Calculating Apparatus, Position Calculating Method, And Program A position calculating apparatus that calculates a position of a moving body by using results of positioning by a GPS satellite and a self-contained sensor includes receiving means for receiving GPS orientation data measured by the GPS satellite and navigation orientati... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070222674 | AUTOMATED ASSET POSITIONING FOR LOCATION AND INVENTORY TRACKING USING MULTIPLE POSITIONING TECHNIQUES A system and method is provided for tracking and maintaining a highly accurate inventory of shipping containers that are stored within container storage facilities. The invention includes using multiple complementary real-time and post-processing positioning techniques ... | 09/27/2007 |
