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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8051108 | Synchronization of data on survey devices Tools for synchronizing survey data between one or more survey devices and a surveying office application. The disclosed tools can help to ensure that each of the devices, and the office application, have consistent data. An exemplary tool might detect a change to d... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7847726 | Navigational signal tracking in low power mode The present invention provides systems and methods for navigational signal tracking in low power mode to conserve the power of handheld navigation receivers. In an embodiment, the receiver cycles between sleep and wakeup states. During the sleep state, most of the c... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7786929 | Method and device for predicting GNSS satellite trajectory extension data used in mobile apparatus A method and device for predicting satellite trajectory extension data used in a mobile apparatus. The device in accordance with the present invention comprises an I/O interface and a microprocessor. The input/output (I/O) interface is used for obtaining at least on... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7786930 | Global positioning system log with low power consumption A global positioning system (GPS) log with low power consumption has an antenna, a GPS module, a power control module, a main control module, a power adjusting unit and a memory. The main control module is connected to the GPS module and the power control module to ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7768449 | Global navigation satellite system Each of a first and a second navigation satellite system (NSS) are adapted to operate according to a first and a second specification, respectively, and each includes a first and a second plurality of satellite vehicles (SV), respectively. Each of the first and the ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760136 | Modular multi-frequency GNSS receiver A method and system for leveraging available navigation frequencies for determining position by creating a flexible navigation signal architecture is disclosed. Such an architecture is designed for customizing a navigation system by combining, adding, replacing or r... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7701388 | 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 t... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7683830 | Antenna combination technique for multi-frequency reception A set of receiver antennas, of which at least one of the receiver antennas has the capability of receiving frequencies that another receiver antenna from the set is incapable of receiving, is used for determining position and orientation in a navigation system. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7683831 | Global navigation satellite system Each of a first and a second navigation satellite system (NSS) are adapted to operate according to a first and a second specification, respectively, and each includes a first and a second plurality of space vehicles (SV), respectively. Each of the first and the seco... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7683829 | Method and apparatus for adapting a receiver frequency plan according to location A selectable frequency source for use in GPS receivers. A device in accordance with the present invention comprises a reference frequency source, a first divider, coupled to the reference frequency source, the first divider having a first dividing factor, a first mi... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7679556 | Method of determining a GPS position fix and a GPS receiver for the same A method of determining a GPS position fix. The method includes: (i) sampling received GPS signals and storing those samples; (ii) conducting preliminary processing of those GPS signal samples to determine the likelihood of being able to obtain a position fix during... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7671792 | Global positioning receiver with system and method for parallel synchronization for reducing time to first navigation fix A global positioning system receiver with a system and method for parallel synchronization. The novel receiver includes a correlator having plural demodulator channels for receiving a signal from a first satellite, and a processor for processing the signal from the ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7667641 | Portable navigational device with a remote control, an internal memory, and internal heating element A navigation system (10) comprising a portable navigational device (12) and a remote control for remotely controlling the navigational device (12) is provided in a first preferred embodiment. The navigational device (12) is sized and conf... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7663540 | Server device, mobile terminal and positioning mode selecting method A calculation server estimates a position of a mobile terminal that communicates with a base station incorporated with received global positioning system satellite signals. The calculation server includes a positioning information analyzer configured to select one o... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7649493 | System for transmitting a signal for positioning and method for producing the system A transmitting system, which is capable of transmitting a signal for positioning to an area where radio waves are hardly received, is provided. The transmitting system for transmitting the signal for positioning includes a GPS compatible mixer combining a GPS signal... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7642957 | GPS system utilizing multiple antennas A GPS Mobile Unit is described. The GPS Mobile Unit may include at least two antennas, at least two GPS receivers, and a position solution module in signal communication with the at least two GPS receivers. ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7642956 | System and method for monitoring and surveying movements of the terrain, large infrastructures and civil building works in general, based upon the signals transmitted by the GPS navigation satellite system A measurement system for applications of monitoring and surveying based upon the signals transmitted by a GPS system includes a plurality of measurement stations equipped with at least one GPS receiver, one or more base stations for reception and processing of the m... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7642955 | Position privacy in an electronic device A privacy enhancement device for electronic device such as a cellular telephone. The privacy enhancement device may include a jammer which may produces false information, e.g. false information indicative of pseudo ranges. In addition, the navigation information use... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7633437 | Method for using three GPS frequencies to resolve whole-cycle carrier-phase ambiguities A new three-frequency technique for obtaining geometry free, refraction-corrected, ambiguity-resolved, carrier-phase measurements has been described. First, the ambiguities on at least two wide-lane carrier-phase measurement differences are obtained by averaging the... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7623066 | Satellite positioning system receiver time determination in minimum satellite coverage A method in a satellite positioning system receiver, including acquiring (210) a set of satellite positioning system satellites, determining (220) satellite subset time based on over-determined position solutions for at least two different subsets of t... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7605750 | Enhancing mobile multiple-access communication networks A global positioning system receiver for use to determine accurate position during flight based on data received from GPS satellites, the receiver including a clock with high short term accuracy, to allow determination of position even when data is received from les... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7605751 | Global navigation satellite system repeater disruption monitoring A method and systems for processing Global Positioning System (GPS) signals is provided. The method includes determining if two signals or more signals with the same pseudorandom number bit sequence (PRN) are detected by a GPS receiver. ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7605752 | Apparatus and method for controlling autonomous and assisted GPS modes in a wireless mobile terminal A mobile terminal capable of operating in a plurality of position tracking modes. The mobile terminal comprises: 1) a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit capable of receiving GPS signals from a plurality of GPS satellites, wherein the GPS unit is further capable of... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7602334 | 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 sig... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7598906 | GPS with mask ROM, control IC of the GPS and method for implementing the same The present invention provides a global positioning system (GPS) and a method for implementing the system. The GPS includes a control unit, a GPS RF processing circuit and a storage unit. The control unit includes a microprocessor and a mask ROM storing reference in... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7595750 | System and method for improving GPS signal processing in a mobile phone by using MEMS A receiver (R) for use in a user mobile terminal (U) in a satellite positioning system having a constellation of satellites (S) in which the receiver (R) acquires data from a satellite related to the position of the mobile terminal (U). A MEMS device (M) is incorpor... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7592952 | Method of locating a vehicle from satellite data A method of locating a moving element by determining a reference position and at least one overall protection limit on the basis of data from a group of satellites in a constellation of satellites. The method comprises the steps of selecting from the group of satell... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7573422 | Advanced power management for satellite positioning system A power management system for managing power in a wireless device having a SPS receiver, communication device and a power source, the power management is described. The power management system may include a real-time clock, an input/output device, a radio frequency ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7570205 | Automatic detection of GPS SA base value for HFOM An apparatus and method for detecting the type of Selective Availability (SA) engine in a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. The apparatus reverse computes a User Equivalent Range Error (UERE) value and filters it. The filtered value is run through a hysteres... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7567207 | Wireless mobile terminal using sensors for controlling autonomous and assisted GPS modes A mobile terminal that operates in a plurality of position tracking modes. The mobile terminal comprises a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit for receiving GPS signals from a plurality of GPS satellites. The GPS unit can operate in i) a device autonomous fix (DAF)... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7564402 | Information gathering using reflected satellite signals A method of using reflected satellite signals, such as GPS signals or high orbit satellite signals, to determine information including the steps of: receiving direct and reflected satellite signals from the same satellite at one or more receivers, comparing a power ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7564403 | Always-on satellite positioning receiver A method to establish a position of a device receiving an input signal containing data from a plurality of satellites is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) calculating (i) an estimated position of the device and (ii) an estimated velocity vect... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7561101 | Last known position reporting for always-on global positioning system receiver A method of last known position reporting in a device is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a request signal in an application module of the device, the request signal requesting a current position of the device while a plurality of... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7551128 | Position privacy in an electronic device A privacy enhancement device for electronic device such as a cellular telephone. The privacy enhancement device may include a jammer which may produces false information, e.g. false information indicative of pseudo ranges. In addition, the navigation information use... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7551127 | Reconfigurable downconverter for a multi-band positioning receiver A reconfigurable downconverter (10) for a multi-band positioning receiver is operable with an RF synthesizer (18) with fixed output frequency, and a fixed wideband RF input (28). The downconverter (10) includes an RF mixer (12) ope... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7538723 | Personal navigation device with improved antenna mounting configuration A personal navigation device includes a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals from a plurality of GPS satellites; a processing system coupled with the GPS receiver for determining a location of the personal navigation device as a function of the GPS signals; a disp... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538722 | Intelligent utilization of battery and bandwidth resources in mobile devices A programmable intelligent activation module to intelligently allow access to GPS resources is provided. In accordance with pre-programmed settings, an intelligent activation module will control the frequency by which a GPS module is allowed to access a GPS or GSM n... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7532158 | Wireless network assisted GPS system A method, apparatus, and/or system for locating mobile devices may use location information received from a mobile device to be located. Such information may include GPS-related information and/or path length information with respect to one or more signals transmitt... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532157 | Internet protocol based 911 system The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for initiating and handling an emergency IP request using an IP enabled device having GPS capability. The IP enabled device is monitored for one or more emergency criteria. If the emergency criteria are s... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7526718 | Apparatus and method for recording “path-enhanced” multimedia A “path-enhanced” recorder combines the recording of multimedia data files (typically, but not necessarily, using conventional digital audio, photo, and video recording technology), along with quasi-continuous capturing of time and position data to permit a subs... | 04/28/2009 |
