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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7522099 | Position determination using carrier phase measurements of satellite signals Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining the relative position of a mobile unit that moves from an initial location to a plurality of successive positions. The mobile unit receives signals from a plurality of navigation satellites and tracks the carrier p... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518549 | Circuit arrangement for processing satellite signals A circuit arrangement is provided for processing satellite signals comprising a first circuit part, which is made as a processor for computing position and/or speed signals from satellite signals, a second circuit part, which is made as a real-time clock to provide ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518550 | Method and system to control operation of registered devices in response to local law via the global positioning system (GPS) A method and system provides for controlling operation of registered devices using the Global Positioning System (GPS). One or more devices in a mobile environment are registered with a GPS navigation system of the mobile environment. In response to the mobile envir... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515101 | Method and system to alert user of local law via the Global Positioning System (GPS) A method and system provides for notification to a user of registered devices that are in violation of local law using the Global Positioning System (GPS). One or more one or more devices in a mobile environment are registered with a GPS navigation system of the mob... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7508340 | Generic Satellite Positioning System receivers with selectable inputs and outputs Generic SATPS receivers and methods for configuring generic SATPS receivers that include a plurality of outputs are provided. These configurable SATPS receivers are adapted to be utilized in at least one of a plurality of particular SATPS receiver applications, and ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7495607 | Method and apparatus for adaptive processing of signals received from satellite navigation systems Disclosed is an adaptive receiver configured to receive signals from satellite navigation systems to determine receiver coordinates and configured to use a co-op tracking system to evaluate full phases of carrier phases for N navigation satellites in view. The adapt... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7495606 | Positioning information processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, method of processing positioning information, and program A positioning information processing apparatus includes positioning information acquiring means for acquiring positioning information at predetermined standard time intervals; and positioning information transmitting means for transmitting outside the positioning in... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7492314 | User equipment navigation solution with position determination of a navigation signal reflector User equipment navigation solution with position determination of a navigation signal reflector methods and systems are described. In an embodiment, navigation signals transmitted from global positioning system (GPS) platform(s) can be received at a GPS-enabled rece... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489270 | GNSS line bias measurement system and method A number of solutions for deriving the line bias are disclosed. Some of these solutions utilize signal processing and judicious selection of the frequency plan used in the position detection systems to either enable the derivation of the line bias, or make the measu... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7489271 | Optimized receive antenna and system for precision GPS-at-GEO navigation A GPS-at-GEO system is provided that includes a receive antenna design that enables improved tracking of GPS space vehicle side-lobe signals. The receive antenna design is a conical mode helix antenna configured to produce a conical mode radiation pattern, which has... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7489272 | Device for generation of format description messages of future messages relating to a satellite navigation system A device is dedicated to generating messages relating to at least one satellite navigation system and to be sent to navigation receivers. This device comprises processor means responsible for generating “description” messages to be broadcast to the navigation re... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486231 | GPS device A GPS device comprising: a first circuit arranged to receive at least one first signal and arranged to output first timing information dependent on the first signal; a second circuit arranged to receive at least one second signal and arranged to output second timing... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7471240 | Antenna connection detecting device and vehicle navigation device A current flowing from a circuit section into an integrated antenna flows through a coil. When a pseudo up-link signal is outputted from a VICS (light) signal processing circuit to check a connection state of an integrated antenna, since a large current flows throug... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7468693 | GPS rover station providing a high integrity position with a selected error A positioning system or synthetic phase processor or rover station for providing high integrity positions with graduated accuracies. The positioning system includes one or more real time kinematic (RTK) reference stations for receiving GPS signals at established ref... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7468692 | Method and apparatus for interconnecting navigation components using a multi-pin connector A navigation device comprises a data receiver and a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation device which are interconnected with a multi-pin connector. The data receiver provides an intermediate voltage level through the multi-pin connector, and a microprocessor ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7460064 | Variable measurement rate method for positioning systems A method of variable rate measurements in a device. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating an intermediate signal conveying both a position of the device and a velocity of the device in response to a plurality of navigation signals received from e... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7456783 | GPS signal repeater and GPS receiver of stationary orbit satellite, and method for positioning stationary orbit satellite using the same Provided is a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal repeater and a GPS receiver of a stationary orbit satellite, and a method for positioning a stationary orbit satellite using the same. The GPS signal repeater includes: a GPS receiver for receiving an L-band GPS s... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7443340 | Method and apparatus for generating and distributing satellite tracking information A method and apparatus for generating and distributing satellite tracking data to a remote receiver is disclosed. The method for includes extracting from satellite-tracking data initial model parameters representing a current orbit of at least one satellite-position... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444240 | Collision avoidance system having GPS enhanced with OFDM transceivers An object relative status determination system (54) for a vehicle (52) includes an orthogonal frequency domain modulation (OFDM) transceiver (56) that generates an object range signal (83). The system (54) may also include a global... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437138 | All CMOS GPS receiver with noise-matched high impedance on-chip antenna A GPS receiver depends on CMOS technology for both its GPS digital signal processing (DSP) and radio frequency (RF) stages. A resulting increase in RF input noise generated by the CMOS RF input is overcome by placing the antenna on-chip or on a lid of an application... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436907 | Analog compression of GPS C/A signal to audio bandwidth The present invention discloses analog methods and circuits for compression of the GPS C/A signal to audio bandwidths to improve TTFF times, as well as decreasing auto correlation errors in systems that employ the methods and devices disclosed. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436354 | Methods and systems for mobile navigational applications using global navigation satellite systems The present invention relates to providing navigation guidance for mobile users, using Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs) for applications where the user position needs to be determined in real time while meeting the navigation requirements, especially inte... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429948 | Device and method for calibrating and improving the accuracy of barometric altimeters with GPS-derived altitudes In a combined GPS/altimeter device, the calibration and hence the accuracy of barometric altimeter measurements are enhanced with the aid of derived altitudes from a GPS. The device determines the need for calibration and perform the subsequent computations necessar... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426380 | Location derived presence information The number of messages required in networks where both location and presence services are deployed may be reduced, by retrieving presence data from messages otherwise intended to provide only location information. Thus, information determined in a location service s... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426437 | Accident avoidance systems and methods Accident avoidance system for a host vehicle includes a global positioning system residing on the host vehicle for determining the host vehicle's location as the host vehicle travels based on signals received from one or more satellites, a map database having digita... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423538 | Child alert system A child alert system that uses radio transmitters and receivers to provide the location of a child, adult or object to which a transmitter unit of the system is attached. The transmitter unit includes a panic button for allowing the wearer of the transmitter unit to... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421339 | Apparatus and method for controlling traffic information display in navigation system A navigation system displays different colors on sections of a travel route according to traffic density. A method for controlling a traffic information display in the navigation system includes the steps of: if a traveling route is received from a user of a moving ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421243 | Method for playback of stored or broadcast content based on predicted location and/or attributes An apparatus includes a storage section that stores stored content, a content receiving section that receives content, a received content storage section that stores received content, and a playback section that plays back the stored content or the received content.... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417537 | Military wireless communication terminal A military wireless communication terminal includes a global positioning system receiver outputting location information of the terminal, a terrestrial magnetism sensor for sensing azimuth of the terminal, a memory in which map information of an operating area is st... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414575 | 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 orien... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414921 | Portable electronic device with radiofrequency signal receiver and method for determining the position of the same The portable electronic device, preferably a wristwatch, includes a radiofrequency signal receiver for receiving, in particular, GPS signals via an antenna, a magnetic compass, a microprocessor data processing unit for processing data provided by the receiver and th... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415354 | System and method for GPS acquisition using advanced tight coupling A system and method for GPS acquisition in relatively high interference is described. Acquisition is aided by an Advanced Tightly Coupled (ATC) tracking filters that compute a satellite range residuals and range rate residuals for satellites being acquired. Multiple... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414574 | Detecting an oscillation condition in a GNSS distribution system A system and method is provided for detecting spurious frequency oscillations within Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal distribution networks. Power levels of Radio Frequency signals within a GNSS signal distribution network are measured or detected to... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411512 | Tracking the geographic location of an animal Systems and techniques for tracking the geographic location. In one aspect, a method includes receiving timed magnetic field information descriptive of a magnetic field to which a magnetometer was subject, the magnetic field information having been collected while t... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411492 | Pet tracking systems, other tracking systems, and portable virtual fence A tracking system includes a global positioning system (GPS) module and a modem for mobile communications both attached to a pet (or other trackee), and a virtual fence (which includes a base station sending a signal to a certain range and a receiver attached to the... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403154 | Determining position without use of broadcast ephemeris information Devices and methods are described for determining position information without broadcast ephemeris data for extended time periods. A server or client device receives or collects historical state data of satellites of a satellite-based positioning system and generate... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403120 | Reverse infrastructure location system and method Methods and apparatus are provided to locate a terminal within a workspace. Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are provided in known locations, preferably in, on or adjacent the light fixtures or other workspace infrastructure. The terminal comprises an RFID... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400969 | Navigation system A navigation system includes a GPS receiver for receiving radio waves transmitted from multiple GPS satellites and producing a measured position, an error-range setting unit for setting an estimated error range in which a measured position at the time of current pos... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400293 | Atmospheric turbulence analysis system A turbulence analysis system comprises a communication interface and a processing system. The communication interface receives time variance metrics for a plurality of satellite signals. The time variance metrics correspond to variances in signal transfer times for ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394423 | 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... | 07/01/2008 |
