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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7719467 | Digital camera with GNSS picture location determination A digital camera for providing a short burst of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal samples in a picture data file with an approximate time for reading by a computer apparatus some time later for determining the geographical location and an accurate tim... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7701390 | Time adjustment device, timekeeping device with a time adjustment device, and a time adjustment method A time adjustment device having a reception unit that receives a satellite signal transmitted from a positioning information satellite; a time information generating unit that generates time information; a generated time information storage unit that stores the time... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7692580 | Device, system and method for controlling and storing sensitive information on a GPS device A system and method for controlling and storing sensitive information on a global positioning system (GPS) device are provided. The system includes a locational information module for determining location information of the device; an encryption module for encryptin... | 04/06/2010 |
| RE41175 | GPS-enhanced system and method for automatically capturing and co-registering virtual models of a site A system for capturing a virtual model of a site includes a range scanner for scanning the site to generate range data indicating distances from the range scanner to real-world objects. The system also includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver coupled to t... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7659848 | Event location determination A method of determining a location of an event of interest by processing signals from a satellite positioning system. The method comprises receiving recorded blocks of data samples of a satellite broadcast including blocks recorded at the approximate location of the... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7557750 | Positioning device, method of controlling positioning device, and recording medium A positioning device includes an estimated height storage section which stores an estimated height H1, a signal reception section which receives a satellite signal which is a signal from a satellite positioning system (SPS) satellite, a two-dimensional height... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7439907 | Navigation signal receiver trajectory determination The present invention provides methods and systems that enable a mobile navigation receiver to accurately determine its trajectory with non-current ephemeris in stand-alone mode. In an embodiment, the receiver computes the position for the same location using non-cu... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436357 | Background ephemeris download in navigational receivers The present invention provides methods and systems for keeping the ephemeris in a navigational receiver current to achieve fast TTFF without the need for connecting to an aiding network or remote server. In an embodiment, the receiver keeps the ephemeris current by ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433830 | Method and system for assigning and dispatching a telecommunications systems work order based on global positioning information Methods and systems are disclosed for enhancing telephone work orders with Global Positioning System information. One method generates a work order for repair of a telecommunications network. A turf is assigned to the work order, and the assigned turf is verified wi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432854 | Simple device and method to return a user to a location A low-power location apparatus for returning to a user to a location including a system unit configured to compute a location using radio signals, a user interface unit having a display area and first and second buttons, a memory unit, and a computational unit confi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7400295 | Method, system and service product for identification of objects The objects are identified on the basis of location and characteristics. The method is performed by a user device and a service product offering a service with which objects are identified. The object to be identified is positioned and the position of the object is ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400974 | Method and apparatus for locating position of a GPS device A method and apparatus for locating position of a GPS device is described. In one example, a method for provisioning a mobile device with a model for determining a position of the mobile device in at least one geographic area is provided. The method includes obtaini... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397423 | GPS for communications facility records Methods and systems are disclosed for enhancing communications line records with Global Positioning System coordinates. One embodiment acquires Global Positioning System information and provides the Global Positioning System information to assemble a line record. | 07/08/2008 |
| 7373247 | Method and apparatus for updating map data, and computer-readable medium storing program for executing the method A method and an apparatus for easily updating map data in real time, using a device employing map data or a navigation system, through a transport protocol expert group (TPEG) service, and a computer-readable medium storing a computer program for executing the metho... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373657 | Method and apparatus for controlling data and software access A proximity based computer access system is provided. According to the invention, a local key associated with a workstation wirelessly communicates with a local key which is associated with a user. If the user, and remote key, are outside of a preset radius of the w... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369830 | Monolithic GPS RF front end integrated circuit A highly integrated GPS RF Front End which uses a single conversion stage employs an image rejection mixer stage to eliminate the need for an image reject RF bandpass filter. Also a relatively high sample rate A/D is employed which allows a timeless monolitic IF Fil... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366607 | Navigation apparatus A navigation apparatus includes a guidance-information creating unit that creates guidance information by acquiring a guiding direction, in which a vehicle should be guided, from preset route information and current position information; an acoustic-image creating u... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366522 | Method and system for location tracking Techniques for location tracking, location utilization, and dissemination and management of location information are disclosed. As a location monitoring system, one embodiment includes at least a plurality of mobile computing devices supported by a wireless network,... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366595 | Vehicle drive assist system A vehicle drive assist system comprises a camera for picking up an image of an area existing in an advancing direction of a vehicle; display means for displaying the image picked up by the camera; steering angle detecting means for detecting a steering angle for ste... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366972 | Dynamically mediating multimedia content and devices A mediator having at least a ranking component, a listening component, and a control component, selectively controls a group of devices from a plurality of network devices in a network environment to reproduce multimedia content. The mediator correlates the multimed... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363126 | Core area territory planning for optimizing driver familiarity and route flexibility Route planning methods for use by a package delivery service provider are disclosed that satisfy a stochastic daily demand while taking advantage of drivers' route familiarity over time. A model for estimating the value of driver familiarity is disclosed along with ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363137 | Construction equipment discovery on a network Systems and methodologies that facilitate a search for construction equipment(s) (e.g., a welding terminal) via a locator component that searches a networked area as defined by a plurality of reference points. Upon locating a network address of the construction unit... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358897 | Apparatus, methods and computer program products for GPS signal acquisition using an adaptive search engine A GPS receiver includes a digital signal processor (DSP) configured to receive a carrier-modulated signal and to provide an adaptive GPS search engine operative to search the carrier-modulated signal for GPS signals over a variable number of carrier timing hypothese... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355535 | Signal processing providing lower downsampling losses Methods and devices for processing GPS signals are provided. The device includes: means for storing one or more lookup tables, each lookup table comprising a plurality of entries, each entry comprising an input segment and an output segment, wherein the output segme... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356406 | Land software tool Disclosed is a network accessible tool that is capable of providing map and satellite image data, as well as other photographic image data to locate, identify, measure, view, and communicate information about land over the Internet-to-Internet users. The network acc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355551 | Method for a space-efficient GPS receiver In a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, rather than storing both GPS satellite ephemeredes and almanacs to the GPS receiver's on-chip non-volatile memory, storing into the non-volatile memory only the more recent ephemeris or almanac data for each satellite. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356388 | Prevention of interference from movable radiation networks A radio interference avoidance system (1) has a processor in a detection system (11) which receives real time inputs from various sensors (12-16). The processor dynamically determines if a craft (for example, ship) movable network (19 | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356392 | System and method for evaluating vehicle and operator performance The present invention relates to the field of safety management of one or more vehicles, and more particularly, to a system and method for analyzing information relating to a vehicle's performance characteristics such as speed against environmental attributes such a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349801 | Vehicle navigation system and method for guiding path of complex intersection There is provided a vehicle navigation system and method for guiding path of a complex intersection more accurately. The method for guiding path of the complex intersection includes the steps of: configuring the complex intersection through a grouping based on a ter... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349684 | Communication system for tracking assets A communication system comprises a mobile unit that generates mobile unit position signals and message signals. A base station is wireless two-way coupled to the mobile unit. The base station has a GPS receiver that generates base station position signals, a master ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349705 | Wireless remote location system and method A wireless subscriber unit for a tracking and locating system and method is disclosed. The locating system provides positional information of remote locator devices in the form of images viewable by subscribers over a network. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345628 | Location dependent display of information for GPS devices An invention for providing information to a GPS device by selecting location-specific information stored on a memory medium incorporated in the GPS device, or received by the GPS device from location-specific information broadcast by GPS satellites. The stored or br... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340214 | Short-range wireless system and method for multimedia tags A short-range wireless system and method is disclosed to store and transfer a new type of multimedia data construct called a tag. A user can write text, create a voice clip and append it to the text, take a digital picture and append it to the text, to create a mult... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340346 | Method for generating data set A computer method of generating a probabilistic dataset relating to a weather event includes inputting data representative of an historical weather event, and generating data representative of a plurality of alternative events. The data for the alternative events ar... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340212 | Method and system for delivery of location-specific data using digital satellite broadcast A method and system for location-specific delivery of digital satellite broadcast data comprising determining a current service location, selecting a satellite radio band based on the determination, monitoring the selected satellite radio band for a data package, an... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333820 | System and method for providing routing, mapping, and relative position information to users of a communication network The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing real-time position information of one party to another party by utilizing a conventional telecommunication network system such as the convention telephone network, a mobile telecommunications net... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328103 | Navigation system for a vehicle An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective element. An information display is at the interior rearview mirror assembly and displays information for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. The inform... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327311 | Method of despreading GPS signals A method of despreading GPS spread spectrum signals containing pseudorandom noise (PRN) code sequences and received by a GPS receiver (24) is disclosed together with a GPS receiver (24) and a mobile communications device (MS1) (especially a mobi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327312 | 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... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324895 | Apparatus for creating a navigation map To display a navigation map for a navigation device more accurately and realistically and with less memory capacity, roads, railroad lines, rivers, lakes, and similar cartographic parameters are composed not of straight lines but of Cornu spirals. A Cornu spiral is ... | 01/29/2008 |
