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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8046169 | System and method for determining the geographic location of a device A method and apparatus for estimating a location of a device. For each of a plurality of locations of a device, a set of positional data is determined from signals received from a plurality of satellites. The positional data is filtered and compared with data from a... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7826969 | Determining position of a vehicle with reference to a landmark A position determining system for a vehicle comprises an imaging unit for collecting image data. A wireless device reads or interrogates a radio frequency identification tag. An identification module determines whether the collected image data contains a visual land... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7711483 | Dead reckoning system In one embodiment, a system and method of dead reckoning navigation for a vehicle uses a set of accelerometers. Sensed accelerometers from the set are converted into a vehicle body frame of reference set of accelerations. The resulting converted accelerations are th... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7561968 | Scale factor calibration and compensation for angular position resolver In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a resolver system has at least one resolver and at least one amplifier in electrical communication with each resolver. A reference circuit is in electrical communication with the amplifiers. The reference ci... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7522999 | Inertial waypoint finder Using a combination of inertial sensors (accelerometers 70, 80, 90, 170, 180, 190) and, perhaps, a digital compass, a device can record movement in all directions relative to an origin (300), or initial position. Once the device has captured the inform... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7440847 | Navigation system for moving object and method for path guidance for moving object A navigation system for guiding a moving object from a current position to a destination includes a setting device that sets the current position and the destination, a sensor that detects movement of the moving object, a computing device that calculates move distan... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7421340 | Method, apparatus and computer program for azimuth determination e.g. for autonomous navigation applications For an observer equipped with a first azimuth data source responsive to a magnetic field to deliver first azimuth data, such as a compass, and with a second azimuth data source delivering second azimuth data and which is independent of magnetic fields, such as a gyr... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7398155 | Car navigation system When an elevated road and a usual fly-under road are located in a stacked state, two roads are shown in overlapped lines on a display unit of a car navigation system in a subject vehicle. When the subject vehicle travels the fly-under road, the elevated road is show... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392134 | Satellite navigation controller A navigation device changes a position determination accuracy of a receiver for satellite navigation to a higher accuracy in the following cases: when the subject vehicle approaches a destination, the subject vehicle runs on a road not described in map information, ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7376509 | Travel time calculating method and traffic information display method for a navigation device The navigation device of the present invention has a storage device which stores map data including link data of respective links constituting roads on a map, and statistical data including travel time (moving speed) which is determined by statistical values of traf... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373242 | Navigation apparatus and navigation method with image recognition A navigation apparatus with image recognition, includes: an imaging section for obtaining a stereo image of a target spot; an inertial information detecting section for measuring an attitude angle of a body and an acceleration of the body; an image process calculati... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359718 | Location determination and location tracking in wireless networks The present invention is directed to systems and methods which monitor a network environment, collect client information available online, and refine location determinations of individual clients based on observed information as well as online information. More part... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353139 | Portable apparatus with performance monitoring and audio entertainment features A portable apparatus (10) providing both substantially automated performance monitoring and audio entertainment features. In a preferred embodiment the apparatus (10) broadly comprises a portable housing (12); an attachment mechanism (14)... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7336176 | Position indicating system A position indicating system includes: a position indicating device, a first reference device, and a second reference device. The position indicating device includes: a first position indicating module for outputting a first signal; a second position indicating modu... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7321980 | Software power control of circuit modules in a shared and distributed DMA system A system-on-chip integrated circuit selectively gates clocks to individual modules corresponding to the state of a corresponding bit of a peripheral enable register. A reset circuit supplies a signal to a reset input of the digital module for a normal mode if the bi... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321331 | Method and apparatus for transmitting location data within an ad-hoc communication system To reduce interference and increase battery life, a method and apparatus for transmitting location data within an ad-hoc communication system is provided herein. During operation, a portion of a beacon payload is reserved to broadcast location information (coordinat... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319413 | Method and system to calculate an approximate location of a mobile station in a recurrent route A method and system for calculating the approximate location of a mobile station along a recurrent route is disclosed. In an embodiment for the method in accordance with the principles of the present invention, the method for storing reference data includes decoding... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305303 | Personal navigation using terrain-correlation and/or signal-of-opportunity information A navigation system includes an inertial navigation unit. The navigation system also includes a Kalman filter that generates corrective feedback for use by the inertial navigation unit. The Kalman filter generates the corrective feedback as a function of at least on... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299056 | Vehicular navigation based on site specific sensor quality data A method and system for determining a location of a vehicle, the method comprises determining reception location data within a first cell of a work area for a vehicle. A reception quality estimator estimates reception quality data for the corresponding reception loc... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7286933 | GPS/dead-reckoning combination system and operating method thereof The present invention relates to a GPS/dead-reckoning combination system and an operation method of the same. The GPS/dead-reckoning combination system includes a GPS receiver that receives an absolute position data of a moving unit from a GPS; an inertia sensor tha... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277793 | Method and apparatus for an integrated GPS receiver and electronic compassing sensor device At least one magnetic field sensing device and GPS receiver integrated in a discrete, single-chip package, and a method of manufacture for the same. Rather than requiring at least two separate chips to be used to realize GPS positioning and compassing capabilities i... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272467 | Systems and methods for filtering potentially unreliable visual data for visual simultaneous localization and mapping Apparatus and methods that use a visual sensor and dead reckoning sensors to process Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). These techniques can be used in robot navigation. Advantageously, such visual techniques can be used to autonomously generate and updat... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7245214 | Electronically tracking a path history Methods and systems for electronically tracking the progress of teams as they cover an assigned geographic area are described herein. A server computer establishes a coverage area, divides the coverage area into a plurality of regions, and assigns each region to a t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239962 | Method and apparatus for a routing agent A method and apparatus for a route calculation engine is described. The method of calculating a route to a resource comprises identifying a plurality of locations at which the resource may be available and creating an optimal route through the plurality of locations... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239760 | System and method for creating, storing, and utilizing composite images of a geographic location A system and method synthesizing images of a locale to generate a composite image that provide a panoramic view of the locale. A video camera moves along a street recording images of objects along the street. A GPS receiver and inertial navigation system provide the... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233783 | Mobile telephone system capable of effectively utilizing GPS information even if direct reception by a mobile telephone apparatus is difficult In a mobile telephone system including a mobile telephone base station (20) connected to a telephone network (40) and a mobile telephone apparatus (10) which includes a first GPS unit for receiving a GPS wave as a first received GPS signal to ob... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221909 | Method for guiding wireless communication device into communicable range and wireless communication device A personal digital assistant (PDA) detects its position by a two-axis acceleration sensor provided therein. While the PDA is within a communicable range where the PDA can communicate with the printer, a position of the PDA, which is located at time when the position... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221364 | Image generating apparatus, image generating method, and computer program An image generating apparatus (1) is provided with: a drawing application processor (11) for indicating a drawing device (13) to generate a 3D image; and a graphics library (12). The drawing application processor separates information to ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218319 | Image generating apparatus, image generating method, and computer program An image generating apparatus (1) is provided with: a drawing application processor (11) for indicating a drawing device (13) to draw a 3D image; and a graphics library (12). The drawing application processor is provided with a drawing ob... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215335 | Image generating apparatus, image generating method, and computer program A picture generating apparatus (1) is provided with: a drawing application processor (11) for instructing a drawing device (13) to generate a 3D image; and a graphics library (12). The drawing application processor is provided with a draw... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212514 | Mobile communication device containable in ad hoc network In a mobile communication device, when an inquiry packet sent from another mobile communication device for inquiring whether to accept or deny the participation in an ad hoc network is transferred to a work area, a transmission/reception control section determines w... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206693 | Method and apparatus for an integrated GPS receiver and electronic compassing sensor device At least one magnetic field sensing device and GPS receiver integrated in a discrete, single-chip package, and a method of manufacture for the same. Rather than requiring at least two separate chips to be used to realize GPS positioning and compassing capabilities i... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196875 | Permalloy sensor having individual permalloy resist pattern runners with lengths perpendicular to a wafer level anisotropy A permalloy sensor having high sensitivity is presented A substrate and a sensor has a first surface having a wafer level anisotropy in a given direction. A permalloy resistor pattern of individual runners is deposited on the surface such that the mechanical length ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191056 | Precision landmark-aided navigation Navigational systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide accurate processing of two-dimensional sensor images for navigation and determination of position in three-dimensions. Landmark features are extracted from two-dimensional sensor images and correlated ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188026 | Hierarchical floating car data network A hierarchical floating car data network comprises a central server, an egress point network, and a participating vehicle network. The egress point network is in communication with the central server. The egress point network comprises a plurality of egress points. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7188006 | Device and process for documentary assistance of an aircraft operator, in particular a pilot of the aircraft The documentary assistance device (1) comprises sources of computer data (S1 to Sn, B1 to Bp) relating to said aircraft, to elements of the latter, as well as to the outside environment, an interrogation means (2) capable of being activat... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7177737 | Systems and methods for correction of drift via global localization with a visual landmark The invention is related to methods and apparatus that use a visual sensor and dead reckoning sensors to process Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). These techniques can be used in robot navigation. Advantageously, such visual techniques can be used to aut... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167787 | Method for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle in accordance with risk and system for carrying out the method A method controls the speed of a motor vehicle in accordance with risk. Each risk element of a road segment is evaluated for the specific risk potential thereof by taking into consideration the perils and the actual speed of the driver of the motor vehicle. An integ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165123 | Apparatus and method for I/O management in a mobile environment wherein access to data from a wireless signal is restricted based on a persistent unique hardware identification The present invention provides an apparatus and method for a robust and configurable mobile computer architecture with navigation computational capabilities. The present invention further provides a bus network which allows for an efficient and durable Input/Output ... | 01/16/2007 |
