Position determining unit and a method for determining a position of a land or sea based object
US10036636B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S19/48
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a position determining unit (800) for a land or sea based object and a method for determining a position. The position determining unit comprises or has access to a three dimensional map (802) comprising three dimensional geo-referenced position data. The position determining unit comprises further map part selector means (803) for selecting a part of the three dimensional map (802) so as to obtain a geo-referenced position associated to the selected part, at least one measurement instrument (805) arranged to obtain bearing and/or distance information related to the land or sea based object, and a computing and control unit (804) arranged to relate each obtained bearing and/or distance information to a corresponding obtained geo-referenced position and to determine a geographical position of the land or sea based object based on the bearing and/or distance information and the corresponding obtained geo-referenced positions.
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