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Method and apparatus for processing data in a GPS receiving device in a road vehicle

US4837700A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 1987
Grant dateJun 6, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/28
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for processing data received by a receiving device which outputs present location data for a movable vehicle based on the Global Positioning System and is positioned in the vehicle, including the steps of calculating an average of a predetermined number of data output from the receiving device while the vehicle stops, determining the average to be an effective data if the standard deviation of the data is within a predetermined range, and processing the averaged data as the present location data for the vehicle.

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