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Position measuring method using a satellite

US4924699A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 1987
Grant dateMay 15, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S19/50
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method position measurement in which position about satellite orbits and information about time are received from satellites to determine a position of a point. The method includes a step to calculate a direction in which an error occurs based on positional information of a satellite and a step to determine the position of the point by use of road map information in the direction of the error.

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