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Method and apparatus for determining time in a GPS receiver

US6346911B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2000
Grant dateFeb 12, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04R20/06
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for determining time in a GPS receiver is provided according to the invention. The method includes the steps of capturing (304) GPS data in a GPS message for a predetermined period of time, locating (308) a predetermined data sequence in the captured data, and determining (311) a time offset between a data capture start time and a time of arrival of the expected data pattern.

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