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GPS positioning system

US6791492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateOct 24, 2002
Grant dateSep 14, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S19/04
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A GPS positioning system comprises a fixed station and a mobile station. The mobile station has: positional positioning means; imaging means; direction detecting means; and arithmetic processing means. The positional positioning means measures positional coordinates by receiving radio weve from a satellite. The imaging means is arranged in a predetermined position for the GPS positional positioning means. The direction detecting means detects a photographing direction during photographig by the imaging means. The arithmetic processing means forms landscape data in which imaging data that is an output from the imaging means is associated with orientation data that is an output from the direction detecting means.

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