Method for combined use of a local positioning system, a local RTK system, and a regional, wide-area, or global carrier-phase positioning system
US7511661B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 4, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S19/44
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention includes a method for a combined use of a local positioning system, a local RTK system and a regional, wide-area, or global differential carrier-phase positioning system (WADGPS) in which disadvantages associated with the local positioning system, the RTK and the WADGPS navigation techniques when used separately are avoided. The method includes using a known position of a user receiver that has been stationary or using an RTK system to initialize the floating ambiguity values in the WADGPS system when the user receiver is moving. Thereafter, the refraction-corrected carrier-phase measurements obtained at the user GPS receiver are adjusted by including the corresponding initial floating ambiguity values and the floating ambiguity values are treated as well known (small variance) in subsequent processes to position the user receiver in the WADGPS system.
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