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Location fix from unknown position

US9030355B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 5, 2012
Grant dateMay 12, 2015
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S19/09
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for determining a location of a receiver by using signals received by the receiver from a number of satellites, the apparatus being configured to, when the receiver has been unable to decode a time-of-transmission from the satellite signals, determine a location for the receiver by use of an algorithm that takes an estimate of the location of the receiver as an input, and, when an estimate of the location of the receiver is unavailable, determine an approximate location of the receiver in dependence on the satellite signals and input that approximate location into the algorithm as the estimate of the location of the receiver.

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