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6417801 Method and apparatus for time-free processing of GPS signals  
A method and apparatus for computing GPS receiver position without using absolute time information transmitted by the satellite or by an alternative source of timing available at the GPS receiver....
6414630 Position detection apparatus used for a mobile object  
A position detection apparatus can accurately detect user's own position and other user's position. The position detection apparatus includes a position detecting means ( 1 ) for detecting user's...
6415225 Navigation system and a memory medium  
A system for executing guidance to a destination properly even if the destination is connected to a non-guidance target road, such as a small street. The system has a judgment device for...
6411254 Satellite positioning reference system and method  
Methods and apparatuses which use satellite position system (SPS) reference receivers. In one example of the invention, a plurality of SPS reference receivers, such as Global Positioning System...
6407698 Parked vehicle locator  
A signal/sensor automatically sends a wireless signal upon sensing that a vehicle has been parked. There is also provided a locator for determining a current location and storing the current...
6405106 Enhanced vehicle controls through information transfer via a wireless communication system  
A vehicle control system method and apparatus including a mobile application service provider communicating over a wireless communication network, a mobile station communicating with the mobile...
6400319 Communication network intialization apparatus and method for fast GPS-based positioning  
An apparatus and method is disclosed, utilizing a communications network (in this particular design, it is a GEM (Geo-Mobile) satellite system) to initialize a Global Positioning System (GPS)...
6401035 Method and system for a real-time distributed navigation system  
An Interactive Real-Time Distributed Navigation system is disclosed. In the present invention a user's location is determined by generating a position signal at the user's location. Through...
6396432 Method and apparatus for the deception of satellite navigation  
A method and apparatus for altering the coordinates obtained by satellite navigation in a receiving system which fixes an incorrect position, instead of a true position, within a given...
6384776 EM signal detection and position broadcasting system and method  
A system and method for alerting a driver to the presence of an EM signal from a police speed sensor signals (RADAR/LADAR), emergency vehicle signals and traffic hazard warning signals using...
6380889 Reconnaissance sonde  
A reconnaissance sonde to be dropped and erected in an area for wirelessly transmitting data to a data processing apparatus. The sonde includes a housing having top and bottom portions; a parachute...
6380890 Information appliance system having a navigational position generator and method  
An embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of navigational position sources ( 208 ) disposed to provide position data, a position service module ( 202 ) to aggregate position data and to...
6377210 Automatic mobile object locator apparatus and method  
An automatic mobile object locator apparatus and method provides position information and map data to user terminal equipment through a data communication network, such as the Internet. A GPS...
6377810 Method of operation of mobile wireless communication system with location information  
Location information is generated for a mobile device using a global positioning system (GPS) receiver ( 17 ) or by other means. A request for receipt of location information is received at the...
6377890 Navigator  
Route guiding information is displayed on the basis of set information and positional data when set information and positional data are set by a keyboard or are transmitted from a sensor BOX 12.
6360169 System for determining and tracking changes in location  
A handheld locator device is prompted to determine and store a first, Home location, and to determine a Return location, and to visually display the relative positions of the Home and Return...
6353744 Method for positioning with low geometrical dilution of position (GDOP)  
The invention is directed to positioning with low geometrical dilution of position (GDOP). Generally, the invention is a method for positioning including the steps of transmitting a asynchronous...
6351236 Combined GPS and CDMA in a mobile transceiver  
This novel mobile CDMA station incorporates the global positioning system (GPS). Two modes of operation are possible. One, during GPS operation, there is no transmission or reception of CDMA...
6347281 Remote global positioning device and method  
A remote global positioning device which is configured to calculate its position and transmit information indicating its position along an existing radio network to a remote destination. The remote...
6336076 Long range GNSS ephemeris data transfer method and apparatus using the same  
Disclosed are methods of transferring satellite ephemeris data for a first GNSS satellite from a pseudolite to a GNSS receiver. Also disclosed are pseudolites and GNSS receivers implementing the...
6327535 Location beaconing methods and systems  
Context-aware computing systems and methods are described. In particular embodiments, location aware systems and methods are described. In the described embodiments, hierarchical tree structures...
6326916 Signal conversion device for coupling RTCM correction data to a position determination device  
A signal conversion device that provides RTCM correction data to a position determination device. The signal conversion device receives RTCM signals that are converted into a frequency adapted to...
6323804 Method and apparatus for GPS time determination  
A system for rapidly acquiring a time reference for the location determination of a wireless communication device. The system includes a wireless communication device (200), a GPS satellite (202)...
6321158 Integrated routing/mapping information  
An Integrated Routing/Mapping Information System (IRMIS) links desktop personal computer cartographic applications to one or more handheld organizer, personal digital assistant (PDA) or "palmtop"...
6317079 System for ascertaining height as related to an established reference  
A preferred embodiment permits the safe navigation of a channel or harbor by a ship. A preferred embodiment includes a ship-borne system having a first global positioning system (GPS) receiver and...
6317080 Early detection and tracking system for hazardous airborne substances  
A method of tracking airborne substances including the steps of detecting the presence of one or more airborne substances and releasing a tracking balloon into the path of the one or more airborne...
6314365 Method and system of providing navigation services to cellular phone devices from a server  
A method and system for providing navigation services to portable communications devices, such as cellular phones. A cellular phone user uses a cellular phone to request navigation services. The...
6307505 Apparatus and method for coupling data to a position determination device  
A method and apparatus for coupling data from an external data device to a position determination device. An Auxiliary Data Transmission Unit (ADTU) that includes a radio transmitter couples to the...
6304729 Apparatus capable of generating place information  
A camera is provided with a radio receiver for receiving electromagnetic waves transmitted from a given radio base station, a GPS receiver for receiving electromagnetic waves transmitted from each...
6300898 Airborne GPS guidance system for defeating multiple jammers  
A missile guidance system designed to operate on GPS signals in an anti-jamming environment. The inventive system includes first, second and third airborne vehicles (20). A GPS receiver (24) is...
6298229 GPS receiver for emergency location reporting during intermittent shadowing  
A controller in a mobile telephone periodically commands GPS circuitry in the mobile telephone to power-on, capture and process GPS satellite signals. The signals are processed to obtain...
6285923 Vehicle running control apparatus  
A profile of a designated road by which a vehicle is guided to a destination is predicted by road map data. In the case where it is difficult for the own vehicle to pass through a curve of the...
6285315 Positioning systems  
A satellite-based positioning system includes at least one mobile station (11) and a terrestrial station (10), which may be a cellular telephone base station and is arranged to receive ephemeris...
6285316 Locating a mobile unit using signals from both mobile beacons and stationary beacons  
A method and system for finding the position of a mobile unit with respect to the satellites of a satellite network such as the Global Positioning System and with respect to the base stations of a...
6285318 Micro-miniature beacon transmit-only geo-location emergency system for personal security  
Novel transmit-only geo-location techniques which can operate synergistically with existing or newly designed satellite or ground-based wireless communications networks using micro-miniature...
6282491 Telematic device for a motor vehicle  
A telematic device in which a car radio with an RDS module, a wireless telephone, and a positioning and navigation system are provided in one housing. The housing is designed so that it can be...
6272457 Spatial asset management system that time-tags and combines captured speech data and captured location data using a predifed reference grammar with a semantic relationship structure  
A data collection and automatic database population system which combines global positioning system (GPS), speech recognition software, radio frequency (RF) communications and geographic...
6271788 Network of equivalent ground transmitters  
A system for differential navigation of an autonomous vehicle in the location with the limited visibility of the sky is disclosed. The system employs a plurality of satellites, a plurality of...
6266615 Method and system for an interactive and real-time distributed navigation system  
An Interactive Real-Time Distributed Navigation system is disclosed. In the present invention a user's location is determined by generating a position signal at the user's location. Through...
6263280 Global locating and tracking method and system  
A method and system for locating and tracking the geographic position of a remote unit worn or carried by a user comprises a battery powered remote unit which upon user activation receives...
6259399 GPS receivers and garments containing GPS receivers and methods for using these GPS receivers  
A GPS receiver having multiple GPS antennas. Also described is a method of tracking employing the GPS receiver and a communication transmitter. Also described is a garment having a GPS receiver and...
6255988 Industrial process field instrumentation employing satellite transmitted reference signals  
An industrial process field instrument is disclosed having access to the reference signals transmitted by the global positioning system (GPS) including a process sensor connected to an industrial...
6249253 Mobile radiotelephone determination using time of arrival of GPS and pilot signals  
The time of arrival of a global positioning system signal and the time of arrival of a code division multiple access pilot signal, from a base station, are estimated at a mobile radiotelephone....
6240364 Method and device for providing traffic information  
A method and a device for providing traffic information for a given vehicle in a road network whereby, starting with a given starting location and starting time, current and forecast traffic data...
6236357 Automatic vehicle location system and method with reduced bandwidth requirement  
An automatic vehicle location system obviates the need for frequent, scheduled position and movement change messages from field vehicles by having each field vehicle send position and movement...
6233506 Technique for effectively locating an object  
In a multimedia information and control system for use in an automobile, at least one interface is employed which enables a user to access information concerning the automobile and control vehicle...
6229478 Near-real time DGPS network and server system  
A method and system for rapidly initializing a rover unit in a networked system. In one embodiment, the present invention acquires rover unit initialization data at a reference station. In one...
6225944 Manual reporting of location data in a mobile communications network  
The invention is, in one embodiment, a method of reporting the location of a mobile phone by locating a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver in a mobile communications network. The method first...
6226589 System for providing guiding information for use in detecting and accessing a mobile object  
The mobile object data storage unit of the management center manages and stores the positional information and the attribute information about a number of unspecified mobile objects such as...
6222483 GPS location for mobile phones using the internet  
A position locating system and method are provided for determining a geographic location of a portable remote unit. The locating system includes a communications system having at least one base...