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7617167 Machine vision system for enterprise management  
A system for use in managing activity of interest within an enterprise is provided. The system comprises a computer configured to (i) receive sensor data that is related to key activity to the...
7613468 Method and a system for communicating information to a land surveying rover located in an area without cellular coverage  
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods and systems for communicating information to a roving positioning device. In one embodiment, a cellular communication device, a non-cellular...
7606938 Verified device locations in a data network  
One or more trusted network devices within a data network infrastructure determine a physical location of a client device requesting access to the data network infrastructure. A trusted physical...
7603233 Map matching method and apparatus for navigation system  
A map matching method and apparatus for a navigation system estimates a location of the navigation system on a correct road segment when a GPS signal is invalid. The map matching method creates a...
7599796 Dual-mode location position system  
The dual mode positioning system comprises multiple wireless network devices, one of the multiple wireless network devices including a GPS receiver. DSS is coupled to the multiple wireless network...
7599795 Mobile location aware search engine and method of providing content for same  
A method includes identifying a geographic position of a wireless device. Data input by a user while the user is located at the geographic position of the wireless device is received. The data is...
7593809 System and method for determining traffic conditions  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining traffic conditions using wireless devices. A number of signals from the vehicles traveling in selected routes are received by...
7590489 Method for guiding in real time a landborne vehicle provided with an off-board navigation system  
The invention relates to a method for guiding a vehicle (Ve) provided with an off-board navigation system relative to an external navigation server (S). It consists in transmitting (A) from the...
7590424 Position measuring method and mobile communication terminal  
Each time mobile communication terminal 10 moves a distance of 150 kilometers, it computes its approximate position by performing a stand-alone position measurement, and stores the approximate...
7586382 Methods and systems for temperature related frequency drift compensation  
Systems and methods are provided that compensate for frequency drift due to temperature variation without the need for a temperature sensor. In one embodiment, a navigation receiver with an...
7584020 Occupancy change detection system and method  
A robot platform includes perceptors, locomotors, and a system controller. The system controller executes instructions for producing an occupancy grid map of an environment around the robot,...
7580794 Remote subscription unit for GNSS information  
A GPS information service system for providing supplemental GPS correction and signal acquisition information to subscribers. A GPS information server broadcasts GPS aiding information encrypted...
7577526 Method for determining an initial position in a navigation system  
A function for identifying a current position of a user and providing information about a route to a desired destination is implemented. A mobile communication terminal with a navigation system...
7577524 Method and system for data detection in a global positioning system satellite receiver  
A data detection circuit within a global positioning system (GPS) satellite receiver operates to detect and decode data sent in a spread spectrum signal. The data detection circuit receives input...
7576754 System and method for identifying bounds of a geographical area  
A system and method for determining bounds of a geographical area, such as a city, metropolis, region (e.g., state) or country. From a set of coordinates within the area (e.g., latitude/longitude...
7565240 Navigation device, method, and program  
In a navigation device, a destination waypoint is set by a user through an input section ( 13 ), and, when guidance to the destination waypoint is started, a control section ( 11 ) stores...
7558695 Self-powered vehicle speed sensor  
Sensing vehicle speed is disclosed. A speed sensor is self powered. The speed sensor measures a speed data of multiple vehicles with one Doppler pulse. A sample is taken of speed sensor data from...
7558671 Ubiquitous personal information device  
A handheld personal unit that can estimate a user's position in 3-dimensional space by determining a horizontal position and an altitude. GPS or assisted GPS can be used to determine the horizontal...
RE40801 GPS airborne target geolocating method  
A geolocation method is applied for accurate targeting of a target using an airborne beacon as a pseudo star generated by a high altitude vehicle, and using optical sensors by a low altitude...
7536169 Method of and apparatus for utilizing geographically spread cellular radio networks to supplement more geographically limited stolen vehicle recovery radio networks in activation of radio tracking and recovery of such vehicles  
Extending the activation and tracking capability of stolen vehicle recovery dedicated radio-frequency networks by the supplementary use of widely geographically provided cellular...
7519468 System and method for navigating a mobile device user interface with a directional sensing device  
A manual input navigation device and a sensor are utilized to manipulate graphical elements in a mobile device graphical user interface. The manual input navigation device generates an input...
7519456 Maintenance process and device for a radionavigation installation of an aircraft  
Maintenance process and device for a radionavigation installation of an aircraft. The maintenance device ( 1 ) comprises a first means of recording ( 7 ) for recording on a first recording medium...
7512493 High speed gyrocompass alignment via multiple Kalman filter based hypothesis testing  
A method of aligning a gyro-compass comprising operating at least two Kalman filters in a set of Kalman filters to generate an error correction to at least a single navigation solution in a set of...
7512488 System for delivering propane or other consumable liquid to remotely located storage tanks  
An improved system for delivering propane or other consumable liquid to remotely located storage tanks including a novel combination of remote monitoring of customer tanks and an improved method of...
7505865 Velocity detection, position detection and navigation system  
As an embodiment of the present invention, in a navigation system using an acceleration sensor, when position information cannot be obtained from a GPS processing section, a velocity detecting unit...
7502620 Encoding and compression of a location beacon database  
A method of delta-encoding and compressing a table containing 6-byte MAC addresses is provided. The MAC addresses are sorted, a first MAC address is stored, and only the binary differences between...
7493127 Continuous data optimization of new access points in positioning systems  
Methods and systems of continuously optimizing data in WiFi positioning systems. A location-based services system uses WiFi-enabled devices to monitor WiFi access points in a target area to...
RE40642 Reduced-power GPS-based system for tracking multiple objects from a central location  
Location of an object to be tracked is determined by measuring, at a receiver situated at the object, the propagation time differences between the signals from a plurality of GPS satellites, each...
7490008 GPS accumulated delta range processing for navigation applications  
Techniques for GPS navigation used to determine the position and velocity of a moving object. Pseudorange (PR) measurements and accumulated delta range (ADR) measurements are made at the object...
7490005 Non real time traffic system for a navigator  
A system for improving the operation of a GPS based navigator. Statistical and/or time of day information is used to select the best route between a current location and a desired location. The...
7483789 Systems and methods with integrated triangulation positioning and dead reckoning capabilities  
Systems and methods are provided for complementary navigation devices with various integrated positioning functionality. The navigation method includes providing a first navigation device. The...
7480568 Method for encrypted and unencrypted cooperative operation  
A method for standard positioning service (SPS) and precise positioning service (PPS) cooperative operation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a positioning signal is received. A PPS data portion of...
7477903 Obtaining location updates about a mobile entity for use in a location-sensitive application  
Location data about a mobile entity ( 70 ) is periodically provided to a location-sensitive application, for example, a route-tracking application. The location data is updated at a frequency that...
7474962 Methods and systems of relative navigation for shipboard landings  
A method for guiding the approach and landing of an aircraft is provided. The method involves receiving navigation information from the aircraft, receiving navigation information from an aircraft...
7463979 Method and apparatus for initializing an approximate position in a GPS receiver  
A method ( 200, 600 ) and an apparatus ( 700 ) for a wireless portable communication device ( 102 ) for determining coarse position information are provided. The wireless portable communication...
7463972 Navigation apparatus and method  
A navigation apparatus includes a memory that stores registered routes, wherein each registered route includes a previously traveled route, a corresponding starting point, and a corresponding...
7460870 Method and apparatus for location determination in a wireless assisted hybrid positioning system  
Methods and apparatuses for location determination in wireless assisted positioning systems. In one aspect of the disclosed method and apparatus, a method to determine a position of a mobile device...
7458166 Vehicle compass system with continuous automatic calibration  
The compass system of the present invention utilizes an improved calibration route in which a processing circuit of the compass recalibrates the compass each time three data points are obtained...
7454313 Hierarchical workload monitoring for optimal subordinate tasking  
A system and method of hierarchical monitoring for subordinate assessment is described. Generally, the system receives remotely sensed data about a user's physiology and contextual state, and...
7428461 Walker navigation device, walker navigation method, and program  
A pedestrian navigation device ( 10 A) of this invention has a position information reception unit ( 12 ), which obtains current position information from a GPS ( 20 ); a position information...
7426156 Method and apparatus for clock synchronization that accounts for curvature in the space-time continuum  
Methods and apparatuses for applying a correction that accounts for curvature in the space-time continuum in the context of clock synchronization are disclosed. A representative apparatus, among...
7424363 Method and system for adaptive navigation using a driver's route knowledge  
A method and system are described to adapt instructions for performing a task by a user, which includes receiving generalized instructions for the task, selecting a content of the generalized...
7409290 Positioning and navigation method and system thereof  
A improved positioning and navigation method and system thereof can substantially solve the problems encountered in global positioning system-only and inertial navigation system-only, such as loss...
7409289 Device for monitoring the integrity of information delivered by a hybrid INS/GNSS system  
The device is for monitoring the integrity of the position and speed information supplied by a hybrid system comprising an inertial unit INS readjusted using a GNSS satellite positioning receiver...
7405746 Image navigation device  
An estimate image is generated from a position and an angle of a camera and the estimate image is stored. A collating unit collates an estimate image with a scenery image, and corrects estimate...
7400892 System and method for tracking the relative location of mobile stations belonging to a pre-defined group of mobile stations  
Embodiments of the present invention are related to a method and apparatus for determining whether each mobile station in a pre-defined group of two or more mobile stations is in compliance with...
7392134 Satellite navigation controller  
A navigation device changes a position determination accuracy of a receiver for satellite navigation to a higher accuracy in the following cases: when the subject vehicle approaches a destination,...
7392130 System and method for determining traffic conditions  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining traffic conditions using wireless devices. A number of signals from the vehicles traveling in selected routes are received by...
7392042 Method, apparatus and system for notifying a user of a portable wireless device  
A method, apparatus and system for notifying a user of a portable communication device. In one embodiment, a location of a first portable communication device is determined for a first user and the...
7373250 AGPS module time synchronization method and device using system time information in mobile terminal  
An Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS) module time synchronization method and device using system time information in a mobile terminal that perform time synchronization using system frame...