Multi-antenna-GNSS receiver-system to raise the probability of line of sight
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- two or more antenna-receiver combinations, wherein each of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations includes an antenna and a receiver, the receivers of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations being phase stable synchronized by a base reference clock, anda position determiner that determines a position of the system, whereineach antenna-receiver combination of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations is configured to determine a time of reception of time information from each satellite of the three or more satellites if the antenna of each of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations has a line of sight to each of the three or more satellites, andthe position determiner is configured to determine the position of the system if, for each of the three or more satellites, the position determiner receives the time information from each satellite from at least one of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations, depending on (i) a satellite position of each of the three or more satellites, (ii) how the antennas of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations are arranged in a predetermined geometry, (iii) the time information from each of the three or more satellites received by the at least one of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations, (iv) the time of reception of the time information from the satellite by the position determiner, and (v) the orientation of the system, the orientation depending on how the antennas are arranged in the system and how an arrangement of the antennas is oriented with respect to a reference.
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Abstract
A system having two or more antenna-receiver combinations is provided, wherein each of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations has an antenna and a receiver. Furthermore, the system has a position determiner for determining a position of the system. Each antenna-receiver combination is configured to receive time information from each satellite of three or more satellites, if the antenna of said antenna-receiver combination has a line of sight to said satellite. The position determiner is configured to determine said position of the system depending on a satellite position of each of the three or more satellites, and depending on the time information from each of the three or more satellites provided by one or more of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations, if, for each of the three or more satellites, the position determiner receives time information of said satellite from at least one of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations.
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15 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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two or more antenna-receiver combinations, wherein each of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations includes an antenna and a receiver, the receivers of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations being phase stable synchronized by a base reference clock, and a position determiner that determines a position of the system, wherein each antenna-receiver combination of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations is configured to determine a time of reception of time information from each satellite of the three or more satellites if the antenna of each of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations has a line of sight to each of the three or more satellites, and the position determiner is configured to determine the position of the system if, for each of the three or more satellites, the position determiner receives the time information from each satellite from at least one of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations, depending on (i) a satellite position of each of the three or more satellites, (ii) how the antennas of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations are arranged in a predetermined geometry, (iii) the time information from each of the three or more satellites received by the at least one of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations, (iv) the time of reception of the time information from the satellite by the position determiner, and (v) the orientation of the system, the orientation depending on how the antennas are arranged in the system and how an arrangement of the antennas is oriented with respect to a reference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, wherein each of two or more antenna-receiver combinations includes an antenna and a receiver, and the receivers of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations being phase stable synchronized by a base reference clock, comprising:
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determining a time of reception of time information from each satellite of three or more satellites by each antenna-receiver combination of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations, if the antenna of each of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations has a line of sight to each of the three or more satellites, and determining a position of the system by a position determiner, if, for each of the three or more satellites, the position determiner receives the time information of each satellite from at least one of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations, depending on (i) a satellite position of each of the three or more satellites, (ii) how the antennas of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations are arranged in a predetermined geometry, (iii) the time information from each of the three or more satellites provided by the one of the two or more antenna-receiver combinations, (iv) the time of reception of the time information from the satellite by the position determiner, and (v) the orientation of the system, the orientation depending on how the antennas are arranged in the system and how an arrangement of the antennas is oriented with respect to a reference. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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