POSITIONING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A positioning apparatus comprising:
- a radio wave receiving means for receiving electric waves sent from satellites;
a correlation value output means for calculating correlations between pseudo pattern codes of said satellites and the electric waves received by said radio wave receiving means, and for outputting correlation values indicating the correlations;
a peak value detection means for setting up an effective range for each of the correlation values outputted from said correlation value output means on a basis of a pseudo distance between each of said satellites and a reference station, and for detecting a peak value which falls within the effective range; and
a positioning means for determining a current position from peak values detected by said peak value detection means.
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Abstract
A positioning apparatus includes a correlator 30 for calculating a correlation between the pseudo pattern code of each of satellites 1 and 2 and each of SPS signals associated with the satellites 1 and 2, and for outputting a correlation value indicating the correlation, sets up effective ranges δ1 and δ2 for the correlation values outputted from the correlator 30 on the basis of a pseudo distance PR1 between the satellite 1 and a SPS reference station 4, and a pseudo distance PR2 between the satellite 2 and the SPS reference station 4, and detects peak values which fall within the effective ranges δ1 and δ2, respectively. As a result, the positioning apparatus can determine the current position correctly even under a receiving environment in which the electric waves directly from the satellites 1 and 2 may become weak.
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1. A positioning apparatus comprising:
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a radio wave receiving means for receiving electric waves sent from satellites; a correlation value output means for calculating correlations between pseudo pattern codes of said satellites and the electric waves received by said radio wave receiving means, and for outputting correlation values indicating the correlations; a peak value detection means for setting up an effective range for each of the correlation values outputted from said correlation value output means on a basis of a pseudo distance between each of said satellites and a reference station, and for detecting a peak value which falls within the effective range; and a positioning means for determining a current position from peak values detected by said peak value detection means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A positioning apparatus comprising:
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a radio wave receiving means for receiving electric waves sent from satellites; a correlation value output means for calculating a correlation between each of pseudo pattern codes of said satellites and the electric waves received by said radio wave receiving means, and for outputting a correlation value indicating the correlation; a peak value detection means for generating a correlation peak pattern on a basis of a pseudo distance between each of said satellites and a reference station, and for detecting a peak value which matches with the correlation peak pattern mostly from among peak values of the correlation values outputted from said correlation value output means; and a positioning means for determining a current position from the peak value detected by said peak value detection means. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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