TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING APPARATUS FOR TRACKING POSITION USING GPS AND THE METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110298657A1
• Filed: 05/31/2011
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: LEE, Heyung Sub, Mo, Sang Hyun
• Application Number:
  US13/149,156
• Publication Number:
  US 20110298657A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/357.25
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/03 Cooperating elements; Interaction or communication between different cooperating elements or between cooperating elements and receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile

Abstract

A method of tracking a position of a transmitting apparatus in a sensor network is provided. The transmitting apparatus may receive Global Positioning System (GPS) information from each of satellites, may extract satellite time information and satellite identification information from the GPS information, may generate a transmission frame together with receiving time information and apparatus identification information, and may transmit the transmission frame to a receiving apparatus.

Claims

1. A transmitting apparatus, comprising:

a Global Positioning System (GPS) information processor to generate receiving time information based on a time at which GPS information is received; and

a transmission frame generator to generate a transmission frame based on the receiving time information and the GPS information.

2. The transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the GPS information processor extracts satellite time information and satellite identification information from the GPS information, and

wherein the transmission frame generator generates a transmission frame comprising the satellite time information, the satellite identification information, the receiving time information, and apparatus identification information.

3. The transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the GPS information processor generates time difference information for each satellite, based on satellite time information extracted from the GPS information and the receiving time information, and

wherein the transmission frame generator generates a transmission frame comprising the satellite time information, the time difference information, satellite identification information, and apparatus identification information.

4. The transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the GPS information processor receives the GPS information from each of a plurality of satellites in an active mode.

5. The transmitting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmission frame generator discards the GPS information, when the transmission frame is generated.

6. The transmitting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a sensing information generator to generate sensing information using at least one sensor; and

an encryption unit to encrypt the transmission frame,

wherein the transmission frame generator generates the transmission frame using satellite time information, satellite identification information, time difference information, apparatus identification information, the receiving time information, and the sensing information.

7. A position tracking method, comprising:

generating receiving time information based on a time at which Global Positioning System (GPS) information is received; and

generating a transmission frame based on the receiving time information and the GPS information.

8. The position tracking method of claim 7, further comprising:

extracting satellite time information and satellite identification information from the GPS information, and

wherein the generating of the transmission frame comprises generating a transmission frame comprising at least one of the receiving time information, the satellite time information, the satellite identification information, and apparatus identification information.

9. The position tracking method of claim 7, further comprising:

generating time difference information for each satellite, based on the receiving time information and satellite time information,

wherein the generating of the transmission frame comprises generating a transmission frame comprising at least one of the time difference information, satellite time information, satellite identification information, and apparatus identification information.

10. The position tracking method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving the GPS information from each of a plurality of satellites in an active mode.

11. The position tracking method of claim 7, wherein the generating of the transmission frame comprises discarding the GPS information when the transmission frame is generated.

12. The position tracking method of claim 7, further comprising:

modulating the transmission frame; and

transmitting the modulated transmission frame to a receiving apparatus.

13. A receiving apparatus, comprising:

a frame receiver to demodulate a transmission frame received from a transmitting apparatus; and

a position information generator to generate position information of the transmitting apparatus based on the transmission frame and Global Positioning System (GPS) information.

14. The receiving apparatus of claim 13, wherein the position information generator extracts, from the transmission frame, at least one of receiving time information, time difference information, apparatus identification information, satellite time information, and satellite identification information.

15. The receiving apparatus of claim 14, wherein the position information generator generates the position information of the transmitting apparatus based on the GPS information and the time difference information.

16. The receiving apparatus of claim 14, wherein the position information generator generates time difference information for each satellite, based on the receiving time to information and the satellite time information.

17. The receiving apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:

an interface unit to transmit, to a central server, at least one of the position information of the transmitting apparatus, apparatus identification information, and sensing information; and

a decryption unit to decrypt the transmission frame,

wherein, during the decrypting, the position information generator extracts, from the transmission frame, at least one of receiving time information, time difference information, satellite time information, satellite identification information, the apparatus identification information, and the sensing information.

18. A position tracking method, comprising:

demodulating a transmission frame received from a transmitting apparatus; and

generating position information of the transmitting apparatus based on the transmission frame and Global Positioning System (GPS) information.

19. The position tracking method of claim 18, wherein the generating of the position information comprises:

extracting, from the transmission frame, at least one of receiving time information, time difference information, apparatus identification information, satellite time information, and satellite identification information; and

generating the position information of the transmitting apparatus using the GPS information and the time difference information.

20. The position tracking method of claim 18, further comprising:

transmitting, to a central server, the position information of the transmitting apparatus and apparatus identification information; and

decrypting the transmission frame,

wherein the generating of the position information comprises, during the decrypting, extracting, from the transmission frame, at least one of sensing information, receiving time information, time difference information, satellite time information, satellite identification information, and the apparatus identification information.