PRECISE GPS DEVICE AND METHOD USING A WIRELESS AP

• US 20130076562A1
• Filed: 06/13/2011
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Sang Uk, Ahn, Do Seob, Lee, Jae Eun
• Application Number:
  US13/701,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20130076562A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/357.23
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/04 providing carrier phase data
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/07 providing data for correcting measured positioning data, e.g. DGPS [differential GPS] or ionosphere corrections
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/40 Correcting position, velocity or attitude

Abstract

In the present invention, a GPS reference station generates and transmits GPS error correction information for each wireless AP and a user terminal recognizes the GPS error correction information to be used for correcting reception information of a user terminal GPS receiver, thereby acquiring precision positioning performance. That is, a precision poisoning system of the present invention includes: a GPS reference station generating navigation correction information for a wireless access point by receiving a first satellites'"'"' signal from a GPS satellite with respect to the reference station and transmitting the generated navigation correction information to the wireless access point; a wireless access point receiving the navigation correction information from the GPS reference station and transmitting the received information to a user terminal; and a user terminal receiving a second satellites'"'"' signal from the GPS satellite with respect to the user terminal and recognizing the navigation correction information from the wireless access point to generate precise user position information on the basis of the second satellite signal and the navigation correction information.

Claims

1. A precision positioning system, comprising:

a GPS reference station generating navigation correction information for a wireless access point by receiving first satellites'"'"' signal from a GPS satellite and transmitting the generated navigation correction information to the wireless access point;

a wireless access point receiving the navigation correction information from the GPS reference station and transmitting the received information to a user terminal; and

a user terminal receiving second satellites'"'"' signal from the GPS satellite and recognizing the navigation correction information from the wireless access point to generate precise user position information on the basis of the second satellite signal and the navigation correction information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless access point is a WiFi or CDMA base station.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the GPS reference station includes:

a reference station GPS receiver receiving the first satellite signal from the GPS satellite;

a communication unit capable of communicating with the wireless access point; and

a correction information generating unit generating the navigation correction information by comparing an actually measured position of the wireless access point with the first satellites'"'"' signal.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the GPS reference station receives the actually measured position of the wireless access point from the wireless access point or stores the actually measured position in a storage device which is previously provided therein.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user terminal includes:

a GPS receiver receiving the second satellites'"'"' signal from the GPS satellite;

a communication unit capable of communicating with the wireless access point; and

a position information correcting unit generating precise user position information on the basis of the second satellite signal and the navigation correction information.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the user terminal further includes a storage unit storing the navigation correction information.

7. A precision positioning apparatus, comprising:

a GPS receiver receiving a satellite signal from a GPS satellite;

a communication unit capable of communicating with a wireless access point; and

a positioning information correcting unit receiving navigation correction information for the wireless access point from the wireless access point by communicating with the wireless access point and generating precise position information thereof on the basis of the navigation correction information and the satellites'"'"' signal.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a storage unit storing the navigation correction information.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the communication unit communicates with the wireless access point through a WiFi or mobile communication scheme.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the receiver receives an actually measured position of the wireless access point in addition to the navigation correction information.

11. A precision positioning method by a precision positioning system including a GPS reference station, a wireless access point, and a user terminal, the method comprising:

generating, by the GPS reference station, navigation correction information for a wireless access point by receiving first satellites'"'"' signal from a GPS satellite;

transmitting, by the GPS reference station, the generated navigation correction information to the wireless access point;

receiving, by the user terminal, second satellites'"'"' signal from the GPS satellite;

receiving, by the user terminal, the navigation correction information from the wireless access point; and

generating, by the user terminal, precise user position information on the basis of the second satellite signal and the navigation correction information.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing, by the user terminal, the received navigation correction information.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the user terminal receives the navigation correction information from the wireless access point, which is a WiFi or mobile communication base station.

14. A precision positioning method by a user terminal, which includes a GPS receiver and a wireless communication unit, the method comprising:

receiving first satellites'"'"' signal from a GPS satellite;

receiving navigation correction information for the wireless access point from a near wireless access point capable of performing communication by using the wireless communication unit; and

generating precise user position information on the basis of the first satellite signal and the navigation correction information.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising storing the received navigation correction information.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the wireless communication unit is capable of performing communication with a WiFi or mobile communication base station.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the navigation correction information is generated based on second satellites'"'"' signal received by a GPS reference station and transmitted to the wireless access point.