Speed measuring system and speed measuring method thereof

• US 7,925,466 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2009
• Issued: 04/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tseng, Min-Wei, Fan, Chen-Huang, Ge, Chi-Sheng
• Primary Examiner(s): KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI
• Application Number:
  US12/414,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20100105333A1
• Time in Patent Office: 742 Days
• Field of Search: 702/142
• US Class Current: 702/142
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/23 Indication means, e.g. displays, alarms, audible means
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/27 for locating or positioning the transmitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/309 Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters

Abstract

A speed measuring system for measuring the speed of a wireless communication terminal communicating with a base station includes an angle measuring unit, a distance measuring unit, a time measuring unit, and a speed calculator. The base station includes a signal tower and an antenna on the signal tower. The signal tower defines a central longitudinal axis perpendicular to the antenna, and the axis intersects the antenna at a point. The angle measuring unit measures an included angle between signal from the wireless communication terminal at any location and the antenna. The distance measuring unit measures a distance between the wireless communication terminal at any location and the point. The time measuring unit measures the time the wireless communication terminal takes from a first location to a second location. The speed calculator calculates the speed of the wireless communication terminal.

Claims

1. A speed measuring system for measuring the speed of a wireless communication terminal communicating with a base station, the base station comprising a signal tower, an antenna configured in a horizontal plane on the signal tower, the signal tower defining a central longitudinal axis perpendicular to the antenna, and the axis intersecting the antenna at a point, the system comprising:

an angle measuring unit configured for measuring a first included angle between a longitudinal direction of a signal wave emanating from a first location of the wireless communication terminal and a longitudinal direction of the antenna at the point, and a second included angle between a longitudinal direction of a signal wave emanating from a second location of the wireless communication terminal and the longitudinal direction of the antenna at the point;

a distance measuring unit configured for measuring a first distance between the wireless communication terminal at the first location and the point and a second distance between the wireless communication terminal at the second location and the point;

a time measuring unit configured for measuring the time the wireless communication terminal takes to move from the first location to the second location; and

a speed calculator configured for calculating the speed of the wireless communication terminal moving from the first location to the second location using the following formula;

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distance measuring unit measures the first and second distances using the following formula:

E=3.69×

TA×

C/2, where E is designated as the respective first or second distance, TA is designated as the timing advance value at the respective first or second location, and C is designated as the speed of light.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an informing unit configured for informing the calculated speed.

4. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the distance measuring unit, the speed calculator, the time measuring unit and the informing unit are installed on the wireless communication terminal.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the angle measuring unit is installed on the base station.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless communication terminal is a cellular phone.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base station is a global-system-for-mobile communication base station.

8. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the informing unit comprises a display unit for displaying the calculated speed.

9. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the informing unit comprises a speaker for informing a user by sound.

10. A speed measuring method for measuring the speed of a wireless communication terminal communicating with a base station using the speed measuring system of claim 1, the base station comprising a signal tower, and an antenna configured in a horizontal plane on the signal tower, the signal tower defining a central longitudinal axis perpendicular to the antenna, and the axis intersecting the antenna at a point, the method comprising:

measuring a first included angle between a longitudinal direction of a signal wave emanating from the wireless communication terminal at a first location and a longitudinal direction of the antenna at the point using the angle measuring unit, and a first distance between the wireless communication terminal at the first location and the point using the distance measuring unit;

measuring a second included angle between the longitudinal direction of the signal wave emanating from the wireless communication terminal at a second location and the longitudinal direction of the antenna at the point using the angle measuring unit, and a second distance between the wireless communication terminal at the second location and the point using the distance measuring unit;

measuring the time the wireless communication terminal takes to move from the first location to the second location using the time measuring unit; and

calculating the speed of the wireless communication terminal according to the first and second included angles, the first and second distances and the measured time.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first and second distances are measured using the following formula:

E=3.69×

TA×

C/2, where E is designated as the respective first or second distance, TA is designated as the timing advance value at the respective first or second location, and C is designated as the speed of light.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the speed is calculated using the following formula:

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the speed measuring system further comprises an informing unit, and the method further comprises:

informing the calculated speed using the informing unit.