Positioning system and method thereof

• US 8,009,087 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2010
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Mao, Jen-Hao
• Primary Examiner(s): Issing; Gregory C
• Application Number:
  US12/827,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20100265130A1
• Time in Patent Office: 426 Days
• Field of Search: 342/357.28, 342/357, 342/3, 342/357.31, 342/357.32, 342/357.33, 701/216
• US Class Current: 342/357.32
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/47 the supplementary measurement being an inertial measurement, e.g. tightly coupled inertial

Abstract

The invention provides a positioning system. In one embodiment, the positioning system comprises a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) module, a dead reckoning module, a Geographic Information System (GIS) module, and an calculating module. The GNSS module generates a first positioning data according to satellite communication. The dead reckoning module estimates a second positioning data according to a sensor'"'"'s measurement data, the first positioning data, and a feedback positioning data of a previous epoch. The GIS module fits the first positioning data to a map to generate a third positioning data taken as a final output of the positioning system. The calculating module integrates the third positioning data and the second positioning data according to predetermined weights to obtain the feedback positioning data of a current epoch, which is recursively fed back to the dead reckoning module for a next estimation.

Claims

1. A positioning system, comprising:

a dead reckoning module, estimating a first positioning data according to a measurement data of a current epoch, a third positioning data, and a feedback positioning data of a previous epoch, estimating a second positioning data according to the feedback positioning data of the previous epoch and the measurement data of the current epoch, and transmitting the second positioning data to a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) module;

the GNSS module, generating the third positioning data according to satellite communication or the second positioning data;

a Geographic Information System (GIS) module, fitting the third positioning data to a map to generate a fourth positioning data taken as an output of the positioning system; and

a calculating module, deriving the feedback positioning data of the current epoch from the fourth positioning data and the first positioning data according to predetermined weights, wherein the feedback positioning data of the current epoch is recursively fed back to the dead reckoning module for a next estimation.

2. The positioning system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the GNSS module further comprises:

a GNSS baseband processor, generating a GNSS measurement data according to satellite communication; and

a Kalman filter, coupled to the GNSS baseband processor, generating the third positioning data according to the GNSS measurement data or the second positioning data.

3. The positioning system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dead reckoning module further comprises:

a dead reckoning sensor, generating the measurement data of the current epoch; and

a Kalman filter, coupled to the dead reckoning sensor, comprising;

a time propagation module, estimating the second positioning data of the current epoch; and

a measurement update module, estimating the first positioning data according to the second positioning data of the current epoch and the third positioning data of the current epoch.

4. The positioning system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the GNSS module comprises a Kalman filter generating the third positioning data according to the second positioning data and a GNSS measurement data generated by a GNSS baseband processor.

5. The positioning system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the dead reckoning sensor is the integration of at least a linear movement sensor measuring a linear movement to generate the measurement data and an angular movement sensor measuring an angular movement to generate the measurement data.

6. The positioning system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the third positioning data comprises a position data, a velocity data, and a time data.

7. A positioning system, comprising:

a dead reckoning module, estimating a first positioning data according to a measurement data of a current epoch, a third positioning data, and a feedback positioning data of a previous epoch, estimating a second positioning data according to the feedback positioning data of the previous epoch and the measurement data of the current epoch, and transmitting the second positioning data to a Geographic Information System (GIS) module;

a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) module, generating the third positioning data according to satellite communication;

the GIS module, fitting the third positioning data or the second positioning data to a map to generate a fourth positioning data taken as an output of the positioning system; and

a calculating module, deriving the feedback positioning data of the current epoch from the fourth positioning data and the first positioning data according to predetermined weights, wherein the feedback positioning data of the current epoch is recursively fed back to the dead reckoning module for a next estimation.

8. The positioning system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the GNSS module further comprises:

a GNSS baseband processor, generating a GNSS measurement data according to satellite communication; and

a Kalman filter, coupled to the GNSS baseband processor, generating the third positioning data according to the GNSS measurement data.

9. The positioning system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the dead reckoning module further comprises:

a dead reckoning sensor, generating the measurement data of the current epoch; and

a Kalman filter, coupled to the dead reckoning sensor, comprising;

a time propagation module, estimating the second positioning data; and

a measurement update module, estimating the first positioning data according to the second positioning data of the current epoch and the third positioning data of the current epoch.

10. The positioning system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the GNSS module comprises a Kalman filter generating the third positioning data according to the second positioning data and a GNSS measurement data generated by a GNSS baseband processor.

11. The positioning system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the dead reckoning sensor is the integration of at least a linear movement sensor measuring a linear movement to generate the measurement data and an angular movement sensor measuring an angular movement to generate the measurement data.

12. The positioning system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the third positioning data comprises a position data, a velocity data, and a time data.