Satellite orbit data compressing method, satellite orbit data providing method, satellite orbit data decompressing method, and data compressing device

• US 8,819,289 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2009
• Issued: 08/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Onda, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Viet
• Assistant Examiner(s): Emdadi, Keyvan
• Application Number:
  US12/631,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20100164800A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,723 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/247
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/05 providing aiding data
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/258 relating to the satellite constellation, e.g. almanac, ephemeris data, lists of satellites in view
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/27 creating, predicting or correcting ephemeris or almanac data within the receiver

Abstract

A satellite orbit data compressing method includes: determining a compression method of a parameter value on the basis of a variation tendency of the parameter value in an orbit model approximating a satellite orbit; and calculating a compressed parameter value by reducing a bit sequence representing the parameter value using the determined compression method.

Claims

1. A satellite orbit data compression method comprising:

determining a first compression method of a first set of values for a parameter in a first time period based on a first variation tendency of the first set of values in the first time period;

compressing the first set of values using the first compression method;

determining a second compression method of a second set of values for the parameter in a second time period based on a second variation tendency of the second set of values in the second time period, the second time period being longer than the first time period, the second variation tendency being different from the first variation tendency; and

compressing the second set of values using the second compression method.

2. The satellite orbit data compression method according to claim 1, further comprising

predetermining a plurality of methods for a plurality of variation tendencies, respectively,

the determining of the first compression method including selecting first one of the predetermined methods corresponding to the first variation tendency of the first set of values in the first time period, and

the determining of the second compression method including selecting second one of the predetermined methods corresponding to the second variation tendency of the second set of values in the second time period.

3. The satellite orbit data compression method according to claim 1, further comprising

employing a predetermined compression method for a certain parameter, the predetermined compression method being suitable for the certain parameter.

4. The satellite orbit data compression method according to claim 1, wherein

the first and second compression methods are predetermined lossless compression methods, respectively.

5. A satellite orbit data compression method comprising:

determining a first compression method of a first set of values for a parameter in a first time period based on a first variation tendency of the first set of values in the first time period;

compressing the first set of values using the first compression method;

determining a second compression method of a second set of values for the parameter in a second time period based on a second variation tendency of the second set of values in the second time period, the second time period being longer than the first time period, the second variation tendency being different from the first variation tendency;

compressing the second set of values using the second compression method; and

providing long-term predicted ephemeris having one of the first and second sets of values that has been compressed to a position calculating device along with identification information of respective one of the first and second compression method for the parameter.

6. A satellite orbit data compressing device comprising:

a determination unit configured to determine a first compression method of a first set of values for a parameter in a first time period based on a first variation tendency of the first set of values in the first time period, the determination unit being further configured to determine a second compression method of a second set of values for the parameter in a second time period based on a second variation tendency of the second set of values in the second time period, the second time period being longer than the first time period, the second variation tendency being different from the first variation tendency; and

a calculation unit configured to compress the first set of values using the first compression method, the calculation unit being further configured to compress the second set of values using the second compression method.