POSITIONING APPARATUS AND POSITIONING METHOD

• US 20120150435A1
• Filed: 02/17/2012
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: HIRANO, Keiichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,543,329 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/445
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0263 by combining or switching between positions derived from two or more separate positioning systems

Abstract

An apparatus includes a display displaying a first map representing a position of the apparatus obtained as a result of a first positioning, and further displaying a second map representing the position of the apparatus and being obtained as a result of a second positioning which is started before displaying the first map, the second map being displayed without responding to a request for displaying the position of the apparatus obtained as a result of the second positioning.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a display displaying a first map representing a position of said apparatus obtained as a result of a first positioning, and further displaying a second map representing said position of said apparatus and being obtained as a result of a second positioning which is started before displaying the first map, the second map being displayed without responding to a request for displaying said position of said apparatus obtained as a result of said second positioning.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second map which is displayed thereon includes a retrieved information.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second positioning is performed to obtain the position of the apparatus more precisely than the first positioning.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second positioning is performed in parallel with the first positioning.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first positioning and the second positioning are started almost concurrently.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second positioning is started after the first positioning is started.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display displays the second map after displaying the first map.

8. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the retrieved information includes an information with respect to a food store.