Gnss Technologies Inc.

Funai Electric Company Ltd.

Lighthouse Technology & Consulting Co., Ltd.

Jichi Medical University

Enabler Ltd.

Hideyuki Torimoto

Masahiro Asako

Makoto Ishii

Satoshi Kogure

Ivan Petrovski

Kazuki Okano

Hiroaki Maeda

Yoichi Takahashi

Takahiro Shinohara

Dinesh Manandhar

Tomoyuki Miyano

Motohisa Kishimoto

Yuzo Matsuzawa

Masakazu Aihara

Masumi Hirota

To provide a positioning technology capable of measuring a position of a moving object moving at high speed with high reliability, high accuracy, and high speed. The positioning systemcan obtain accurate position data using the positioning information collected from a plurality of base stations, and deliver the obtained accurate position data to the base station. In the positioning system, the base station serving as the position reference station can always hold the accurate position data based on the accurate measurement result data. In the positioning system, the base station whose accurate position is known is used as a position reference station to perform RTK positioning with, for example, the mobile station, thus allowing the position of the mobile station to be measured with high accuracy. Furthermore, in the positioning system, for example, the base station serving as the position reference station for RTK positioning can be switched together with the communication handover, thus allowing highly accurate positioning to be always performed even when the mobile station moves at high speed.

Positioning system, base station, and positioning method

A navigation signal transmitting apparatus, provided on ground, for transmitting a navigation signal to a receiver capable of positioning by receiving a spread spectrum satellite positioning signal from a satellite has first and second transmission antennas; a message generating unit that generates a message signal of positional information included in the navigation signal, and a modulating unit that modulates the message signal by a modulation process including spectrum spreading, based on spread codes of the same sequence as the satellite positioning signal allotted in advance to the navigation signal transmitting apparatus, for generating first and second navigation signals. The modulating unit executes the modulating process using either one of the first and second navigation signals as an object of demodulation at each time of reception by the receiver.

Navigation signal transmitting apparatus, navigation signal transmission method and positional information providing apparatus

An information management system includes: a mobile communication terminal capable of obtaining location information; and a medical institution provided with a regional medical data bank system and a transmitter. The mobile communication terminal transmits a space-time tag and a terminal ID to the system. The space-time tag is constituted of time information and location information. A space-time ID information processing unit of the system generates a space-time ID in a folder for each user based on a plurality of space-time tags and stores it in space-time ID information DB. A terminal device of the medical institution transmits the location information of the mobile communication terminal and the time information to the system. A verification processing unit verifies information from the mobile communication terminal against information from a utilization terminal and transmits the information to the utilization terminal when a request for transmission of the information is valid.

Information management system, mobile communication terminal, data bank device, service information management device, authentication device, data management method, mobile communication terminal control method, database control method, service information management method, and program

Provided is a navigation signal transmitter capable of ensuring reduction in frequency deviation of a terrestrially transmitted navigation signal at low cost. The navigation signal transmitter is operable to receive a transmission wave, generate a synchronization pulse in synchronization with a predetermined data frame, generate an internal clock fundamental oscillation by a reference signal synchronizing section () using the synchronization pulse as a reference signal, generate an IMES signal based on the internal clock fundamental oscillation, and transmit the IMES signal. The reference signal synchronizing section () comprises a counter circuit (), a comparator (), a low-pass control filter (), a D/A converter () and a voltage controlled oscillator (). The reference signal synchronizing section () is configured to, when a magnitude relationship between the number of clock pulses generated in the voltage controlled oscillator () using the synchronization pulse as the reference signal and a reference value falls within a predetermined value and continues a predetermined number of times in one direction, adjust a level of control voltage of the voltage controlled oscillator ().

Navigation signal transmitter and method for generating navigation signal

A navigation signal transmitting apparatus and a location information providing apparatus are provided for reducing time of positioning with a positioning signal from an indoor positioning transmitter. When an information providing server recognizes a transmitter ID of a transmitter from a mobile phone, the server makes reference refers to database associated with the transmitter ID, and reads SVG map information associated with the ID (including information for displaying a map and information of a correspondence relation between the transmitter ID and the location of the transmitter on the map). When the server transmits data of the SVG map information to a base station, the base station wirelessly emits the data of the SVG map information. When the mobile phone detects arrival of the data, the mobile phone can obtain the location of the transmitter from the data in accordance with a browsing operation of a user of the phone.

Navigation signal transmitting apparatus, location information providing apparatus, method for transmitting navigation signal, and method for providing location information

Provided is a position information providing system which can reduce a time required for acquiring position information. An indoor transmitter is adapted to provide position information by using a second positioning signal compatible with a first positioning signal which is a spread spectrum signal from each of a plurality of satellites. The indoor transmitter includes an EEPROM which stores therein position data for identifying an installation location thereof, an FPGA operable to generate a second positioning signal including the position data as a spread spectrum signal, and a transmitting section operable to transmit the spread spectrum signal. The second positioning signal is generated to repeat the same content in a cycle shorter than that of the first positioning signal.

Position information providing system indoor transmitter and method for providing position information

An indoor transmitter is capable of programmably changing a format of a transmitter signal. A process to be performed by a position information providing apparatus comprises the step of acquiring a received positioning signal, and the step of identifying an emission source of the positioning signal, wherein, if the emission source of the positioning signal is an outdoor source, the process further comprises the step of acquiring a navigation message included in the positioning signal, and the step of performing a processing for calculating a position based on the signal, or, if the emission source of the positioning sign is an indoor source, the process further comprises the step of acquiring message data from the positioning signal, the step of acquiring coordinate values from the data, and the step of displaying position information based on the coordinate values.

Positional information is provided at a place out of reach of radio wave. The process executed by a positional information providing apparatus includes the steps of: obtaining a received positioning signal; specifying an emission source of the positioning signal; obtaining, when the emission source of the positioning signal is outdoors, a navigation message included in the positioning signal; executing a process for calculating the position based on the signal; obtaining, when the emission source of the positioning signal is indoors, message data from the positioning signal; obtaining coordinate values from the data; and displaying positional information based on the coordinate values.

Positional information providing system, positional information providing apparatus and transmitter

An apparatus that can transmit a signal enabling higher accuracy of calculating positional information is provided. A transmitting apparatus transmitting a positioning signal includes an oven controller crystal oscillator (OCXO) having a thermostatic oven that keeps the temperature of a quartz resonator constant and oscillates such that variation in output frequency caused by the ambient temperature change is minimized, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) outputting a signal modulated in accordance with the signal from OCXO, multipliers, a code generator outputting code patterns for respectively identifying each of artificial satellites on which the transmitting apparatus is mounted to multiplier, a memory storing a navigation message, a transmitting portion, and an antenna.

Apparatus for transmitting positioning signal, positioning system including the apparatus, and system for transmitting positioning signal

A transmitting system, which is capable of transmitting a signal for positioning to an area where radio waves are hardly received, is provided. The transmitting system for transmitting the signal for positioning includes a GPS compatible mixer combining a GPS signal for positioning received by a GPS antenna and a BS broadcasting signal received by a BS antenna and outputting the combined signal, a BS-IF compatible amplifier amplifying the signal output from the GPS compatible mixer and outputting the amplified signal, a separator separating the signal output from the BS-IF compatible amplifier into a BS broadcasting signal and a GPS signal, a BS tuner receiving an input of the BS broadcasting signal output from the separator and obtaining a signal of a channel tuned by a user, a GPSBP filter passing a GPS signal included in a predetermined frequency band out of the signal output from the separator, and a GPS issuing unit.

System for transmitting a signal for positioning and method for producing the system

A system for transmitting time-synchronized signals for positioning is provided. The system for transmitting positioning signals includes a transmitting apparatus mounted on artificial satellite, a repeater mounted on an artificial satellite, and a repeater mounted on an artificial satellite. Positional relation among artificial satellites is specified beforehand. Transmitting apparatus transmits a signal generated by encoding using a code identifying itself. Repeater receives a signal from the transmitting apparatus and transmits the signal. Repeater receives a signal from the transmitting apparatus and transmits the signal. The signals transmitted from the transmitting apparatus and repeaters and are received by receiving apparatuses and having the function of receiving the signals.

System for transmitting positioning signal

The locations of pseudolites and the location of a stationary reference station are previously known by a user processing unit, and codes and carrier phase of signals transmitted from the pseudolites are measured by the stationary reference station, a moving reference station and a rover receiver. Data of the codes and the carrier phase measured by the stationary reference station, the moving reference station and the rover receiver are transmitted to the user processing unit using a data link. The user processing unit determines a baseline between the stationary reference station and the moving reference station, and a baseline between the moving reference station and the rover receiver. The two baselines and the previously known location of the stationary reference station are employed to determine the position of the rover receiver.

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Hideyuki Torimoto