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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Thrasher, Irvine, CA (US);
Guojiang Gao, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/44 (2010.01); G01S 19/54 (2010.01); G01S 19/43 (2010.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G01S 19/40 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/44 (2013.01); G01S 19/43 (2013.01); G01S 19/54 (2013.01); G01S 19/40 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A positioning method includes: receiving a positioning signal at a receiver from a positioning satellite; determining an angle of arrival of the positioning signal relative to the receiver; applying a phase correction to the positioning signal, based on the angle of arrival, to produce a phase-corrected signal; and determining a location of the receiver using the phase-corrected signal.