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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Suunto Oy, Vantaa, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ; G01S 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ; G01S 5/02 ;
Abstract
A receiver of a satellite positioning system, the receiver being capable of receiving signals from satellites, determining an estimated latitude and determining an estimated longitude. The receiver being responsive to the estimated latitude, estimated longitude and information indicating orbits of the satellites for identifying a group of available satellites, for performing a search for signals transmitted by satellites which belong to the group of satellites, and for calculating the positional coordinates of the receiver based on signals received from satellites which belong to the group of satellites.