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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2002
Takehiko Shioda, Tsurugashima, JP;
Manabu Nohara, Tsurugashima, JP;
Takehiko Shioda, Tsurugashima, JP;
Manabu Nohara, Tsurugashima, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A positioning apparatus and method for accurately determining a current position of a mobile station. The current position of the mobile station is determined utilizing radio waves arriving from a plurality of base stations installed in a communication area. For calculating a propagation range of a radio wave arriving from each base station, error correction processing is performed using a predetermined error correction coefficient previously calculated by measuring a radio wave propagation situation around each base station to estimate a propagation range of a direct wave within incoming radio waves. The current position of the mobile station is determined using the estimated propagation range and the positions of the respective base station.