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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2003
Applicants:
Saul R. Dooley, Reigate, GB;
Martin S. Wilcox, Reigate, GB;
Andrew T. Yule, Felbridge, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koninkiljke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/02 (2006.01); G01S 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of providing an estimate of the location of first and second devices MS, MScomprising the steps of obtaining at least one range measurement from the first device MSto a known reference point BS, GPS SVs; obtaining at least one range measurement from the second device MSto a known reference point BS, GPS SVs, the second device MSbeing located near to the first device MS; and calculating an estimate of the location of the devices MS, MSusing range measurements obtained with respect to both the first and second devices MS, MS