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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:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Applicant:
Michio Kobayashi, Okaya, JP;
Inventor:
Michio Kobayashi, Okaya, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device and method are provided to reduce the time required for positioning by a GPS without allowing specific parties to occupy a communication channel. An initial location acquisition unit specifies a location of a broadcasting station based on a terrestrial digital broadcasting from the broadcasting station to set the location of the broadcasting station as an initial location for positioning in a positioning unit, and the positioning unit determines a present location by receiving a radio wave from a GPS satellite.