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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006

Filed:

Jul. 13, 2005
Applicants:

Richard T. Sharpe, Torrance, CA (US);

Frederick W. Nelson, Waukee, IA (US);

Terence D. Pickett, Waukee, IA (US);

Ronald R. Hatch, Wilmington, CA (US);

Yunchun Yang, Harbor City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Richard T. Sharpe, Torrance, CA (US);

Frederick W. Nelson, Waukee, IA (US);

Terence D. Pickett, Waukee, IA (US);

Ronald R. Hatch, Wilmington, CA (US);

Yunchun Yang, Harbor City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Navcom Technology, Inc., Torrance, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); G01S 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention includes a method for a combined use of a local RTK system and a regional, wide-area, or global differential carrier-phase positioning system (WADGPS) in which disadvantages associated with the RTK and the WADGPS navigation techniques when used separately are avoided. The method includes determining a floating ambiguity value and a first position of an object using WADGPS in a first mode of operation, and determining a second position of the object using the local RTK system in a second mode of operation.


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