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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2004
Applicants:
Lev Borisovich Rapoport, Moscow, RU;
Ivan Barabanov, Moscow, RU;
Alexander Khvalkov, Moscow, RU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Topcon GPS LLC, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for estimating the floating ambiguities associated with the measurement of the carrier signals of a plurality of global positioning satellites, such that the floating ambiguities are preferably consist for a plurality of different time moments. In one aspect of the invention, a real-time iterative matrix refactorization process is provided which reduces processor load and retains history of the measurements.