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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Erik Gradine, Adair Village, OR (US);
Graham Briggs, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
Erik Gradine, Adair Village, OR (US);
Graham Briggs, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention recite methods and systems for expediting the initiating of Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) network operations. In one embodiment, an RTK base station is disposed at a known location. A broadcast position of the RTK base station is then determined. In embodiments of the present invention, the determining of the broadcast position does not require using the geographic coordinates of said known location.