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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2008
Applicant:
Masanao Tsutsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Masanao Tsutsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A positioning apparatus includes: a position computing part configured to receive signals from a plurality of radio transmitters to compute a position of the positioning apparatus; a reception status determining part configured to determine a reception state of the signals from the plurality of the radio transmitters; and an intermittent drive setting part configured to set a time interval for receiving signals by the position computing part according to the reception state determined by the reception status determining part.