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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2007
Applicant:
Hiroki Yoshioka, Matsumoto, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroki Yoshioka, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/28 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A positioning devicereceives a satellite signal from a satellite positioning system (SPS) satellite and locates a present position, the positioning deviceincluding an azimuth calculation section which calculates an azimuth of the SPS satellite corresponding to the received satellite signal, and a reception environment determination section which determines a reception environment including a multipath environment based on the azimuths of the SPS satellites calculated by the azimuth calculation section.