The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Oct. 25, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2009
Applicants:

Jim Green, Los Altos, CA (US);

Shawn Weisenburger, Christchurch, NZ;

Inventors:

Jim Green, Los Altos, CA (US);

Shawn Weisenburger, Christchurch, NZ;

Assignee:

Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/23 (2010.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Embodiments provided herein recite methods and systems for position determination based on hybrid pseudorange solution data. In one embodiment, navigation satellite system (NSS) pseudorange data is received for high yield pseudoranges. In addition, NSS pseudorange data is received for high accuracy pseudoranges. The high accuracy pseudoranges and selected ones of the high yield pseudoranges utilized by a hybrid PVT processor to determine a hybrid NSS-based location solution.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…