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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2012
Gye-joong Shin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Do-hyoung Chung, Seoul, KR;
Gye-Joong Shin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Do-Hyoung Chung, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for acquiring a position of a portable terminal includes a position estimating unit for estimating a position of a portable terminal based on prestored reference information, and a control unit for detecting—the position of the portable terminal using information from a server, wherein when there is a failure to acquire the position information of the portable terminal using the information from the server, the position estimating unit acquires the position of the portable terminal based on the estimated position of the portable terminal.