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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2014
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Sambongi, Tokyo, JP;
CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A GPS receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes: a GPS radio wave receiving unit that receives GPS radio waves; a walking state determination unit that determines a walking state of a wearer continuously for a predetermined interval; a storage unit that stores walking information determined by way of the walking state determination unit; a determination unit that determines whether being a state in which GPS radio waves can be received, based on a series of the walking states stored in the storage unit; and a control unit that causes reception of GPS radio waves to be carried out by way of the GPS radio wave receiving unit, in a case of being determined by way of the determination unit as being a state in which GPS radio waves can be received.