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GPS receivers and garments containing GPS receivers and methods for using these GPS receivers
Assignee: SnapTrack Inc
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Filing: 1996-10-07
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Granted: 1998-10-20
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Expires: 2016-10-07
Abstract
Abstract A GPS receiver having multiple GPS antennas. Also described is a method of tracking employing the GPS receiver and a communication transmitter. Also described is a garment having a GPS receiver and a GPS antenna and a communication antenna and a communication transmitter.
Inventors
- 👤 Norman F. Krasner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 22:52
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01Q; H01Q1/00; H01Q1/27; H01Q1/273; G; G01; G01S; G01S19/00; G01S19/01; G01S19/03; G01S19/05; G01S19/09; G01S19/10; G01S19/11; G01S19/13; G01S19/23; G01S19/235; G01S19/24; G01S19/25; G01S19/252; G01S19/254; G01S19/256; G01S19/258; G01S19/28; G01S19/29; G01S19/30; G01S19/34; G01S19/35; G01S19/36; G01S19/37; G01S19/38; G01S19/39; G01S19/42; G01S19/421; G01S19/426; G01S19/45; G01S19/46; G01S5/00; G01S5/0009; G01S5/0018; G01S5/0027; G01S5/0036; G01S5/0045; G01S5/0054; H01Q21/00; H01Q21/28; H03; H03J; H03J7/00; H03J7/02; H03J7/04; H03J7/06; H04; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/0003; H04B1/0007; H04B1/06; H04B1/16; H04B1/26; H04B1/28; H04B1/38; H04B1/3805; G01S2205/00; G01S2205/001; G01S2205/008; G06; G06F; G06F2221/00; G06F2221/21; G06F2221/2111; H03D; H03D7/00; H03D7/16; H03D7/161; H03D7/163; H03J2200/00; H03J2200/11; H04B2001/3894
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 40
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
A GPS receiver comprising: a first GPS antenna coupled to a digital memory, said digital memory storing first digitized signals obtained through said first GPS antenna; a second GPS antenna coupled to said digital memory, said digital memory storing second digitized signals obtained through said second GPS antenna; a digital processor coupled to said digital memory, said digital processor processing said first digitized signals after being stored in said digital memory to provide a first position information and processing said second digitized signals after being stored in said digital memory to provide a second position information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
96 words
A GPS receiver comprising: a first GPS antenna coupled to a digital memory, said digital memory storing first digitized signals obtained through said first GPS antenna; a second GPS antenna coupled to said digital memory, said digital memory storing second digitized signals obtained through said second GPS antenna; a digital processor coupled to said digital memory, said digital processor processing said first digitized signals after being stored in said digital memory to provide a first position information and processing said second digitized signals after being stored in said digital memory to provide a second position information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 1 wherein said first position information comprises a first pseudorange and said second position information comprises a second pseudorange and wherein said GPS receiver further comprises a third GPS antenna coupled to said digital memory which stores third digitized signals obtained through said third GPS antenna.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 1 wherein said digital processor processes said first digitized signals by performing a plurality of fast convolutions on a plurality of blocks of said first digitized signals.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
124 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 1 wherein said digital processor processes said first digitized signals by performing a plurality of fast convolutions on a corresponding plurality of blocks of said first digitized signals to provide a plurality of corresponding results of each fast convolution and summing a first plurality of mathematical representations of said plurality of corresponding results to obtain said first position information, and wherein said digital processor processes said second digitized signals by performing a plurality of fast convolutions on a corresponding plurality of blocks of said second digitized signals to provide a plurality of corresponding results of each fast convolution and summing a second plurality of mathematical representations of said plurality of corresponding results to obtain said second position information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 1 wherein said digital processor also processes communication signals received through a communication channel, said processing comprising demodulation of communication signals sent to said GPS receiver.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 4 wherein said digital processor also processes communication signals received through a communication channel, said processing comprising demodulation of communication signals sent to said GPS receiver.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 5 further comprising a transmitter for transmitting a pseudorange, said transmitter being coupled to said digital processor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 4 further comprising a transmitter for transmitting a pseudorange, said transmitter being coupled to said digital processor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 3 further comprising a switch coupled to said first GPS antenna and to said second GPS antenna, said switch coupling said first digital signals and said second digital signals to said digital memory.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 9 further comprising a frequency converter coupled to said switch, said frequency converter converting signals received through said first GPS antenna from a first frequency to a second frequency.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
85 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 10 further comprising a transmitter for transmitting a pseudorange, said transmitter being coupled to said digital processor, and wherein said digital processor performs a pre-processing operation on said first digitized signals to provide first results for said first digitized signals, and performs a first fast convolution operation on said first results to provide second results for said first digitized signals and performs a post-processing operation on said second results to provide a third result for said first digitized signals.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
74 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 11 wherein said digital processor determines a first pseudorange from said third result, and wherein said first digitized signals comprise sampled GPS signals and said preprocessing operation comprises adding together portions of said sampled GPS signals to provide compressed samples and wherein said fast convolution comprises a convolution of said compressed samples which produces said second results and wherein said post-processing operation comprises combining together said second results.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 12 wherein said digital processor also processes communication signals received through a communication link, said processing comprising demodulation of communication signals sent to said GPS receiver.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 12 wherein said digital processor also determines a second pseudorange and determines said pseudorange by determining whether said first pseudorange has a lower error value than said second pseudorange.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
29 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 12 further comprising a power management circuit coupled to said digital processor, said power management circuit reducing power consumed by said GPS receiver.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
29 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 13 further comprising a power management circuit coupled to said digital processor, said power management circuit reducing power consumed by said GPS receiver.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 3 further comprising a communication antenna coupled to said digital processor.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 17 wherein said digital processor processes communication signals received through said communication antenna, said processing of communication signals comprising demodulation of said communication signals.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
104 words
A GPS receiver comprising: a first GPS antenna coupled to a first digital memory, said first digital memory storing first digitized signals obtained through said first GPS antenna; a second GPS antenna coupled to a second digital memory, said second digital memory storing second digitized signals obtained through said second GPS antenna; a digital processor coupled to said first digital memory and to said second digital memory, said digital processor processing said first digitized signals after being stored in said first digital memory to provide a first position information and processing said second digitized signals after being stored to provide a second position information.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
104 words
A GPS receiver comprising: a first GPS antenna coupled to a first digital memory, said first digital memory storing first digitized signals obtained through said first GPS antenna; a second GPS antenna coupled to a second digital memory, said second digital memory storing second digitized signals obtained through said second GPS antenna; a digital processor coupled to said first digital memory and to said second digital memory, said digital processor processing said first digitized signals after being stored in said first digital memory to provide a first position information and processing said second digitized signals after being stored to provide a second position information.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
25 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 19 wherein said digital processor processes said first digitized signals and said second digitized signals by performing fast convolutions,.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
32 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 20 wherein said digital processor also processes communication signals received through a communication link, said processing comprising demodulation of communication signals sent to said GPS receiver.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
68 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 20 wherein said digital processor performs a pre-processing operation on said first digitized signals to provide first results for said first digitized signals and performs a first fast convolution operation on said first results to provide second results for said first digitized signals and performs a post-processing operation on said second results to provide a third result for said first digitized signals.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
59 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 22 wherein said first digital signals and said second digital signals are concurrently obtained respectively, through said first GPS antenna and said second GPS antenna and wherein said GPS receiver further comprises a first down converter coupled to said first GPS antenna and a second down converter coupled to said second GPS antenna.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
23 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 22 further comprising a transmitter for transmitting a pseudorange, said transmitter being coupled to said digital processor.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
28 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 24 further comprising a switch coupled to said first digital memory and to said second digital memory and to said digital processor.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
31 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 22 wherein said first digital signals and said second digital signals are sequentially obtained respectively through said first GPS antenna and said second GPS antenna.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
74 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 25 wherein said digital processor determines a first pseudorange from said third result, and wherein said first digitized signals comprise sampled GPS signals and said preprocessing operation comprises adding together portions of said sampled GPS signals to provide compressed samples and wherein said fast convolution comprises a convolution of said compressed samples which produces said second results and wherein said post-processing operation comprises combining together said second results.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
35 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 27 wherein said digital processor also determines a second pseudorange and determines said pseudorange by determining whether said first pseudorange has a lower error value than said second pseudorange.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
29 words
A GPS receiver as in claim 25 further comprising a power management circuit coupled to said digital processor, said power management circuit reducing power consumed by said GPS receiver.
Claim 32
Independent Claim
124 words
A method of operating a GPS receiver, said method comprising: receiving first GPS signals through a first GPS antenna; digitizing said first GPS signals to provide first digitized signals and storing said first digitized signals in a first digital memory; receiving second GPS signals through a second GPS antenna; digitizing said second GPS signals to provide second digitized signals and storing said second digitized signals in one of said first digital memory and a second digital memory; processing in a digital processor said stored first digitized signals to provide a first position information and processing said stored second digitized signals to provide a second position information; selecting one of said first position information and said second position information to provide a selected position information.
Claim 33
Independent Claim
124 words
A method of operating a GPS receiver, said method comprising: receiving first GPS signals through a first GPS antenna; digitizing said first GPS signals to provide first digitized signals and storing said first digitized signals in a first digital memory; receiving second GPS signals through a second GPS antenna; digitizing said second GPS signals to provide second digitized signals and storing said second digitized signals in one of said first digital memory and a second digital memory; processing in a digital processor said stored first digitized signals to provide a first position information and processing said stored second digitized signals to provide a second position information; selecting one of said first position information and said second position information to provide a selected position information.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as in claim 30 wherein said selecting step comprises determining whether said first position information or said second position information has a lower error.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as in claim 30 wherein said processing step comprises processing said first digitized signals and said second digitized signals by performing fast convolutions.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method as in claim 32 further comprising transmitting said selected position information.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method as in claim 32 wherein said digital processor also processes communication signals received through a communication channel, said processing comprising demodulation of said communication signals.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method as in claim 32 further comprising reducing power consumed by said GPS receiver.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as in claim 32 wherein said first GPS signals and said second GPS signals are received sequentially.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as in claim 32 wherein said first GPS signals and said second GPS signals are received concurrently.
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