US6018704A
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GPS receiver
Assignee: Qualcomm Inc
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Filing: 1997-07-25
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Granted: 2000-01-25
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Expires: 2017-07-25
Abstract
Abstract A terrestrial C/A code GPS receiver system operates as an odometer to measure vehicle distance traveled by processing signals from GPS satellites to determine along track information relative to the track being followed by the vehicle and accumulative and displaying along track position information as an odometer.
Inventors
- 👤 Sanjai Kohli
- 👤 Greg Turetzky
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 19:32
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/69; H04B1/707; H04B1/7073; H04B1/7085; G; G01; G01C; G01C21/00; G01C21/26; G01C21/28; G01C21/30; G01C22/00; G01S; G01S19/00; G01S19/01; G01S19/13; G01S19/24; G01S19/29; G01S19/30; G01S19/34; G01S19/35; G01S19/37; G01S19/38; G01S19/39; G01S19/42; G01S19/45; G01S19/47; G01S19/50; G01S19/03; G01S19/10; G01S19/11; G01S19/23; G01S19/235; H04B1/7097; H04B1/711; H04B1/7115; H04B2001/70706; H04B2201/00; H04B2201/69; H04B2201/707; H04B2201/70715
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A method of operating a GPS receiver as an odometer, comprising the steps of: tracking one GPS satellite with a GPS receiver mounted for motion in a vehicle travelling along a route; deriving along track position information related to the position of the vehicle along the route by deriving vehicle position in a coordinate system in which a coordinate axis tracked in response to the GPS satellite being tracked is parallel with the route; and accumulating the along track position information to determine the distance traveled by the vehicle.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
89 words
A method of operating a GPS receiver as an odometer, comprising the steps of: tracking one GPS satellite with a GPS receiver mounted for motion in a vehicle travelling along a route; deriving along track position information related to the position of the vehicle along the route by deriving vehicle position in a coordinate system in which a coordinate axis tracked in response to the GPS satellite being tracked is parallel with the route; and accumulating the along track position information to determine the distance traveled by the vehicle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the route is selected from: operator input, or a pre-compiled database, or a direction currently being traveled.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
96 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of deriving along track position information further comprises the steps of: estimating altitude hold information related to the altitude of the altitude of the route; estimating clock hold information related to clock data received from the GPS satellites; estimating cross track hold information related to a distance of the vehicle transverse to the route; and combining the estimated altitude, clock and cross track hold position information with information derived from the GPS satellite along the coordinate axis parallel with the route to derive the along track position information.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
123 words
A method of operating a GPS receiver, comprising the steps of: tracking two GPS satellites with a GPS receiver mounted for motion in a vehicle travelling along a route; and when one GPS satellite is temporarily obscured; estimating cross track hold position information related to a distance of the vehicle transverse to the route and clock hold information related to a time of arrival of signals from one of the GPS satellites; combining the estimated cross track and clock hold position information with information derived from the GPS satellite that is not obscured to derive the along track position information along a coordinate axis parallel with the route; and accumulating the along track position information to determine the distance traveled along the route.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
123 words
A method of operating a GPS receiver, comprising the steps of: tracking two GPS satellites with a GPS receiver mounted for motion in a vehicle travelling along a route; and when one GPS satellite is temporarily obscured; estimating cross track hold position information related to a distance of the vehicle transverse to the route and clock hold information related to a time of arrival of signals from one of the GPS satellites; combining the estimated cross track and clock hold position information with information derived from the GPS satellite that is not obscured to derive the along track position information along a coordinate axis parallel with the route; and accumulating the along track position information to determine the distance traveled along the route.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The invention of claim 4, further comprising the step of: deriving odometer information from said vehicle position information.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 2003-01-24 | 2003-07-26 | 2004-01-25 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2007-01-24 | 2007-07-26 | 2008-01-25 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2011-01-24 | 2011-07-26 | 2012-01-25 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |