摘要:
A radio frequency integrated circuit for a global positioning system (GPS) application mixes radio frequency GPS signals to obtain a predetermined intermediate frequency that is less than 4fo. In one embodiment, the intermediate frequency is selected to be 1.5fo. An intermediate frequency filter (204) then band-limits the intermediate frequency GPS signals, rolling off at a frequency in the vicinity of 2.5 MHz to achieve substantial attenuation at 3.5-4.0 MHz. An automatic gain control circuit (206) amplifies the filtered intermediate frequency GPS signals to proper voltage levels. The amplified intermediate frequency GPS signals is then digitized by an analog-to-digital converter (207) at a predetermined sampling rate more than twice the intermediate frequency to provide samples of a predetermined number of bits, which are then provided for base band processing by a general purpose microprocessor over an industry- standard serial bus.
摘要:
An Aided Location Communication System ('ALCS') is described that may include a geolocation server and a wireless communication device having a GPS section where the GPS receiver section is capable of being selectively switched between a standalone mode and at least one other mode for determining a geolocation of the wireless communications device. An Aided Location Communication Device ('ALCD') is also described. The ALCD includes a position-determination section having a GPS receiver and a communication section where the position-determination section is selectively switchable between a GPS-standalone mode and at least one other mode for determining a geolocation of the ALCD.
摘要:
A software communication device with a tunable transceiver that is capable of receipt of both satellite positioning data and a communication network with a wireless network where positioning data is used to efficiently make a connection to the communication network or communication link to a network is used reduce the time to acquire GPS satellites and determine position.
摘要:
The invention is directed to a personal telecommunications device having both global positioning systems (GPS) and telecommunications provisions which share a common clock source. GPS provisions include a feedback loop for controlling an oscillator that generates a GPS system signal based upon the common clock signal. The feedback loop includes a frequency synthesizer for generating a feedback control signal, a phase comparator for generating a control signal in accordance with the feedback signal and the common clock signal, and a loop filter for processing and outputting the control signal to the oscillator to control the frequency of GPS system signals.
摘要:
A system is provided for storing positional data received from GPS signals in response to an event, and then processing that positional data at a later time to obtain detailed location information of the system at the time of the event. The received GPS signals may be decimated to a desired sampling rate and then stored for later correlation. In one embodiment, the system is a digital camera having an antenna, an RF front end, and a non-volatile memory device. The event which triggers the storage of the positional data is a photo capture by the digital camera. The positional data, in decimated but uncorrelated form, is stored with the image data in the non-volatile memory device. The positional data can then be transferred with the image data to a separate device, such as a personal computer, for post-processing.
摘要:
A receiver reference oscillator frequency correction system and method are described that provides a receiver with a greater ability to lock onto relatively weak radio frequency signals by determining and estimating an amount of frequency error in a local frequency reference of the receiver, and using the error estimate to maintain frequency coherence with a received signal, thereby allowing tracking over a longer period of time, enabling longer integration times to capture weaker signals without losing frequency coherence.
摘要:
The invention described herein relates to aiding a Satellite Positioning System (SPS) receiver of a platform with a data interface to the platform data from a platform data bus. The platform, for example, could be a vehicle, ship, aircraft, or a pedestrian. The SPS receiver could be used to track the location of the platform. The data interface would facilitate access by the SPS receiver to the data of the platform, and the SPS receiver in turn could provide SPS data (such as position, speed, and heading) to the platform.
摘要:
The invention described herein relates to aiding a Satellite Positioning System (SPS) receiver of a platform with a data interface to the platform data. The platform, for example, could be a vehicle, ship, aircraft, or a pedestrian. The SPS receiver would be used to track the location of the platform. The data interface would facilitate access by the SPS receiver to the data of the platform, and the SPS receiver in turn could provide SPS data (such as position, speed, and heading) to the platform. A further aspect of the invention includes hardware or software used by the data interface and the SPS receiver to provide, format, time-stamp, synchronize, and match platform data or SPS receiver data.
摘要:
Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a host (102) based positioning system. The host based positioning system includes a tracker hardware interface (110) that connects to a dedicated hardware space vehicle tracker (104). The tracker hardware interface receives positioning information from the space vehicle tracker (104). The host based positioning system also includes a memory that includes a GPS library (124) having a user interface, a tracker interface, and an operating system interface. A processor (106) runs functions provided by the interfaces.