Abstract: A positioning device (4) is disclosed comprising at least one antenna (14, 16) for receiving ranging signals, such as GNSS signals. The device comprises a local oscillator (18) for providing a local frequency or phase reference and an inertial sensor (22) for measuring a movement of the device. A processor (36) is provided for performing calculations. The device can receive a first reference signal at a known or predictable frequency or phase. A local oscillator offset determination module (26) is provided to calculate an offset to the received frequency or the received phase based on the movement of the receiver in the direction of the first reference source. A local signal generator (28) can then use the local frequency or phase reference from the local oscillator (18), and the offset calculated by the local oscillator offset determination module (26), to provide a local signal using a local signal generator (28).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 27, 2017
Date of Patent:
October 27, 2020
Assignee:
Focal Point Positioning Ltd.
Inventors:
Ramsey Faragher, Nicolas Couronneau, Robert Mark Crockett, Peter Duffett-Smith
Abstract: A method, apparatus, computer program, and data structure relating to: causing correlation of a digital signal provided by a receiver with a motion-compensated correlation code, wherein the motion-compensated correlation code is a correlation code that has been compensated before correlation using one or more phasors dependent upon an assumed or measured movement of the receiver.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 21, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 11, 2019
Assignee:
Focal Point Positioning Ltd.
Inventors:
Ramsey Faragher, Nicolas Couronneau, Robert Mark Crockett, Peter Duffett-Smith
Abstract: A method, apparatus, computer program, data structure, signal relating to: causing correlation of a digital signal provided by a receiver with a motion-compensated correlation code, wherein the motion-compensated correlation code is a correlation code that has been compensated before correlation using one or more phasors dependent upon an assumed or measured movement of the receiver.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 24, 2016
Date of Patent:
October 3, 2017
Assignee:
Focal Point Positioning Ltd.
Inventors:
Ramsey Faragher, Nicolas Couronneau, Robert Mark Crockett