IP Library Granted Patent US 7,839,326
Granted Patent B2
US 7,839,326 · App. 12/144,205 · Granted Nov 23, 2010

Portable terminal

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Patent No.
US 7,839,326
App. No.
12/144,205
Granted
Nov 23, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a portable terminal includes: a display unit that displays a present location of the portable terminal; a GPS receiver that calculates theoretical precision data determined theoretically by geometric arrangement of plural GPS satellites on the basis of location information of the GPS satellites, and performs a positioning process by which positioning data for indicating the present location of the portable terminal is calculated using arrival time of the radio wave; and a control unit that repeats the positioning process performed by the GPS receiver plural times to calculate a cumulative average of the positioning data, and calculates a difference between the cumulative average of the theoretical precision data and the cumulative average of the positioning data to display a cumulative average of the positioning data, when the difference equal to or less than a predetermined value successively continues predetermined number of times, as the present location of the portable terminal.

Claims (23)

1. A portable terminal comprising:

a display unit that displays a present location of the portable terminal;

a GPS receiver that calculates theoretical precision data and positioning data for indicating the present location of the portable terminal, based on a radio wave; and

a control unit that performs a plurality of times:

(i) a positioning process of the GPS receiver to obtain the theoretical precision data and the positioning data,

(ii) calculating a cumulative average of the positioning data, and

(iii) calculating a difference between a cumulative average of the theoretical precision data and a previous cumulative average of the theoretical precision data,

wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display the cumulative average of the positioning data as the present location, when the calculated difference is equal to or less than a predetermined value for a predetermined number of times.

2. The portable terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the GPS receiver performs the positioning process using assist information from a server.

3. The portable terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the theoretical precision data is determined theoretically based on a geometric arrangement of plural GPS satellites, based on location information of the GPS satellites contained in the radio wave, which is emitted from the GPS satellites.

4. The portable terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the GPS receiver performs the positioning process using assist information from a server.

5. A portable terminal comprising:

a display unit that displays a present location of the

portable terminal and location measurement precision; an input unit; a GPS receiver that calculates theoretical precision data and positioning data for indicating the present location of the portable terminal, based on a radio wave; and

a control unit that performs a plurality of times:

(i) a positioning process of the GPS receiver to obtain the theoretical precision data and the positioning data,

(ii) calculating a cumulative average of the positioning data, and

(iii) calculating a difference between a cumulative average of the theoretical precision data and a previous cumulative average of the theoretical precision data,

wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display the calculated difference as the location measurement precision, and

wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display the cumulative average of the positioning data as the present location, when the calculated difference is equal to or less than a predetermined value for a predetermined number of times.

6. The portable terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the GPS receiver performs the positioning process using assist information from a server.

7. The portable terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the theoretical precision data is determined theoretically based on a geometric arrangement of plural GPS satellites, based on location information of the GPS satellites contained in the radio wave, which is emitted from the GPS satellites.

8. The portable terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the GPS receiver performs the positioning process using assist information from a server.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 16, 2013
From: FUJITSU TOSHIBA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
To: FUJITSU MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 029645/0073 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2010
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: FUJITSU TOSHIBA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 025433/0713 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2008
From: WANG, WAN
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 021137/0787 →