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Sony patents system to help low-power devices find GPS satellites faster

Sony has filed a patent for a system that helps low-power wide area (LPWA) devices, like smart sensors, locate GPS satellites more quickly. The system sends specific GPS helper data to these devices based on their current situation, improving how they receive satellite signals.

Why it mattersThis could make small, battery-powered IoT devices more efficient by helping them lock onto GPS signals faster, which is useful for tracking and location services.

In the filing’s own words

The present technology particularly relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an LPWA communication terminal, a communication method, and a program capable of providing appropriate GNSS assist information for the LPWA communication terminal. An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology generates GNSS assist information that is used in an LPWA communication terminal to receive a satellite signal and that includes information according to a situation of the LPWA communication terminal, and transmits the GNSS assist information to the LPWA communication terminal within an area using LPWA communication. The present technology can be applied to a wireless communication network capable of downlink LPWA communication.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a generation unit that generates GNSS assist information that is used in an LPWA communication terminal to receive a satellite signal and that includes information according to a situation of the LPWA communication terminal; and an LPWA communication unit that transmits the GNSS assist information to the LPWA communication terminal within an area using LPWA communication.

Facts

Company
Sony (SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION)
Official title
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, LPWA COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Publication number
US20260270940A1
Application number
19167002
Filed
Mar 1, 2024
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 64/00 Electricity & electronicsG01S 19/25 Physics & computing
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