Sony patents system to flag when GPS correction stations go offline
Sony has filed a patent for a method that monitors fixed GPS stations to detect when they stop working correctly. If a station's status changes, the system either alerts users or stops sending its correction data to prevent bad GPS signals.
In the filing’s own words
An information processing method according to an embodiment of the present technology is an information processing method executed by a computer system, and includes detecting a state change of a fixed station which outputs correction data used in GNSS positioning on the basis of GNSS information received by the fixed station. When the state change of the fixed station is detected, at least one of notification processing for notifying of an occurrence of the state change of the fixed station or stop processing for stopping the output of the correction data is executed.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing method executed by a computer system, comprising: detecting a state change of a fixed station which outputs correction data used in GNSS positioning on a basis of GNSS information received by the fixed station; and executing, when the state change of the fixed station is detected, at least one of notification processing for notifying of an occurrence of the state change of the fixed station or stop processing for stopping the output of the correction data.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
- Official title
- INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, FIXED STATION, AND PROGRAM
- Publication number
- US20260287759A1
- Application number
- 19476364
- Filed
- Apr 2, 2024
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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