Patent ID: 7657371
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. A positioning apparatus comprising: a first positioning unit configured to perform a first positioning by carrying out information communication with an external part of said positioning apparatus to obtain a first information indicating a position of said positioning apparatus; a second positioning unit configured to perform a second positioning by carrying out information communication with an external part of said positioning apparatus to obtain a second information indicating said position of said positioning apparatus more precisely than said first information; a controller coupled to said first positioning unit configured to instruct said first positioning unit to perform said first positioning in response to an instruction from a user of said positioning apparatus; and a display configured to display a first map representing said position of said positioning apparatus indicated by said first information, wherein said controller is further coupled to said second positioning unit and is configured to instruct said second positioning unit to perform said second positioning before said display displays said first map, and wherein said display is configured to display a second map representing said position with a corrected preciseness of said positioning apparatus indicated by said second information without responding to another instruction from said user of said positioning apparatus after said display displays said first map.