ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,263, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to NTT Inc. (Tokyo).

"Satellite signal reception apparatus, satellite signal selection method, and program" was invented by Seiji Yoshida (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A satellite signal reception apparatus includes: a signal selection unit that selects a predetermined number of satellite signals based on reception qualities of satellite signals received by a GNSS antenna; and a measurement unit that executes positioning by using the predetermined number of satellite signals selected by the signal selection unit and determines an initial estimated position, in which the signal selection un...