Mobile radio with GPS capability

• US 20030080897A1
• Filed: 10/25/2001
• Published: 05/01/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VOXX International Corporation
• Original Assignee: VOXX International Corporation
• Inventors: Schaefer, Kenneth Joseph, Tranchina, James R.
• Granted Patent: US 6,765,528 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/357.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2205/008 using a mobile telephone network
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0009 Transmission of position information to remote stations involving assistance data G01S5/0236
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0284 Relative positioning

Abstract

There is provided a mobile radio with Global Positioning System (GPS) capability. The mobile radio with GPS capability includes a GPS receiver and a mobile radio transceiver. The GPS receiver receives position information from GPS satellites for presentation to a user of the mobile radio. The mobile radio transceiver transmits and receives radio frequency (RF) signals. The RF signals include at least one of speech and the position information.

Claims

1. A mobile radio with Global Positioning System (GPS) capability, comprising:

a GPS receiver for receiving position information from GPS satellites for presentation to a user of the mobile radio; and

a mobile radio transceiver for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals, the RF signals including at least one of speech and the position information.

2. The mobile radio of claim 1, further comprising a user input device for selecting between a mobile radio mode, a GPS mode, and a mobile radio with GPS mode.

3. The mobile radio of claim 1, wherein the mobile radio transceiver transmits an utterance of a user of the mobile radio to at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability.

4. The mobile radio of claim 1, wherein the mobile radio transceiver transmits an utterance of a user of the mobile radio to at least one other mobile radio without GPS capability.

5. The mobile radio of claim 1, wherein the mobile radio transceiver receives an utterance of a user of at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability.

6. The mobile radio of claim 1, wherein the mobile radio transceiver receives an utterance of a user of at least one other mobile radio without GPS capability.

7. The mobile radio of claim 1, wherein the mobile radio transceiver transmits the position information of the mobile radio to at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability.

8. The mobile radio of claim 1, wherein the mobile radio transceiver receives the position information of at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability.

9. The mobile radio of claim 8, further comprising a storage device for storing at least the position information of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability.

10. The mobile radio of claim 1, further comprising a storage device for storing at least the position information of the mobile radio.

11. The mobile radio of claim 8, further comprising a central processing unit for determining an intended route of a user of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability, based upon the position information of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability.

12. The mobile radio of claim 8, further comprising a central processing unit for determining a route to a user of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability, based upon the position information of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability.

13. The mobile radio of claim 8, further comprising a central processing unit for determining an estimated time of arrival of a user of the mobile radio to a destination of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability, based upon the position information of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability.

14. The mobile radio of claim 8, further comprising a central processing unit for determining a heading of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability, based upon the position information of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability.

15. The mobile radio of claim 8, further comprising a central processing unit for determining a bearing of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability, based upon the position information of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability.

16. The mobile radio of claim 1, further comprising a user input device for selecting a user ID that identifies a user of the mobile radio.

17. The mobile radio of claim 1, further comprising a user input device for selecting a user ID that identifies a user of the mobile radio, and wherein the mobile radio transceiver transmits, to at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability, the user ID of the user of the mobile radio along with the position information of the mobile radio.

18. The mobile radio of claim 1, further comprising a user input device for selecting a user ID that identifies a user of the mobile radio, and wherein the mobile radio transceiver receives, from at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability, a user ID of a user of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability along with the position information of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability.

19. The mobile radio of claim 7, further comprising a user input device for controlling the mobile radio transceiver to transmit the position information of the mobile radio to the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability, based upon a single user action.

20. The mobile radio of claim 1, further comprising a Coded Tone Controlled Squelch System (CTCSS).

21. The mobile radio of claim 1, wherein the mobile radio transceiver communicates using Voice-Operated Transmission (VOX).

22. The mobile radio of claim 1, further comprising a channel scanner for scanning a plurality of channels for valid signals.

23. The mobile radio of claim 1, further comprising a priority channel scanner for scanning a primary channel and at least one other channel for valid signals.

24. The mobile radio of claim 23, wherein the at least one other channel is selected by a user of the mobile radio.

25. The mobile radio of claim 1, wherein the mobile radio transceiver transmits and receives using at least some General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) channels.

26. The mobile radio of claim 1, wherein the mobile radio transceiver transmits and receives using at least some Family Radio Service (FRS) channels.

27. A mobile communication and navigation device, comprising:

a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver for receiving position information from GPS satellites;

a mobile radio transmitter for transmitting radio frequency (RF) communications; and

a mobile radio receiver for receiving the RF communications, wherein the RF communications include speech and the position information of at least one of the mobile communication and navigation device and other mobile communication and navigation devices.

28. A method for communicating position information between mobile radios having GPS capability, comprising the steps of:

receiving the position information from at least three GPS satellites, by a first mobile radio having GPS capability; and

transmitting the position information to a second mobile radio having the GPS capability, by the first mobile radio having GPS capability.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein said transmitting step further comprises the step transmitting, along with the position information, a user ID that identifies the user of the first mobile radio having GPS capability.

30. The method of claim 28, further comprising the step of determining an intended route of a user of the first mobile radio having GPS capability by the second mobile radio having GPS capability, based upon the position information transmitted to the second mobile radio having GPS capability.

31. The method of claim 28, further comprising the step of determining a route to a user of the first mobile radio having GPS capability by the second mobile radio having GPS capability, based upon the position information transmitted to the second mobile radio having GPS capability.

32. The method of claim 28, further comprising the step of determining an estimated time of arrival of a user of the second mobile radio having GPS capability to a destination of the first mobile radio having GPS capability, based upon the position information transmitted to the second mobile radio having GPS capability.

33. The method of claim 28, further comprising the step of determining a heading of the first mobile radio having GPS capability, based upon the position information transmitted to the second mobile radio having GPS capability.

34. The method of claim 28, further comprising the step of determining a bearing of the first mobile radio having GPS capability, based upon the position information of the at least one other mobile radio with GPS capability.