GPS transceiver

• US 20040161967A1
• Filed: 01/21/2004
• Published: 08/19/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RoyalTek Company Ltd.
• Original Assignee: RoyalTek Company Ltd.
• Inventors: Tsai, Huei-Huang
• Application Number:
  US10/760,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20040161967A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/502
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/35 Constructional details or hardware or software details of the signal processing chain
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/36 relating to the receiver frond end
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2275 associated to expansion card or bus, e.g. in PCMCIA, PC cards, Wireless USB

Abstract

A GPS transceiver is disclosed and including a GPS receiver and a transmitter coupled to the GPS receiver via a coupler. The transmitter can be detachably coupled with the coupler and replaced depending on the type of the electronic device to which the GPS receiver is connected, so that the GSP receiver can be compatible with various data transmission interfaces to receive data transmitted from a satellite. In this manner, the data related to the longitude and latitude of the location of the GPS receiver can be acquired and outputted to the electronic device coupled to which the GPS receiver connects.

Claims

1. A global positioning system (GPS) transceiver including a GPS receiver having a coupler and a transmitter, wherein the transmitter is detachably coupled to the GPS receiver via the coupler, and the GPS receiver is used to receive data from a satellite to acquire data related to the longitude and latitude of its location, and the transmitter is used to output the data related to the longitude and latitude of its location.

2. The global positioning system (GPS) transceiver according to claim 1 wherein the transmitter is a transmission interface device with one end thereof is fastened with a connection port corresponding to the coupler.

3. The global positioning system (GPS) transceiver according to claim 2 wherein the transmission interface device is one of a PCMCIA interface, a compact flash card interface, a security digital card interface, a multimedia card interface, a data transmission interface adapted for a personal computer, a data transmission interface adapted for a mobile computer, and a data transmission interface adapted for a personal digital assistance.

4. The global positioning system (GPS) transceiver according to claim 2 further comprising a cable with each end thereof fastened with a connection port for interlinking the connection port of the transmission interface and the coupler.

5. The global positioning system (GPS) transceiver according to claim 1 wherein the transmitter is a transmission interface adapting device including an adapter with each end thereof fastened with a cable, wherein one of the cables fastened to the adapter is fastened with a connection port corresponding to the coupler and the other one of the cables fastened to the adapter is fastened with the transmission interface device.

6. The global positioning system (GPS) transceiver according to claim 5 wherein the transmission interface device is one of a PCMCIA interface, a compact flash card interface, a security digital card interface, a multimedia card interface, a data transmission interface adapted for a personal computer, a data transmission interface adapted for a mobile computer, and a data transmission interface adapted for a personal digital assistance.

7. The global positioning system (GPS) transceiver according to claim 1 wherein the GPS receiver is further coupled with an antenna device.

8. The global positioning system (GPS) transceiver according to claim 2 wherein the transmission interface device includes an I/O port and a memory device.

9. The global positioning system (GPS) transceiver according to claim 5 wherein the transmission interface device includes an I/O port and a memory device.