Information transmission device

• US 20050240346A1
• Filed: 03/25/2005
• Published: 10/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fortuna Electronic Corporation
• Original Assignee: Fortuna Electronic Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Yu-Feng
• Application Number:
  US11/090,556
• Publication Number:
  US 20050240346A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/213
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0009 Transmission of position information to remote stations involving assistance data G01S5/0236

Abstract

An information transmission device coupled to a GPS (Global Position System) receiver is proposed. The information transmission device is fixated to a vehicle by a base with a supporting rod, and the base is adapted for supporting a portable electrical device. The base has an opening for exposing an infrared transmitter disposed in the base. The position of the opening for exposing the infrared transmitter corresponds to the position of an infrared transceiver unit of the portable electrical device. GPS signals received by the information transmission device can be transmitted to the infrared transceiver unit of the portable electrical device by the infrared transmitter of the information transmission device, thus the portable electrical device obtains the GPS signals by means of wireless transmission.

Claims

1. An information transmission device coupled to a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver for transmitting a GPS signal to a portable electrical device including an infrared transceiver unit by means of wireless transmission, the information transmission device comprising:

a base for receiving the portable electrical device;

an infrared transmitting unit disposed in the base and in communication with the corresponding infrared transceiver unit of the portable electrical device; and

a processing unit provided in the base and coupled to the infrared transmitting unit for processing the GPS signal received from the GPS receiver and outputting the signal via the infrared transmitting unit.

2. The information transmission device of claim 1, wherein the base includes a fixing unit for fixing the information transmission device in a vehicle.

3. The information transmission device of claim 2, wherein the fixed unit is a supporting rod.

4. The information transmission device of claim 1, wherein the base has a receiving portion for receiving the portable electrical device.

5. The information transmission device of claim 4, wherein a surface of the receiving portion has an opening for receiving the infrared transmitting unit.

6. The information transmission device of claim 5, wherein the position of the opening corresponds to the infrared transceiver unit of the portable electrical device.

7. The information transmission device of claim 1, further comprising at least one status indicating unit disposed on an external face of the base and coupled to the processing unit, wherein the processing unit controls the action of the at least one status indicating unit to indicate the status of the GPS signal reception of the information transmission device.

8. The information transmission device of claim 1, wherein the base further comprises a power managing unit electrically coupled to the processing unit and a power input port electrically coupled to the power managing unit enabling the information transmission device to connect with an external power source.

9. The information transmission device of claim 8, wherein the base further comprises a power transmitting terminal electrically coupled to the processing unit to supply power to the portable electrical device.

10. The information transmission device of claim 9, wherein the base further comprises a plurality of status indicating units provided on an external face of the base and coupled to the processing unit, the processing unit controlling the actions of the status indicating units to indicate a status of the GPS signal reception of the information transmission device and a power supply status of the portable electrical device.

11. The information transmission device of claim 1, wherein the portable electrical device is one of a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), or a palmtop computer.

12. The information transmission device of claim 1, wherein the processing unit is a microprocessor.