LOCATION BASED ALERT DEVICE WITH IMPROVED DISPLAY

• US 20100238064A1
• Filed: 03/17/2009
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cobra Electronics Corp. (Cedar Electronics Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Cobra Electronics Corp. (Cedar Electronics Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Mucia, Ricky J., Sterling, Jeffrey A., FORMANEK, Vincent C., Kainuma, Hiroshi, Thistlethwaite, Philip E.
• Application Number:
  US12/405,343
• Publication Number:
  US 20100238064A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/20
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/022 Road traffic radar detectors
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/22 including jamming detection and monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/45 characterized by including monitoring of the target or target signal, e.g. in reactive jammers or follower jammers for example by means of an alternation of jamming phases and monitoring phases, called "look-through mode"
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/822 by detecting the presence of a surveillance, interception or detection

Abstract

A GPS-enabled radar detector capable of storing a database of points of interest is provided. The radar detector comprises a display capable of indicating not only the presence of a point of interest, but also an indication of the direction between the unit and a specified point of interest. In an alternate embodiment, the device comprises a display capable of displaying multiple, simultaneous alerts.

Claims

1. An electromagnetic signal detector for detecting a signal and generating an alert comprising:

a GPS receiver;

a memory device containing at least one database of reference points;

a user interface; and

a display, wherein said display is enabled to provide an indication of the direction to a point of interest from the electromagnetic signal detector.

2. The electromagnetic signal detector of claim 1 wherein the electromagnetic signal detector is a radar detector.

3. The electromagnetic signal detector of claim 1 wherein said display comprises a number of displayed indicators capable of indicating a direction.

4. The electromagnetic signal detector of claim 1 wherein said display is capable of providing multiple simultaneous alerts.

5. The electromagnetic signal detector of claim 1 wherein said at least one database of reference points further comprises one or more data point(s) describing a virtual perimeter around at least one of said reference points.

6. The electromagnetic signal detector of claim 1 wherein said at least one database of reference points is updatable.

7. The electromagnetic signal detector of claim 6 wherein said at least one database of reference points is updatable by using said user interface.

8. The electromagnetic signal detector of claim 6 wherein said at least one database of reference points is updatable through communication with an external device.