GPS tuner
First Claim
1. A method of navigating comprising:
- (a) using a processor of a touch-screen device to perform at least a portion of one or more steps of said method;
(b) displaying a self-adapting, ergonomically configured, graphical menu of icons on said touch-screen, each of said icons representing categories of navigation-related options, each of said categories of said menu being selectable using said touch-screen;
(c) using said graphical menu to cause the display of at least a first one of said navigation related options, said first navigation-related option comprising graphical illustration of one or more waypoints, said one or more waypoints being storable in said device, said one or more waypoints defining a navigation route;
(d) providing a means for selective monitoring of progress along said navigation route, wherein an instantaneous position in relation to said waypoints of said route is supplied using a GPS receiver, said progress being displayable on said touch screen.
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Abstract
A GPS tuner provides high precision measurement, mapping, and Geocaching tools for a pocket PC and other mobile computing devices. The tuner accepts waypoints defining a desired route for navigation by a user, including land, water, and air routes. Waypoints may comprise latitude, longitude, and altitude of a geographical coordinate; user-assigned names; a type of geographic coordinate and coordinate description; photos; and associated sounds. Waypoints may be inputted by a user keying in way point data; by copying waypoints from another stored route; internet downloading from a Geocaching file; or importing from a GPX file. Waypoints may also be established from a free-form hand-drawn route on a touch screen, which may display a world-wide digital elevation model, and upon which a user scanned map may be overlaid through a calibration process. Navigation functions are selectable from a touch screen display of a self-adapting, ergonomically configured, array of icons.
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39 Claims
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1. A method of navigating comprising:
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(a) using a processor of a touch-screen device to perform at least a portion of one or more steps of said method; (b) displaying a self-adapting, ergonomically configured, graphical menu of icons on said touch-screen, each of said icons representing categories of navigation-related options, each of said categories of said menu being selectable using said touch-screen; (c) using said graphical menu to cause the display of at least a first one of said navigation related options, said first navigation-related option comprising graphical illustration of one or more waypoints, said one or more waypoints being storable in said device, said one or more waypoints defining a navigation route; (d) providing a means for selective monitoring of progress along said navigation route, wherein an instantaneous position in relation to said waypoints of said route is supplied using a GPS receiver, said progress being displayable on said touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of navigating comprising the steps of:
- using one or more processors to execute instructions retained in machine-readable media to perform at least some portion of the following steps;
(a) causing a map representation to be displayed on a touch screen of a computing device; (b) said instructions permitting drawing of a navigation route upon said map representation in said touch screen regardless of tilting angle, said instructions converting said drawn route into one or more waypoints, said one or more waypoints being storable in a non-volatile memory in said device, each of said one or more waypoints comprising at least a latitude and longitude value. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- using one or more processors to execute instructions retained in machine-readable media to perform at least some portion of the following steps;
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23. An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium having computer readable code embodied therein, said computer readable code being configured for providing navigation-functions relating to traveling on a pre-defined route, said article of manufacturing comprising:
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(a) a touch-screen display, said code causing a graphical menu of categories of navigation-related options to be displayed on said screen, each of said categories of said menu being selectable using said touch-screen; (b) at least one of said navigation-related graphical menu options triggering code to create a graphical illustration on said touch screen of a three-dimensional base map representation, said base map representation comprising vector-based road network data on a three-dimensional topographical elevation mesh-model of the Earth'"'"'s surface, said map representation capable of displaying one or more waypoints entered into a non-volatile memory in said article of manufacture. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer-implemented method for navigating along a route comprising:
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(a) an algorithm for causing a graphical menu to be displayed on a touch-screen of said computer, said menu comprising icons representing categories of navigation-related function, each of said icons being selectable using said touch-screen; (b) selectively entering inputting one or more waypoints into a memory of said computer using one of said navigation-related functions; (c) at least one of said navigation-related function icons creating a graphical illustration on said touch screen of said one or more waypoints, each of said one or more waypoints comprising a least a coordinate defined by latitude, longitude, and altitude, said one or more waypoints defining said route; (d) and wherein navigation is by a customizable virtual compass. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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