Personal digital location assistant including a memory cartridge, a GPS smart antenna and a personal computing device
First Claim
1. A Personal Digital Location Assistant comprising:
- processing means, including a standard software operating system and an application program for processing global positioning system (GPS) location information according to said application program and providing navigation information based upon said application program, and including means for issuing a mode control signal and a command control signal; and
a GPS Smart Antenna including input select switch means coupled to a DGPS radiowave receiver for receiving a DGPS signal including DGPS error corrections and coupled to the processing means for receiving said command control signal, said input select means for selecting one of said DGPS signal and said command control signal according to said mode control signal;
wherein the GPS Smart Antenna includes means for receiving GPS satellite signals from one or more GPS Satellites where each GPS satellite issues a distinct GPS satellite signal, and for providing said GPS location information.
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Abstract
A Personal Digital Location Apparatus for displaying a geographical location as an icon on a map. The apparatus includes a GPS Smart Antenna for determining the geographical location, a personal computing device including a display, a processing system including a standard software operating system such as DOS, Windows, Macintosh, or Geoworks, and a map application program capable of running in the operating system. The GPS Smart Antenna includes an internal battery and a power sensor for sensing the connection of an external power source. The GPS Smart Antenna receives power from the external power source when the power sensor senses that the external power source is connected and receives power from the internal battery when the power sensor senses that the external power source is not connected. An input select switch controlled by a Request to Send signal from the personal computing device enables the GPS Smart Antenna to use a single UART chip for receiving a command/control signal from the personal computing device and a differential GPS (DGPS) signal from a DGPS radiowave receiver.
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15 Claims
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1. A Personal Digital Location Assistant comprising:
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processing means, including a standard software operating system and an application program for processing global positioning system (GPS) location information according to said application program and providing navigation information based upon said application program, and including means for issuing a mode control signal and a command control signal; and a GPS Smart Antenna including input select switch means coupled to a DGPS radiowave receiver for receiving a DGPS signal including DGPS error corrections and coupled to the processing means for receiving said command control signal, said input select means for selecting one of said DGPS signal and said command control signal according to said mode control signal;
wherein the GPS Smart Antenna includes means for receiving GPS satellite signals from one or more GPS Satellites where each GPS satellite issues a distinct GPS satellite signal, and for providing said GPS location information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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