Radio receiver with position locating means

Details Radio receiver with position locating means Radio receiver with position locating means

1995-03-21

1997-08-05

Issing, Gregory C.

Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,

Directive

Position indicating

342457, 4551541, 4551584, G01S 302, H04B 118

Patent

active

056547196

ABSTRACT:
A radio receiver capable of determining its geographic position is disclosed. The radio receiver includes a control unit 15 with access to a storage unit 11 that contains a number of station records 42a, 42b, . . . Each station record contains data representative of the carrier frequency, program type a geographic location of a specific broadcast station. When a listener wants to determine his geographic location, he tunes the radio to a broadcast station. The carrier frequency and program type of the received station are supplied to the control unit. The control unit matches the carrier frequency and program type of the received station with the like data in the station records to find a matched broadcast station. The location of the matched broadcast station is employed as the location of the radio receiver.

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