Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Navigation – Employing position determining equipment
Patent
1997-10-30
2000-04-25
Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Navigation
Employing position determining equipment
701200, 701208, 340990, 340995, 345 1, G01C 2100, G06G 778
Patent
active
060554789
ABSTRACT:
An integrated vehicle navigation, communication and entertainment system which also has vehicle security features. A dash-mounted unit includes a global positioning system receiver for receiving radio frequency signals and generating therefrom a vehicle position, a screen for displaying navigational or other information to a vehicle occupant, a digital data media player for reading position-related navigational information from a removable digital data media such as a compact disc, DVD, mini-disc, or removable hard disk drive, and for audio playback from conventional audio disks. The system controller obtains a position generated by the global positioning system receiver, obtains position-related navigation information from the digital data medium which is related to the vehicle position generated by the global positioning system receiver, and delivers the navigational information to the screen for display. A handheld unit operates as a remote control for controlling the dash unit to perform various navigational functions, and further serves as a fully portable wireless telephone. Security features are also provided.
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Arthur Gertrude
Cuchlinski Jr. William A.
Sony Corporation
Sony Electronics Inc.
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