| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE35920 |
Event-activated reporting of vehicle location |
October 13, 1998 |
| Apparatus that is carried on a land vehicle, a marine vehicle or vessel, or an airborne vehicle or vessel for notifying others that a vehicle accident or other abnormal situation has occurred and for notifying others of the location of the vehicle at the time of the accident. The vehicle |
| D581297 |
GPS receiver with integrated lightbar and display |
November 25, 2008 |
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| D571236 |
Survey rover unit using real-time kinematic technology |
June 17, 2008 |
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| D522504 |
Rugged handheld data collecting and computing device |
June 6, 2006 |
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| D516811 |
Carrying case for a laser alignment tool |
March 14, 2006 |
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| D504337 |
Integrated guidance system |
April 26, 2005 |
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| D492306 |
Handheld data collection device |
June 29, 2004 |
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| D473129 |
Bracket with latch for coupling a global positioning system related device to a pole |
April 15, 2003 |
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| D471539 |
GPS receiver |
March 11, 2003 |
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| D467824 |
Portable receiver for position measurement |
December 31, 2002 |
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| D467242 |
Antenna housing |
December 17, 2002 |
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| D464250 |
Bracket for coupling a global positioning system related device to a pole |
October 15, 2002 |
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| D444144 |
Antenna housing |
June 26, 2001 |
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| D442947 |
Antenna housing |
May 29, 2001 |
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| D442168 |
Global positioning system antenna housing |
May 15, 2001 |
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| D440890 |
Position determining system including pole-mounted communication system |
April 24, 2001 |
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| D440504 |
Position determining system and radio receiver |
April 17, 2001 |
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| D426225 |
Global positioning system receiver enclosure |
June 6, 2000 |
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| D423461 |
Junction box |
April 25, 2000 |
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| D386152 |
Hand-held survey data collector |
November 11, 1997 |
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| D347436 |
Combined global positioning system antenna and preamplifier |
May 31, 1994 |
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| D346170 |
Combined global positioning system antenna and preamplifier |
April 19, 1994 |
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| D344942 |
Hand-held navigational unit |
March 8, 1994 |
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| D343383 |
Antenna coupler for a portable grid locator |
January 18, 1994 |
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| 7456786 |
Method and system for variable data rate transmission in RTK GPS survey system |
November 25, 2008 |
| A method and system for variable data rate transmission in a real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning system. An RTK positioning system having a reference station and a rover utilizes wireless communications for data transfer. The data transmission rate between the reference station and |
| 7453355 |
Method and system for controlling an electronic device |
November 18, 2008 |
| A method and system for controlling an electronic device is described. The method includes programming a device controller with a location and/or time to define a geo-temporal zone according to the location and/or a window of time, and to select a device function that zone. A device |
| 7440192 |
Optical system providing several beams from a single source |
October 21, 2008 |
| A system to produce orthogonal beams includes a laser diode operating in conjunction with a collimating lens, with or without an aperture, and a simple compact optic. At least one collimated beam is directed toward an optic comprised of components that are bonded together. Beams are |
| 7440090 |
Optical correction of a laser beam |
October 21, 2008 |
| A laser beam transmitter and a method of calibrating such a transmitter result in a beam of laser light that is projected in a desired direction with respect to a transmitter body. The transmitter and a beam target are positioned such that a properly calibrated beam will illuminate a des |
| 7432853 |
Ambiguity estimation of GNSS signals for three or more carriers |
October 7, 2008 |
| Methods and apparatus are provided for factorized processing of a set of GNSS signal data derived from signals having at least three carriers. A geometry filter is applied to the set of GNSS signal data using a geometry carrier-phase combination to obtain an array of ambiguity estima |
| 7415355 |
Method and system for controlling an electronic device |
August 19, 2008 |
| The present invention is a method and system for controlling an electronic device. In one embodiment, a controller is coupled with a position determining component, and a motion detecting component. In one embodiment, the motion detecting component detects motion of the electronic de |
| 7408626 |
Laser transmitter with thermally induced error compensation and method of transmitter compensati |
August 5, 2008 |
| The transmitter for projecting a beam of laser light includes a source of a beam of laser light, and a projection arrangement for directing the beam of laser light at a selected grade. The transmitter further includes a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of said transmitter |
| 7398153 |
Portable motion-activated position reporting device |
July 8, 2008 |
| The present invention is a portable motion-activated position reporting device. In one embodiment, a controller is coupled with an interrogator component, a position determining component, a wireless communications component, and an initiating component. In one embodiment, the initiating |
| 7383114 |
Method and apparatus for steering a farm implement to a path |
June 3, 2008 |
| An apparatus and method using GPS for dynamically adjusting side-to-side positioning of a farm implement along a geographical path. The apparatus includes a global positioning system (GPS) antenna disposed on the farm implement, a GPS receiver coupled to the GPS antenna for determining a |
| 7379015 |
First responder positioning apparatus |
May 27, 2008 |
| A positioning system for tracking the location of a first responder emergency worker. The system includes mobile enabler units and a personnel badge having a ranging transponder. Two enabler units can use two-way ranging signals, a prescribed turn around time and differential altitud |
| 7372011 |
Strobe light and laser beam detection for laser receiver having a comparison of variation in ene |
May 13, 2008 |
| A device and method detect a moving, relatively thin beam of laser light, and distinguishing between illumination of photodetectors by the beam, and illumination of the photodetectors by an omnidirectional pulse of light. A plurality of photodetector arrays are arranged in a generally |
| 7365681 |
GPS receiver having a prescribed time-of-entry into an operation mode |
April 29, 2008 |
| A GPS receiver having a fast method for determining GPS clock time. The GPS receiver includes a signal processor for receiving GPS signals from GPS satellites and detecting current GPS data bits carried by the respective GPS signals, a chapter memory for storing a block of expected G |
| 7363154 |
Method and system for determining the path of a mobile machine |
April 22, 2008 |
| Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for determining the path of a mobile machine. In one embodiment, a control component accesses a first path which comprises at least one curved portion. The control component then determines a second path which is substan |
| 7363132 |
Method and system for controlling steering deadband in a mobile machine |
April 22, 2008 |
| Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for controlling steering dead band in a mobile machine. In one embodiment, a first dead band value for actuating a steering mechanism in a first direction is determined. Then, a second dead band value for actuating the s |
| 7360623 |
Motor mount assembly for controlling a mobile machine |
April 22, 2008 |
| Embodiments of the present invention recite a motor assembly comprising a lower motor mount and an upper motor mount. The lower motor mount is mechanically coupled with a steering column of a mobile machine. The upper motor mount is coupled with the lower motor mount and with a drive |
| 7359713 |
Battery consumption optimization for mobile users |
April 15, 2008 |
| Systems and methods are disclosed to provide power management for a mobile communication device having a location determination function. The frequency of the location determination function may be adjusted based on whether the mobile communication device is moving and may be further |
| 7348921 |
GPS receiver using stored navigation data bits for a fast determination of GPS clock time |
March 25, 2008 |
| A GPS receiver having a fast method for determining GPS clock time. The GPS receiver includes a signal processor for receiving GPS signals from GPS satellites and detecting current GPS data bits carried by the respective GPS signals, a chapter memory for storing a block of expected G |
| 7336225 |
Synthetic phase processor for controlling accuracy of high integrity GPS positions |
February 26, 2008 |
| A positioning system or synthetic phase processor or rover station for providing high integrity positions with graduated accuracies. The positioning system includes one or more real time kinematic (RTK) reference stations for receiving GPS signals at established reference positions a |
| 7313476 |
Method and system for controlling a valuable movable item |
December 25, 2007 |
| One embodiment in accordance with the invention can include a controller that can be coupled with a position determining component, and a motion detecting component. In one embodiment, the motion detecting component detects motion of a valuable movable item and generates a signal to the |
| 7312747 |
Multiple-GNSS and FDMA high precision carrier-phase based positioning |
December 25, 2007 |
| Three new methods are presented to improve floating solutions and ambiguity resolution for multiple global satellite navigation systems (GNSS), one of which may be an FDMA-based GNSS such as GLONASS: (1) modeling of the hardware-related differential clock error between two (or more) |
| 7307710 |
Surveying methods and apparatus |
December 11, 2007 |
| The invention relates to a surveying system, comprising at least one total station unit (210, 220), and at least one target (201, 203), said targets having wireless communication means, each unit provided with a unique wireless communication address for wireless communication, the wirele |
| 7295156 |
Cellphone GPS positioning system |
November 13, 2007 |
| A mobile GPS location system. The location system includes a mobile radio transceiver for transmitting a radio positioning signal and receiving a responsive radio system signal having a radio positioning system (RPS)-based time and position derived from the radio positioning signal; |
| 7292183 |
GPS reference system providing synthetic reference phases for controlling accuracy of high integ |
November 6, 2007 |
| A positioning system or synthetic phase processor or rover station for providing high integrity positions with graduated accuracies. The positioning system includes one or more real time kinematic (RTK) reference stations for receiving GPS signals at established reference positions a |
| 7287336 |
Apparatus for producing a visible line of light on a surface, particularly a wall |
October 30, 2007 |
| An apparatus and method for efficiently generating a visible line of light on a surface such as a wall or a floor for the purpose of facilitating the layout process used in construction. Reference marking elements on the instrument correspond to the light beam's position. One or more lev |
| 7287154 |
Electronic boot up system and method |
October 23, 2007 |
| An electronic processing boot up system and method are presented. The electronic processing boot up system and method can utilize ROM emulation to store bootstrap instructions and to facilitate reduction of relatively expensive ROM. For example, a ROM emulation system and method utilizes |
| 7283091 |
Radio positioning system for providing position and time for assisting GPS signal acquisition in |
October 16, 2007 |
| A mobile location system. The GPS location system includes a radio positioning system (RPS) for determining times-of-arrival at several locations for a radio positioning signal transmitted from a mobile unit and then using the times-of-arrival for determining an RPS-based position an |
