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Roadside beacon system

US4896161A · kind A · utility

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3References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 18, 1987
Grant dateJan 23, 1990
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/13
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A navigator system for providing in a moving vehicle a display of the position of the vehicle on a map. This position is recalibrated by a roadside antenna that transmits a split beam so that the signal is a minimum directly in front of the antenna. The on-board navigator recalibrates the position from data transmitted immediately before when the received signal is abruptly decreased as the vehicle passes directly in front of the antenna.

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