Wireless synchronous time system with solar powered transceiver

US7369462B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Quartex, division of Primex, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mark A. Abbott · Delavan, US
• Jerald M. Cayo · Belvidere, US
• Darrel L. Thompson · Algonquin, US
• Derek J. Brykowski · Cary, US
• Terrence J. O'Neill · Lake Geneva, US
• James Stoffer · Delafield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 2005
• Grant date: May 6, 2008
• Expiry date: Aug 9, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S19/14
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A primary device for a synchronous event system. In one construction, the primary device includes a solar panel operable to convert light into electricity; a receiver operable to receive a global positioning system time signal; a processor coupled to the receiver and operable to process the global positioning system time signal to produce a processed time component; a internal clock coupled to the processor and operable to store the processed time component and to increment relative to the processed time component thereafter to produce an internal time; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and operable to transmit the internal time to a secondary device for wireless reception by the secondary device and synchronization of the secondary device relative to the primary device.