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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2000
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Abstract
A portable type distance/speed meter is designed for measuring a travel distance and a travel speed in response to GPS electromagnetic waves received by a GPS receiver. The portable type distance/speed meter is arranged by: a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver for receiving GPS electromagnetic waves transmitted from GPS satellites to acquire positioning data from the received GPS electromagnetic waves in a predetermined sampling period; travel speed calculating means for calculating a travel speed of a user based upon the positioning data; timer means for measuring travel time of the user at the travel speed; travel distance calculating means for calculating a travel distance of the user based upon both the travel speed calculated by the travel speed calculating means and the travel time measured by the timer means; average travel speed calculating means for calculating an average travel speed of the user based upon the travel speed calculated by the travel speed calculating means; motion detecting means for detecting motion produced while the user walks, or runs to thereby output the motion detecting result as a motion signal; and sampling period changing means for entering the motion signal outputted from the motion detecting means, for changing the sampling period based upon the entered motion signal.