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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2001
Alan W. Barman, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael R. Boyd, Saline, MI (US);
David J. Paul, Canton, MI (US);
Yazaki North America, Inc., Canton, MI (US);
Abstract
An improved system and method of integrating GPS and wireless communication systems with the systems of a user's vehicle make the GPS and wireless communication systems more readily and safely accessible to the vehicle operator during travel. GPS and data from other navigational equipment is transmitted over a digital data network, preferably a fiber optic network, that is provided in a vehicle for distributing data among the various electronic devices on-board. Voice and data streams sent to, and received from, wireless networks operating in the area, e.g., a WWAN, WPAN or WLAN, are also distributed over the fiber optic network for use by various on-board devices. An antenna farm, for a GPS receiver and wireless transceivers, can be connected to the on-board data network.