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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Min H. Kao, Leawood, KS (US);
Michael Childs, Overland Park, KS (US);
Darin J. Beesley, Overland Park, KS (US);
Assignee:
Garmin Ltd., , KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/100 ;
Abstract
A GPS enabled personal digital assistant (PDA) is provided. A housing of the PDA includes a processor and a memory operably coupled to the processor. The memory has provided thereto cartographic data including any number of locations and data indicative of thoroughfares of a plurality of types connecting certain ones of the locations. A display is operably coupled to the processor, the display viewable at a front face of the housing. And, a GPS patch antenna is operably coupled to the processor and is located above the display within the housing to receive GPS signals.