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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2004
Applicant:
Stephan M. Bork, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Stephan M. Bork, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic device (). The device comprises means () for displaying a compass directional bearing. The device also comprises means (, CAM) for determining the compass directional bearing unresponsive to a local magnetic field in which the electronic device is located, wherein the means for determining comprises image capturing circuitry.