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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2003
Michael Ian Willer, San Diego, CA (US);
Takayasu Muto, Chigasaki, JP;
Donald Robert Caldwell, Escondido, CA (US);
Michael Ian Willer, San Diego, CA (US);
Takayasu Muto, Chigasaki, JP;
Donald Robert Caldwell, Escondido, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A combined GPS/Bluetooth module for a vehicle may be mounted on, e.g., the rear view mirror housing to receive position information from GPS and other information (such as tire pressure and other vehicle diagnostic information) over a Bluetooth link. In turn, the module can transmit over Bluetooth both the GPS data and the diagnostic information to the vehicle onboard computer or to a PDA, wireless telephone, or other display-bearing device in the vehicle for display thereof.