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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Dennis Workman, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Jeffery Allen Hamilton, Broomfield, CO (US);
Inventors:
Dennis Workman, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Jeffery Allen Hamilton, Broomfield, CO (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 25/08 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is a portable motion-activated position reporting device. In one embodiment, a controller is coupled with an interrogator component, a position determining component, a wireless communications component, and an initiating component. In one embodiment, the initiating component detects motion of the position reporting device and generates a signal to the controller indicating the motion. The controller, in response to the signal, activates the interrogator component and the position reporting device.