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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2006
Applicant:
Te-li Lien, Taoyuan, TW;
Inventor:
Te-Li Lien, Taoyuan, TW;
Assignee:
Mitac International Corp., Taoyuan, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/0968 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A connection apparatus and a portable system thereof are connected to a traffic message channel (TMC) device through a universal serial bus (USB) port. The portable system includes a satellite navigation device for performing a positioning function through the global positioning system and displaying a traffic message through a display interface, a USB port connecting to the TMC device to transmit the traffic message to the satellite navigation device, and a switch device for determining whether the connecting device is a USB device or a TMC device and switching the transmission standard and power supply mode thereof.