Car finder by cell phone
AssigneeDENSO International America, Inc.
InventorsStephen Holcomb, Justin McBride, Toshihiro Wakamatsu, Akira Sakashita, Minoru Sasaki
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Abstract
A system for locating a vehicle may include a hand-held device and a communication device on-board the vehicle. The hand-held device may include a screen, and may be adapted to import a map and display a present location of the hand-held device on the map. The communication device on-board the vehicle may be adapted to communicate a present location of the vehicle to the hand-held device. The hand-held device may be capable of displaying the location of the vehicle and the location of the hand-held device on the map at the same time.
Claims20
A system for locating a vehicle comprising:
- a hand-held device having a screen, the hand-held device adapted to import a map and display a present location of the hand-held device on the map;
- and
- a communication device on-board the vehicle adapted to communicate a present location of the vehicle to the hand-held device, the hand-held device capable of displaying the location of the vehicle and the location of the hand-held device on the map at the same time.
A system for locating a vehicle comprising:
- a server;
- a first global positioning device in remote communication with the server, the first global positioning device being adapted to determine a location of the vehicle and communicate the location of the vehicle to the server;
- and
- a hand-held device including a processor, a screen, and a second global positioning device integrated therein, the second global positioning device is adapted to determine a location of the hand-held device, the hand-held device is adapted for remote communication with the server, and the screen is adapted to display a map,
- wherein the location of the vehicle and the location of the hand-held device are displayed on the map together.
A method for locating a vehicle comprising:
- receiving a location of the vehicle into a hand-held device;
- determining a location of the hand-held device;
- and
- displaying a map on the hand-held device, the map including indicia of the location of the vehicle and the location of the hand-held device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.