Mobile Target Locator with Both RF And Cellular Communications
OwnerRobert D. Fishinventor
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Abstract
The present invention herein provides apparatus and method, allowing a user to acquire a target location wherever the target is with a target mobile locator. The target mobile locator includes a RF receiver, a transmitter, a GPS locator and a circuit. After receiving “wake-up” signal from the user, GPS locator and/or transmitter can be activated and the target location is sent back to the user. Prior to receiving the wakeup signal, at least one of the GPS locator and the transmitter are either energy reduced state or off state such that the consumption of the energy is minimized in the locator. Therefore, the locator is active for long periods of time. Optionally, a battery can be recharged using, for example, a solar cell under the sun.
Claims16
A mobile target locator, comprising:
- a Radio Frequency (“RF”) receiver configured to receive a signal without utilizing a cell phone protocol;
- a cellular transmitter;
- and
- a circuit configured to use the signal to activate the cellular transmitter and use the cellular transmitter to transmit an information to a user;
- wherein the cellular transmitter is held in a reduced power state until receiving the signal.
A method of obtaining an information from a locator device, comprising:
- sending an instruction to a radio transmitter to transmit to the locator device a signal;
- and
- receiving the information from the locator device through a cellular connection;
- wherein a timing delay at least partially controls a delay between repeated transmissions of the information.
A mobile target locator, comprising:
- a Radio Frequency (“RF”) receiver configured to receive a signal without utilizing a cell phone protocol, wherein the signal includes a timing information;
- a cellular transmitter;
- and
- a circuit configured to use the signal to transmit an information to a user via the cellular transmitter;
- wherein the timing information at least partially controls a delay of the cellular transmitter between repeated transmission of the information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.