Map-matching golf navigation system
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    发明授权
    Map-matching golf navigation system 失效
    地图匹配高尔夫导航系统

    公开(公告)号:US6024655A

    公开(公告)日:2000-02-15

    申请号:US829678

    申请日:1997-03-31

    申请人: John R. Coffee

    发明人: John R. Coffee

    摘要: A method for calibrating and updating a golf course position, yardage and measurement system for golf carts that utilize dead reckoning navigation, to avoid gradual buildup of error from components of the dead reckoning system as the golf cart is being driven on the course during play, for the purpose of aiding golfers in playing the course by displaying distance measurements between the golf cart and various course features of interest. In one embodiment, the method includes storing a map of the course golf cart path in the database of the cart navigation system, determining from a comparison of the golf cart position in the dead reckoning navigation system and the stored golf cart path whether the golf cart is on the cart path during at least a part of the play of each hole; and, if so, calibrating and updating the dead reckoning navigation system according to a correction of error in the indicated position of an icon representing the golf cart relative to the cart path on a display screen in the cart to restore the icon to the cart path. In another embodiment, the travel of the cart is compared to the meanderings of the cart path on the stored map by comparing the dead reckoning trajectory of the cart to sequences of segments along the cart path until a pathway trajectory is found that closely matches the trajectory of the golf cart; and then correcting the indicated position of the golf cart accordingly, by which to calibrate and update the dead reckoning navigation system.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于校准和更新用于使用航位推算导航的高尔夫球车的高尔夫球场位置,码数和测量系统的方法,以避免当游戏过程中正在驱动高尔夫球车时,从推算系统的部件逐渐积累错误, 目的是通过显示高尔夫球车与感兴趣的各种课程特征之间的距离测量来帮助高尔夫球手进行比赛。 在一个实施例中,该方法包括将课程高尔夫球车路径的地图存储在车载导航系统的数据库中,从航位推算导航系统中的高尔夫球车位置与所存储的高尔夫球车路线的比较来确定高尔夫球车 在每个孔的至少一部分播放期间在车路径上; 并且如果是,则根据在购物车中的显示屏幕上相对于购物车路径的表示高尔夫车的图标的指示位置的错误校正和更新航位推算导航系统,以将图标恢复到购物车路径 。 在另一个实施例中,通过将推车的航位推算轨迹与沿着车路径的段的序列进行比较,将推车的行程与存储的地图上的车路径的曲折进行比较,直到找到与轨迹紧密匹配的路径轨迹 的高尔夫球车; 然后相应地校正高尔夫球车的指示位置,由此校准和更新航位推算导航系统。

    Vehicle tracking, communication and fleet management system
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    发明申请
    Vehicle tracking, communication and fleet management system 审中-公开
    车辆跟踪,通信和车队管理系统

    公开(公告)号:US20090088924A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-02

    申请号:US12313650

    申请日:2008-11-20

    IPC分类号: G08G1/127

    摘要: A vehicle fleet management information system identifies location and direction of movement of each vehicle in a fleet in real-time, and automatically reports such information, as well as status of predetermined events in which the vehicle is engaged, directly to the fleet manager. Each fleet vehicle has an assigned time slot to transmit its reporting information over a communications network without interfering with transmissions from other vehicles in their own respective time slots. A timing control phase lock loop (PLL) provides precise time synchronization for timing corrections from a global positioning system (GPS) based time reference. A dual band full-duplex interface of the network has TDMA on one-half and broadcast on the other half. Microprocessor time processing units in components of the network perform precise clock synchronization. Space diversity performed on received vehicle transmitted messages avoids data corruption. Different vehicles have different periodic transmission intervals, by dynamically allocating the slots for various update rates. Auxiliary reporting slots enable prompt reporting of important data by the respective vehicle transmitters independent of the slower periodic transmission intervals.

    摘要翻译: 车队管理信息系统实时识别车辆中每辆车辆的位置和方向,并自动将车辆所参与的这些信息以及预定事件的状态直接报告给车队经理。 每个车队车辆具有分配的时隙,以通过通信网络传送其报告信息,而不干扰其各自时间段内的其他车辆的传输。 定时控制锁相环(PLL)为来自全球定位系统(GPS)的时间基准的定时校正提供精确的时间同步。 网络的双频全双工接口在一半上具有TDMA,在另一半上进行广播。 网络组件中的微处理器时间处理单元执行精确的时钟同步。 对接收到的车辆传输的消息执行的空间分集避免了数据的破坏。 不同的车辆具有不同的周期性传输间隔,通过动态地分配各种更新速率的时隙。 辅助报告插槽使得能够独立于较慢周期性传输间隔的各个车辆发射机迅速报告重要数据。