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Re: Learn the stars, by phone
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2009 May 22, 17:03 -0700
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2009 May 22, 17:03 -0700
Or one can go to the US Patent Office's search page, http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html Typing in Yamcon as a search term shows eight patents assigned to Yamcon (not including 6,366,212), you can click on any one of the patent numbers returned to read the patent. You can also type in specific patent numbers to read 6,366,212. The most recent patent seems a bit weird, it looks like they've patented the idea of identifying bodies by triangulating the positions of three of them. But the 6,xxx,xxx series patents look pretty solid -- one of them patents the idea of body identification by determining orientation and elevation by the earth's magnetic field, another patents the idea of starting with the user's geographic location (can you spell GPS?) Lu waldendand@YAHOO.COM wrote: > Try Google Patent for 7477367, and those listed below. > > > > Article Summary > August 5, 2005 Stand by for a significant leap forward in telescope functionality. Telescope manufacturer Celestron has signed a global licensing agreement to incorporate ?revolutionary new technology? from a company named Yamcon into a variety of its products. Yamcon has been granted three U.S. patents on technology that allows a device to instantly and accurately identify and/or locate any celestial object visible to the naked eye. The technology combines data from sensors measuring both the magnetic and gravitational fields of the Earth, along with GPS and a substantial celestial database. The first product to be released, the SkyScout, is a handheld device that can instantly identify and/or locate any celestial object visible to the naked eye, providing descriptions in a multimedia, planetarium-like experience. Celestron will launch the SkyScout at the International CES show in January of 2006. The groundbreaking technology patented by Yamcon is covered by US Patents 6,366,212, 6,570,506 and 6,844,822 (images and patent links in story) and will further the cause of astronomy more than any invention since the telescope, opening the way for future generations to explore the wonders of space. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---