"ELECTRO GYRO-CATOR" NEW INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR USE IN AUTOMOBILES

We developed a revoluntionary new inertial navigation system named the "Electro Gyro-Cator" for use in automobiles. The Electro Gyro-Cator allows a driver to monitor his progress, plot and follow courses to a destination, select alternate routes, and drive more safely on unfamiliar roads or at night. Employing a sealed helium gas-rate gyro, the Electro Gyro-Cator offers visual display (CRT display) of a car's present location, direction and route, with overlay maps for fast, simple route selection and monitoring. The primary elements of the unit include trip and direction and route, with overlay maps for fast, simple route selection and monitoring. The primary elements of the unit include trip and direction sensors, a 16-Bit central processing unit, a CRT display screen and a collection of transparent overlay maps fitted to the screen. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper from the International Symoosium on Automotive Technology and Automation, ISATA '82, Wolfsburg, West Germany, September 13, 1982.
• Authors:
  • Tagami
  • TAKAHASHI, T
  • Takahashi, F
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 145-161
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver information systems; Graphics; Gyroscopes; Information display systems; Instrumentation; Maps; Navigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Displays; Graphic methods
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391677
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Energy Research Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-8209238
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1985 12:00AM