Instant and Continuous Location in Mobile Devices
These days, almost every electronic device contains a real-time clock so that it is continuously aware of the time. There are a huge number of ways that this information is used, varying from device to device and application to application.
In the future, almost every electronic device that is mobile will also be continuously aware of its location and the range of applications will be similarly broad.
Always-On™ GPS technology from Air will bring instant and continuous location to all mobile, battery operated devices, including:
- Cellphones
- Digital still cameras
- Digital video cameras
- Laptops
- Portable games consoles
- Battery operated watches
- Portable media players and MP3 players
- And many more …
Location based applications benefiting from our technology will be:
- Proactive: Location based applications will behave automatically based on their location, instead of requiring an external stimulus. This is only possible if the device is continuously aware of its location. Examples of proactive applications range from a location based alarm on a digital watch through to location sensitive push-advertising in a cellphone.
- Instant: Instant location is impossible unless you are already tracking. This is a big benefit for applications such as geotagging where a photograph must be tagged with its location at the instant that the camera’s shutter is released.
- Low power: Power budget is especially important for applications that need to continuously track, including child tracking and asset tracking.