Patents by Inventor Cliff A. Pemble

Cliff A. Pemble has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7610148
    Abstract: Methods and Systems are provided for interfacing to navigation operations. An application programming interface (API) library is provided having navigation modules, guidance modules, routing modules, and mapping modules. The API is accessible to customized modules operating on a portable electronic device. The customized modules are operable to selectively access and process a number of the modules using the API library while the customized modules are processing on the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Garmin Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Walters, Cliff A. Pemble
  • Patent number: 7483789
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for complementary navigation devices with various integrated positioning functionality. The navigation method includes providing a first navigation device. The first navigation device includes a triangulation positioning functionality. The method includes providing a second navigation device adapted to communicate with the first navigation device. The second navigation device includes one or more dead reckoning positioning components. The method further includes resolving a position of the first and the second navigation devices. Resolving the position includes using the one or more dead reckoning positioning components in complement to the triangulation positioning functionality to determine the position when the triangulation positioning functionality is degraded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Garmin Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Walters, Cliff A. Pemble, Min H. Kao
  • Patent number: 7257469
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for updating information resident on an avionics device. One avionics device embodiment includes a processor, a memory, and a receiver. The memory can be in communication with the processor. The receiver can receive radio signals including update information. The device can update information resident on the device based upon the update information received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Garmin International, Inc.
    Inventor: Cliff A. Pemble
  • Patent number: 7228225
    Abstract: Methods and Systems are provided for interfacing to navigation operations. An application programming interface (API) library is provided having navigation modules, guidance modules, routing modules, and mapping modules. The API is accessible to customized modules operating on a portable electronic device. The customized modules are operable to selectively access and process a number of the modules using the API library while the customized modules are processing on the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Garmin Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Walters, Cliff A. Pemble
  • Patent number: 7099771
    Abstract: Methods and Systems are provided for interfacing to navigation operations. An application programming interface (API) library is provided having navigation modules, guidance modules, routing modules, and mapping modules. The API is accessible to customized modules operating on a portable electronic device. The customized modules are operable to selectively access and process a number of the modules using the API library while the customized modules are processing on the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Garmin Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Walters, Cliff A. Pemble
  • Patent number: 7062374
    Abstract: Methods and Systems are provided for interfacing to navigation operations. An application programming interface (API) library is provided having navigation modules, guidance modules, routing modules, and mapping modules. The API is accessible to customized modules operating on a portable electronic device. The customized modules are operable to selectively access and process a number of the modules using the API library while the customized modules are processing on the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Garmin Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Walters, Cliff A. Pemble
  • Patent number: 7013216
    Abstract: Methods and Systems are provided for interfacing to navigation operations. An application programming interface (API) library is provided having navigation modules, guidance modules, routing modules, and mapping modules. The API is accessible to customized modules operating on a portable electronic device. The customized modules are operable to selectively access and process a number of the modules using the API library while the customized modules are processing on the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Garmin Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Walters, Cliff A. Pemble
  • Patent number: 6850844
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods are provided for portable navigation devices with various integrated positioning functionality. The apparatus includes a portable electronic device having a processor in communication with a memory. The memory is adapted to store navigation related data. The navigation related data includes cartographic data including a number of locations and data indicative of thoroughfares of a plurality of types connecting certain ones of the locations. The portable electronic device includes a GPS receiver adapted to communicate with the memory and processor. And, the portable electronic device includes a dead reckoning component, including a rate gyro, pedometer, and/or accelerometer adapted to communicate to memory and processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Garmin Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Walters, Cliff A. Pemble, Min H. Kao
  • Patent number: 6801855
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for complementary navigation devices with various integrated positioning functionality. The navigation method includes providing a first navigation device. The first navigation device includes a triangulation positioning functionality. The method includes providing a second navigation device adapted to communicate with the first navigation device. The second navigation device includes one or more dead reckoning positioning components. The method further includes resolving a position of the first and the second navigation devices. Resolving the position includes using the one or more dead reckoning positioning components in complement to the triangulation positioning functionality to determine the position when the triangulation positioning functionality is degraded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Garmin Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Walters, Cliff A. Pemble, Min H. Kao
  • Patent number: 6801854
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided improving the accuracy, availability and integrity of GPS service. Specifically, the present invention provides a GPS device with the correction messages which are from the most accurate and desirable source while at the same time conserving processor and memory resources of the device. The method includes receiving GPS data. An SBAS signal from a first correction source is received. Ionospheric mask messages, for a number of grid points, in the received SBAS signal are analyzed. An abbreviated bounding region around a group of similar type grid points is constructed. The method further includes determining whether the position of the GPS device is within the abbreviated bounding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Garmin Ltd.
    Inventors: Cliff A. Pemble, Clayton E. Barber
  • Publication number: 20040054460
    Abstract: Methods and Systems are provided for interfacing to navigation operations. An application programming interface (API) library is provided having navigation modules, guidance modules, routing modules, and mapping modules. The API is accessible to customized modules operating on a portable electronic device. The customized modules are operable to selectively access and process a number of the modules using the API library while the customized modules are processing on the portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: Garmin, Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Walters, Cliff A. Pemble
  • Patent number: 6647340
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided improving the accuracy, availability and integrity of GPS service. Specifically, the present invention provides a GPS device with the correction messages which are from the most accurate and desirable source while at the same time conserving processor and memory resources of the device. The method includes receiving GPS data. An SBAS signal from a first correction source is received. Ionospheric mask messages, for a number of grid points, in the received SBAS signal are analyzed. An abbreviated bounding region around a group of similar type grid points is constructed. The method further includes determining whether the position of the GPS device is within the abbreviated bounding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Garmin Ltd.
    Inventors: Cliff A. Pemble, Clayton E. Barber