Appeal No. 2003-1227
Application No. 09/049,161
desired positions, orientations and attitudes of the structure
being positioned, a user is able to move the structure into the
desired position.
Independent claim 11 is reproduced as follows:
11. A precise positioning apparatus comprising:
a system bus;
a GPS receiver configured to communicate with the system
bus, the GPS receiver generating position information regarding a
position of a structure associated with the GPS receiver;
a memory configured to communicate with the system bus;
a display configured to communicate with the system bus;
a microprocessor configured to communicate with the system
bus, the microprocessor configured to receive the position
information from the GPS receiver and configured to generate
display information based on the position information, the
display information comprising guidance and orientation
information, the microprocessor configured to transmit the
display information to the display,
wherein the display information is displayed on the display
such that a user is provided with a visual graphical
representation of a present position, orientation and attitude of
the structure and a desired position, orientation and attitude of
the structure.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Anderson et al. (Anderson) 6,032,084 Feb. 29, 2000
(filed Aug. 30, 1996)
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