Receiver, positioning system
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GPS/PORTABLE/PXS/BATTERY
- DATE
- 1993
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0216.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sony Corp.
- MODEL
- PYXIS IPS-760
- LOCATION
- Tokyo, Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 30923
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- GPS
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING; PRESUMABLY SYNTHETIC, METAL & GLASS PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.3 cm
- Width
- 11.3 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Measurement-position
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Sony
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Tokyo
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS GPS RECEIVER USED ONLY FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES 1995+. THIS TYPE PROBABLY USED 1993+.
- Canada
-
PART OF THE EXHIBIT "TODAY'S JAPAN: DESIGN SAMPLING '95", PRODUCED SPECIFICALLY TO SHOWCASE TALENTS OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE DESIGNERS FOR CANADIAN PUBLIC. EXHIBIT VENUES INCLUDED HARBOURFRONT CENTRE, TORONTO & NMST OTTAWA. - Function
-
TO DETERMINE PRECISE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, INCLUDING LATITUDE, LONGITUDE & ALTITUDE. - Technical
-
GPS (GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM) IS A SATELLITE-BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEM DEVELOPED & MAINTAINED BY THE US DEPT. OF DEFENCE. GPS SIGNALS ARE AVAILABLE 24 HRS A DAY AND MAY BE USED TO DETERMINE PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION, ACCURATE TO 30 M (98 FEET). THIS UNIT REPRESENTS STATE-OF-THE-ART PORTABLE GPS TECHNOLOGY FOR LAYMAN. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 'SONY/PYXIS/ GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM' PRINTED ON ANTENNA HOUSING FRONT; 'SONY IPS-760/ (CAUTION)/ FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE THE ANTENNA/ SHOULD BE PLACED IN A HORIZONTAL,/ UNOBSTRUCTED POSITION. MADE IN JAPAN/ [JAPANESE TEXT]/ 3-384-090-01'. UNIT DISPLAY & CONTROL PAD MARKED 'SONY': ALL CONTROLS AND FITTINGS ON FRONT & SIDES LABELLED. DECAL IN UPPER LEFT CORNER OF SCREEN READS: '[LOGO]/ It's a Sony'; UNIT BACK READS: ''SONY IPS-760/ GPS RECEIVER/ DC: 9V R6 SIZE AAX6 BATT OR EQUIV/ [JAPANESE TEXT]/ MADE IN JAPAN/ 3-384-091-01'. SN '30923' PRINTED INSIDE HOUSING FOR BATTERY MAGAZINE/ PT box: Box front includes illustration of GPS unit being held by user on a boat, with sailboat and mountain in the distance. Text includes following info.: " SONY/ GPS/ GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM/ PYXIS/ PORTABLE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVER/ IPS-76O "; " PXS "; and " Easy to watch 4.5" wide B?W LCD/ Serial communication interface (TTL level)/ Two IC card slot/ 8ch GPS Receiver ". Most text also appears in French; some text appears in Japanese. Box front bears identical text. Accompanied by illustration of GPS unit in foreground; jeep in desert in background. Side and end panels bear mfr. name, model and brandname or trademark designation, " PORTABLE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVER " identification; end panels also marked " Sony Corporation Tokyo Japan " or " Made in Japan ".
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- RECEIVER SIDES & BACK & ANTENNAE HOUSING ARE SMOOTH, REFLECTIVE GREY SYNTHETIC MATERIAL: DARKER, DULL GREY-TO-BLACK FRONT PANEL FRAMES DISPLAY SCREEN AND OPERATING KEYPAD/CONTROLS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Sony Corp., Receiver, positioning system, circa 1993, Artifact no. 1996.0216, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1996.0216.001/
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