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