Patent ID: 6570506
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: G02B,G09B

Abstract:
A device for viewing an object, where the device is at a particular position on the Earth, at a time, and on a date, said device comprising:a means for viewing the object, said means for viewing the object having a viewing axis; a processor; a means for determining the orientation of the device operably connected to the means for viewing the object, said means for determining the orientation of the device providing, to the processor, orientation data representing the orientation of the viewing axis; a means for providing position data, representing the position of the device on the Earth, to the processor; a means for providing time and date data, representing the time and date, to the processor; and a database operatively connected to the processor, said database containing data representing at least one fact regarding each of a plurality of objects and data representing the location of each of the plurality of objects when observed from a particular position on the Earth, at a particular viewing axis orientation, at a particular time, and on a particular date.