Using "Beidou" for navigation may be just a gimmick

Lai Jizhou, a professor at the School of Automation at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, explained that it is just a display software for calculating the current position of navigation satellites. In fact, whether you can use Beidou satellite information depends on whether your mobile phone has a Beidou receiver chip. Apple’s mobile phones definitely do not have our domestic Beidou chips.

Most domestic smartphones can receive Beidou data

On the morning of August 3, Beidou officials confirmed: “Beidou system’s 28-nanometer process chips have been mass-produced, and 22-nanometer process chips will be launched soon. Mass production. Most smartphones support Beidou functions, and mobile phones that support high-precision applications are already on the market. ”

Maybe you don’t know that you have already used Beidou navigation when you usually use navigation software.

Most domestic mobile phones now have a chip in them, which can receive signals from Beidou satellites, so that they can have Beidou navigation and positioning functions.

Experts remind: Some software are "hot spots"

Experts remind that the presence of the word Beidou in the name of the software does not mean that it uses the Beidou satellite navigation and positioning system, the Beidou-3 global satellite Navigation systems have never launched this type of application. This type of software is just "taking advantage of hot spots". If you want to verify whether your mobile phone supports the Beidou system, you can use some software.

Some software will provide a more detailed explanation of the corresponding status of the receiving satellite. For example, how many Beidou satellites, how many GPS stars can be received, and whether Beidou is used in the location of the mobile phone, the software can read it out.

Is it suspected of infringement?

Beidou officials have stated that any company can download relevant control files from the Beidou official website and develop and use them. However, similar software makes users mistakenly believe that these software are related to Beidou official. This is a typical act of confusion and is suspected of unfair competition and infringement. Lawyer Shen Hao, senior partner of Jincheng Tongda Law Firm:

This project should be funded by the government. If there is commercial operation, it may put these trademarks under the name of a company. Government agencies and party committee organizations can also have trademarks. As long as you infringe upon it during commercial use, the infringed party can sue you.