System for evaluating an environment

• US 20080234533A1
• Filed: 03/21/2007
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Precision Innovations Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Precision Innovations Incorporated
• Inventors: Vollum, Steven Hoard
• Application Number:
  US11/726,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20080234533A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/9
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence

Abstract

An environmental evaluation device and system enables determination of the ambit and orientation of an environment and the favorability of the environment for an individual according to principles of feng shui.

Claims

1. A system for evaluating an environment, said system comprising:

(a) a first magnetic field sensor to sense a first component of a magnetic field in a first direction;

(b) a second magnetic field sensor to sense a second component of said magnetic field in a second direction normal to said first direction;

(c) a third magnetic field sensor to sense a third component of said magnetic field in a third direction normal to said first and said second directions;

(d) a first accelerometer to sense a first acceleration in said first direction;

(e) a second accelerometer to sense a second acceleration in said second direction; and

(f) a processing unit responsive to a program instruction to measure said first, said second and said third components of said magnetic field, said first acceleration, and said second acceleration and determine a compass direction from said measured components of said magnetic field and said measured acceleration.

2. The system for evaluating an environment of claim 1 further comprising:

(a) a user input device enabling a user to input a birth date to said processing unit;

(b) a program instruction executable by said processing unit to determine a favorability of said compass direction according to a principle of feng shui for an individual having said birth date; and

(c) a display enabling display of a metric of said favorability of said direction.

3. A system for evaluating an environment comprising:

(a) a position sensing unit capable of sensing a direction and a distance when said position sensing unit is moved from a location to another location; and

(b) a processing unit responsive to a program instruction to record an output of said position sensing unit when said position sensing unit moved from a first location to a second location and when said position sensing unit is moved from said second location to a third location and to determine an ambit of a tract defined by said first, said second and said third locations.

4. The system for evaluating an environment of claim 3 further comprising a program instruction executable by said processing unit to enable determination of an area of said tract.

5. The system for evaluating an environment of claim 3 wherein said position sensing unit comprises:

(a) a gyroscope responsive to movement to output a direction signal indicating a direction of said movement; and

(b) a first accelerometer responsive to a change in velocity to output a first acceleration signal indicating a change in velocity in a first direction;

(c) a second accelerometer responsive to a change in velocity to output a second acceleration signal indicating a change in velocity in a second direction; and

(d) a program instruction executable by said processing unit to;

(i) in response to a first user input, initiate input of said direction signal, said first acceleration signal and second acceleration signal to said processing unit;

(ii) in response to a second user input, terminate input of said direction signal, said first acceleration signal and said second acceleration signal to said processing unit; and

(iii) determine displacement of said position sensing unit in said first direction and said second direction from said direction signal, said first acceleration signal and said second acceleration input to said processing unit.

6. The system for evaluating an environment of claim 5 further comprising a program instruction executable by said processing unit to enable determination of an area of said tract.

7. The system for evaluating an environment of claim 5 further comprising:

(a) a first magnetic field sensor to sense a first component of a magnetic field in a first direction;

(b) a second magnetic field sensor to sense a second component of said magnetic field in a second direction normal to said first direction;

(c) a third magnetic field sensor to sense a third component of said magnetic field in a third direction normal to said first and said second directions; and

(d) a program instruction enabling said processing unit to modify at least one of said displacement in said first direction and said displacement in said second direction in response to a measurement of at least one said first, said second and said third components of said magnetic field.

8. The system for evaluating an environment of claim 7 further comprising a program instruction executable by said processing unit to enable determination of an area of said tract.

9. The system for evaluating an environment of claim 5 further comprising:

(a) a receiver for a global positioning signal; and

(b) a program instruction enabling said processing unit to determine a global position of said position sensing unit and to modify at least one of said displacement in said first direction and said displacement in said second direction in response to determination of said global position when input of said direction signal is at least one of initiated and terminated.

10. The system for evaluating an environment of claim 9 further comprising a program instruction executable by said processing unit to enable determination of an area of said tract.

11. An apparatus for evaluating an environment, said apparatus comprising:

(a) a first magnetic field sensor outputting a first magnetic field datum in response to a component of a magnetic field acting in a first direction;

(b) a second magnetic field sensor outputting a second magnetic field datum in response to a component of said magnetic field acting in a second direction normal to said first direction;

(c) a third magnetic field sensor outputting a third magnetic field datum in response to a component of said magnetic field acting in a third direction normal to said first direction and said second direction;

(d) a first accelerometer outputting a first acceleration datum in response to acceleration in said first direction;

(e) a second accelerometer outputting a second acceleration datum in response to acceleration in said second direction;

(f) a memory arranged to store a program instruction and a datum; and

(g) a processing unit responsive a program instruction to determine a compass direction from said first, second and third magnetic field data and said first acceleration datum and said second acceleration datum.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising:

(a) an input device enabling a user input a sex datum and a birth date datum;

(b) another program instruction stored in said memory and executable by said processing unit to determine at least one of a favorable and an unfavorable compass direction from said sex datum and said birth date datum;

(c) a display for presenting at least one of a favorable and an unfavorable compass direction to a user.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising:

(a) a gyroscope outputting a direction datum in response to movement of said apparatus;

(b) an input device enabling a user to input an initiation of movement datum and a termination of movement datum; and

(c) another program instruction stored in said memory and executable by said processing unit to determine from said direction datum and said first and said second acceleration data a displacement of said apparatus between input of said initiation of movement datum and input of said termination of movement datum.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising an additional program instruction stored in said memory and executable by said processing unit enabling said processing unit to determine an area of bounded by a displacement of said apparatus.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising:

(a) a receiver of a global positioning signal;

(b) another program instruction stored in said memory and executable by said processing unit to determine a position of said apparatus from said global position signal; and

(c) an additional program instruction stored in said memory and executable by said processing unit enabling said processing unit to alter said determination of said displacement of said apparatus in response to said determination of said position of said apparatus.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising:

(a) a gyroscope outputting a direction datum in response to movement of said apparatus;

(b) an input device enabling a user to input an initiation of movement datum and a termination of movement datum; and

(c) a program instruction executable by said processing unit to determine from said direction datum, said first and said second acceleration data, and at least one of said first, said second, and said third magnetic field data a displacement of said apparatus between input of said initiation of movement datum and input of said termination of movement datum.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 further comprising an additional program instruction stored in said memory and executable by said processing unit enabling said processing unit to determine an area of bounded by a displacement of said apparatus.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 further comprising:

(a) a receiver of a global positioning signal;

(b) another program instruction stored in said memory and executable by said processing unit to determine a position of said apparatus from said global position signal; and

(c) an additional program instruction stored in said memory and executable by said processing unit enabling said processing unit to alter said determination of said displacement of said apparatus in response to said determination of said position of said apparatus.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 further comprising an additional program instruction stored in said memory and executable by said processing unit enabling said processing unit to determine an area of bounded by a displacement of said apparatus.