Guiding-Tour System and Apparatus

• US 20090132073A1
• Filed: 05/18/2006
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chia-Yi Hsu
• Original Assignee: Chia-Yi Hsu
• Inventors: Hsu, Chia-Yi
• Granted Patent: US 8,090,459 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/04 with audible presentation of the material to be studied sound recording or reproducing G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/125 the stations being mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/1149 Arrangements for indoor wireless networking of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/116 Visible light communication

Abstract

A guiding-tour system and apparatus, including: at least one host, which adheres or near to an exhibition object, and sets an unique discriminate number corresponding to the exhibition object, has a memory slot and at least one wireless transceiver module, at least one memory card is inserted into the slot, a voice guiding-tour data digital file of the exhibition object is recorded in the memory card, and transmits the digital file in the memory card in a wireless manner via the wireless transceiver module; at least one slave handheld by a visitor, the slave being a portable guiding-tour handheld by the visitor, which at least has a wireless transceiver module, may start a download program in a wireless manner, and downloads the voice guiding-tour data digital file stored in the memory card of the host to the slave handheld by the visitor, and playbacks it according to an instruction from the visitor.

Claims

1. A guiding-tour system comprising:

at least one host specifically corresponding to one exhibition object, and at least one slave, wherein;

said at least one host comprises at least one wireless communication module and a digital memory device, said digital memory device having stored therein a voice guiding-tour data digital file of the respective exhibition object that is downloadable to said at least one slave through said at least one wireless communication module;

said at least one slave each is a mobile voice guiding-tour device handheld by a visitor, said at least one slave each comprising at least one wireless communication module, a memory device for storing downloaded voice guiding-tour data digital file, and an audio output device for playing back of the downloaded voice guiding-tour data digital file; and

voice guiding-tour data of the voice guiding-tour system is respectively stored in the slave for each exhibition object;

the guiding-tour device handheld by each visitor is a voice data digital file wireless downloading and playing back tool.

2. The guiding-tour system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a central computer database system to be one of a centralized database system and a distributed database system; and

at least one manager mobile apparatus, said at least one manager mobile apparatus each being a mobile tool comprising means to download voice guiding-tour data digital files from said central computer database through one of a wireless network and a cable network, said at least one manager mobile apparatus each having push means to push each downloaded voice guiding-tour data digital file into the specific slave of the respective exhibition object wirelessly.

3. The guiding-tour system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said push means of each of said at least one manager mobile apparatus is in conformity with IrDA (Infrared Data Association) standard protocol.

4. The guiding-tour system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one host and said at least one slave each comprise two reversed wireless communication modules, said two reversed wireless communication modules including a first wireless communication module and a second wireless communication module, said first wireless communication module being a directional wireless module for starting connection between said at least one host and said at least one slave, said second wireless communication module being a directionless wireless module for downloading digital files.

5. The guiding-tour system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said first wireless communication module is an infrared wireless communication module;

said second wireless communication module is an IEEE802.15 module.

6. The guiding-tour system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said digital memory device is a mobile data storage device.

7. The guiding-tour system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one host includes a plurality of hosts respectively corresponding to a respective exhibition object.

8. A guiding-tour system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one host and said at least one slave each comprise a RFID (radio frequency identification) chip carrying a specific identification code, and a buzzer for producing an audio warning signal.

9. A method of establishing a voice guiding-tour data digital file in a host of a guiding-tour system by using a mobile memory device, the method comprising the steps of:

a) reading the identification code of each exhibition object into a respective slave;

b) inserting a memory card having recorded therein a voice guiding-tour data digital file carrying the identification code of one exhibition object into one memory slot of said host; and

c) said host using a built-in software to match the ID code of the voice guiding-tour data digital file in the inserted memory card with the ID code of the exhibition object stored therein and then entering standby mode when matched, and giving a warning signal when not matched.

10. A guiding-tour system voice guiding-tour data digital file establishing method using a mobile management tool and having self-check capability, the method comprising the steps of:

a) the manager using the mobile management tool to search and download the desired voice guiding-tour data digital files from a central computer database;

b) the manager using the mobile management tool to push the downloaded voice guiding-tour data digital files into the memory devices of respective hosts corresponding to respective exhibition objects wirelessly;

c) each host using a built-in software to match the ID code carried in the received voice guiding-tour data digital file with the ID code of the respective exhibition object stored therein and then entering standby mode when matched, and giving a warning signal when not matched.

11. A host used in a guiding-tour system corresponding to one specific exhibition object, comprising at least one wireless communication module and a digital memory device, said digital memory device having stored therein a voice guiding-tour data digital file of the respective exhibition object that is downloadable wirelessly for playback by a slave that is handheld by a visitor.