EMERGENCY GUIDING SYSTEM, SERVER AND PORTABLE DEVICE USING AUGMENTED REALITY

• US 20130116922A1
• Filed: 11/08/2011
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: CAI, YI-WEN, WANG, SHIH-CHENG
• Application Number:
  US13/291,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20130116922A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/515
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 3/00 Devices or single parts for facilitating escape from buildings or the like, e.g. protection shields, protection screens; Portable devices for preventing smoke penetrating into distinct parts of buildings A62B1/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation

Abstract

An emergency guiding system is provided. The emergency guiding system includes an emergency guiding server and a portable device. The emergency guiding server includes a guiding scheme determination unit producing a guiding scheme and an augmented reality information unit. The portable device transmits an image characteristic signal including image data produced according to an image to the emergency guiding server. The emergency guiding server transmits an augmented reality signal to the portable device, wherein the augmented reality signal includes an augmented reality data produced by the augmented reality information unit according to the guiding scheme, the image data, and a portable device location information in a location signal corresponding to the portable device. The portable device produces an augmented reality image according to the image and the augmented reality data. The disclosure further provides an emergency guiding server and an emergency guiding portable device.

Claims

1. An emergency guiding system, comprising:

an emergency guiding server including a guiding scheme determination unit and an augmented reality information unit, wherein the guiding scheme determination unit produces a guiding scheme according to the current status of an emergency; and

a portable device including an augmented reality unit and a camera unit, wherein the camera unit produces image data according to at least an image captured by the camera unit, the portable device transmits an image characteristic signal including the image data to the emergency guiding server;

wherein the augmented reality information unit of the emergency guiding server produces an augmented reality data according to the last guiding scheme, the image data in the image characteristic signal, and a portable device location information in a location signal corresponding to the portable device in response to the production of the guiding scheme, the emergency guiding server transmits an augmented reality signal including the augmented reality data to the portable device, the augmented reality unit of the portable device produces an augmented reality image according to the image and the augmented reality data in the augmented reality signal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality data includes a prompt message.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the emergency guiding server further includes a scene location data unit and the scene location data unit includes at least one set of scene location information, the portable device further includes a location identification unit producing the portable device location information, the portable device transmits the location signal including the portable device location information to the emergency guiding server, the augmented reality information unit of the emergency guiding server produces the augmented reality data when the portable device location information in the location signal corresponds to one set of scene location information in the scene location data unit of the emergency guiding server.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the emergency guiding server further includes a route providing unit producing a recommended route to reach a particular target according to the guiding scheme and the location signal when the portable device location information in the location signal corresponds to one set of scene location information in the scene location data unit, the emergency guiding server transmits a guiding signal including the recommended route to the portable device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the portable device displays a route chart including at least a portion of the recommended route adjacent to the portable device according to the recommended route in the guiding signal.

6. The system of claim 1, further includes a plurality of short distance wireless identifiers separately disposed in scenes corresponding to the emergency, wherein the portable device further includes a short distance wireless communication unit, the short distance wireless identifiers detect the presence of the portable device through the short distance wireless communication unit, each of the short distance wireless identifiers transmits the location signal to the emergency guiding server in response to detecting the presence of the portable device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the emergency guiding server further includes a route providing unit producing a recommended route to reach a particular target according to the guiding scheme and the location signal, the emergency guiding server transmits a guiding signal including the recommended route to the portable device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the portable device displays a route chart including at least a portion of the recommended route adjacent to the portable device according to the recommended route in the guiding signal.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device is automatically switched to operate in an augmented reality mode displaying the augmented reality image when approaching a particular target, otherwise the portable device is automatically switched to operate in a route chart mode displaying a route chart including at least a portion of a recommended route adjacent to the portable device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device further includes an actuating unit, the emergency guiding server transmits a triggering signal to the portable device to enable the actuating unit to enable the communication between the portable device and the emergency guiding server, and direct the portable device to transmit the location signal to the emergency guiding server.

11. An emergency guiding server, comprising:

a guiding scheme determination unit producing a guiding scheme according to the current status of an emergency; and

an augmented reality information unit, wherein the augmented reality information unit produces an augmented reality data in response to the production of the guiding scheme, the augmented reality data is produced according to the last guiding scheme, image data in an image characteristic signal received from a portable device, and a portable device location information in a location signal corresponding to the portable device, the emergency guiding server transmits an augmented reality signal including the augmented reality data to the portable device, wherein the image data corresponds to at least an image captured by the portable device.

12. The server of claim 11, wherein the augmented reality data includes a prompt message.

13. The server of claim 11, wherein the server further includes a scene location data unit and the scene location data unit includes at least one set of scene location information, the portable device includes a location identification unit producing the portable device location information, the portable device transmits the location signal including the portable device location information to the server, the augmented reality information unit of the server produces the augmented reality data when the portable device location information in the location signal corresponds to one set of scene location information in the scene location data unit of the server.

14. The server of claim 13, wherein the server further includes a route providing unit producing a recommended route to reach a particular target according to the guiding scheme and the location signal when the portable device location information in the location signal corresponds to one set of scene location information in the scene location data unit.

15. The server of claim 11, further includes a plurality of short distance wireless identifiers separately disposed in scenes corresponding to the emergency, wherein the portable device includes a short distance wireless communication unit, the short distance wireless identifiers detect the presence of the portable device through the short distance wireless communication unit, each of the short distance wireless identifiers transmits the location signal to the server in response to detecting the presence of the portable device.

16. The server of claim 15, wherein the server further includes a route providing unit producing a recommended route to reach a particular target according to the guiding scheme and the location signal, the server transmits a guiding signal including the recommended route to the portable device.

17. An emergency guiding portable device receiving an augmented reality signal from an emergency guiding server, the augmented reality signal including augmented reality data produced according to image data, the emergency guiding portable device comprising:

a camera unit, wherein the camera unit produces the image data according to at least an image captured by the camera unit, the emergency guiding portable device transmits an image characteristic signal including the image data to the emergency guiding server; and

an augmented reality unit, wherein the augmented reality unit produces an augmented reality image according to the image and the augmented reality data in the augmented reality signal.

18. The portable device of claim 17, wherein the portable device is automatically switched to operate in an augmented reality mode displaying the augmented reality image when approaching a particular target, otherwise the portable device is automatically switched to operate in a route chart mode displaying a route chart including at least a portion of a recommended route adjacent to the portable device.

19. The portable device of claim 17, wherein the portable device further includes a leveling unit determining an angle between the portable device and the horizon, the portable device is automatically switched to operate in a route chart mode displaying a route chart including at least a portion of a recommended route adjacent to the portable device when the angle is substantially equal to a particular angle, otherwise the portable device is automatically switched to operate in an augmented reality mode displaying the augmented reality image.

20. The portable device of claim 17, wherein the portable device further includes an actuating unit enabling the communication between the portable device and the emergency guiding server and directing the portable device to transmit the location signal to the emergency guiding server in response to a triggering signal received from the emergency guiding server.