COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH INDOOR NAVIGATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

• US 20140274165A1
• Filed: 09/16/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Wu, Yun Z., Tan, Nastasha, Baisuck, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,264,860 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/457
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services

Abstract

A communication system includes: a first storage unit configured to receive relevant information by entering a region of interest; a first control unit, coupled to the first storage unit, configured to parse the relevant information; and a display, coupled to the first control unit, configured to display the relevant information, a target object, and a suggested path.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a first storage unit configured to receive relevant information by entering a region of interest;

a first control unit, coupled to the first storage unit, configured to parse the relevant information; and

a display, coupled to the first control unit, configured to display the relevant information, a target object, and a suggested path.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a first user interface, between the first control unit and the display, configured to display the suggested path includes an augmented reality module executed by the first control unit for displaying target object markers on the display leading to the target object.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a camera, coupled to the first control unit, configured to record the region of interest for presentation of an augmented reality and the suggested path on the display.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a camera configured to record the region of interest; and

wherein;

the display includes a graphical display window with an output of the camera displayed for determining a location of the target object.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the display includes a search input window configured to enter the target object and a graphic display window.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a first communication unit, communicatively coupled to the first control unit, configured to convey the relevant information to the first storage unit;

a first user interface, coupled to the display, configured to display the target object, an alternative source, and the interior map; and

wherein;

the first storage unit includes a first configuration configured to parse the relevant information to determine the interior map, the target object, and the suggested path.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a first user interface, between the first control unit and the display, configured to display the suggested path includes an augmented reality module exercised by the first control unit for displaying target object markers on the display leading to the target object.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a camera, coupled to the first control unit, configured to record the region of interest for display of an augmented reality and the suggested path on the display including overlaying a target object marker.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a first user interface configured to display a suggested path includes:

a camera configured to record the region of interest for the first control unit to correlate the interior map and an output of the camera; and

a graphical display window configured to determine a location of the target object includes the target object markers positioned on the output of the camera by the first control unit displayed on the graphical display window for identifying the target object.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the display includes a search input window configured to enter the target object and a graphic display window including displaying the region of interest in an augmented reality with the suggested path and a target object marker.

11. A method of operation of a communication system comprising:

receiving relevant information by entering a region of interest;

displaying on a display the relevant information of the region of interest;

identifying a target object from the relevant information including identifying alternative sources of the target object; and

overlaying a suggested path on the display for locating the target object in the region of interest.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein overlaying the suggested path includes displaying an interior map on the display and inserting the suggested path leading to the target object.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein entering the region of interest includes crossing a geo-fence into the region of interest.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein displaying on the display the relevant information includes:

extracting an interior map, of the region of interest, from the relevant information;

determining a location of the target object in the interior map; and

calculating an acquisition path through the interior map to the target object.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising displaying a target object marker on the display for accessing the alternative sources of the target object.

16. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein:

receiving the relevant information by entering the region of interest includes storing the relevant information in a first storage unit;

displaying on the display the relevant information of the region of interest includes extracting an interior map from the first storage unit;

identifying the target object from the relevant information including identifying the alternative sources of the target object includes accessing a search input window for identifying the target object; and

overlaying the suggested path on the display for locating the target object in the region of interest includes displaying the interior map with the suggested path to the target object.

17. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein entering the region of interest includes crossing a geo-fence into the region of interest including activating a first configuration for receiving the relevant information.

18. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein entering the region of interest includes detecting a crossing of a geo-fence and transferring of an interior map through a second device transmission.

19. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein displaying on the display the relevant information includes:

accessing a first configuration for managing the relevant information;

determining a location of the target object and the alternative sources in the interior map; and

calculating an acquisition path through the interior map to the target object and the alternative sources of the target objects.

20. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising displaying a target object marker on the display for accessing the alternative sources of the target object, including displaying complimentary items, generic items, coupons, or a combination thereof.