Accurate Positioning System Using Attributes
First Claim
1. A mobile device coupled to a position identification system comprising:
- an operating system coupled to a camera;
a scanning and image recognition unit coupled to the operating system;
an attribute database coupled to the scanning and image recognition unit;
an attribute-position database coupled to the scanning and image recognition unit;
each of a plurality of descriptions in the attribute database describing a corresponding attribute; and
each entry in the attribute-position database associating an attribute with a corresponding position, whereinan image obtained by the camera containing a first attribute is coupled to the scanning and image recognition unit which matches the description of the first attribute to one of the plurality of descriptions in the attribute database, whereinthe matched description of one of the plurality of descriptions is entered to the attribute-position database to find a position of the first attribute.
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Abstract
A Position Identification Solution offers a way to determine the position of a Mobile Device by defining a set of known positions and an associated set of objects, shapes, or attributes. A Mobile Device determines its position by scanning an object, shape, or attribute using an included camera, and a Mobile Application running on the Mobile Device recognizes a specific object, shape, or attribute, and determines a corresponding position, which is used to compute the position of the Mobile Device. The Position Identification Solution may use shapes, colors, or combinations of shape and colors. The Position Identification Solution may be used together with other positioning systems in a Hybrid Positioning System to compute the position of the Mobile Device with increased accuracy.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile device coupled to a position identification system comprising:
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an operating system coupled to a camera; a scanning and image recognition unit coupled to the operating system; an attribute database coupled to the scanning and image recognition unit; an attribute-position database coupled to the scanning and image recognition unit; each of a plurality of descriptions in the attribute database describing a corresponding attribute; and each entry in the attribute-position database associating an attribute with a corresponding position, wherein an image obtained by the camera containing a first attribute is coupled to the scanning and image recognition unit which matches the description of the first attribute to one of the plurality of descriptions in the attribute database, wherein the matched description of one of the plurality of descriptions is entered to the attribute-position database to find a position of the first attribute. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A position identification unit apparatus comprising:
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a mobile device having an operating system coupled to a camera; a scanning and image recognition unit coupled to the operating system, wherein the scanning and image recognition unit receives an image from the camera; an attribute database with a plurality of first descriptions describing each attribute; at least one server with an attribute-position database associating a description of each attribute with a known position; the scanning and image recognition unit extracts a description of an unknown attribute within the image and couples the description to the attribute database matching one of the plurality of first descriptions to provide a description of a known attribute; an internet coupling a cellular network to the at least one server;
whereinthe description of the known attribute is sent to the server and is matched with the description of one of the attributes in the attribute-position database to provide a known position;
whereinthe mobile device receives the known position of the attribute from the server. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of determining a position of an attribute comprising the steps of:
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taking an image containing an attribute with a camera of a mobile device; receiving data from an attribute database and an attribute-position database in a mobile device; storing the data into the mobile device into a stored attribute database and a corresponding stored attribute-position database, respectively; recognizing a description of the attribute in the image taken by the camera using a scanning and image recognition unit; matching the description of the attribute to a description of a stored attribute in the stored attribute database; and associating the description of the stored attribute in the stored attribute-position database to a position. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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