REAL TIME TRAVEL DIRECTOR

• US 20160202068A1
• Filed: 11/12/2015
• Published: 07/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intelligent Design Labs, LLC
• Original Assignee: Intelligent Design Labs, LLC
• Inventors: Freeman, Mitchael C., Freeman, Michael H.
• Application Number:
  US14/939,945
• Publication Number:
  US 20160202068A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation

Abstract

A method for navigating through a predefined space is described herein. The method includes receiving, by a remote unit, a signal indicative of a selection of at least one destination category, wherein the selected destination category is associated with a plurality of destination locations. A position of each of the plurality of destination locations is determined within the predefined space. A final destination location is determined within the predefined space, an origination location of the remote unit is determined, and a first route is determined from the origination location to the final destination. The first route including each destination location included in the selected destination category.

Claims

1. A method for navigating through a predefined space comprising the steps of:

providing a list of machine-readable codes, each machine-readable code being associated with a destination location;

receiving, by a remote unit, a signal indicative of a selection of at least one of the machine-readable codes;

determining a position of the destination location associated with the selected machine-readable code within the predefined space;

determining an origination location of the remote unit;

determining at least one intermediate location between the origination location and the destination location; and

determining a first route from the origination location to the destination location, the route including the intermediate location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each machine-readable code is associated with a destination category, each destination category being associated with a plurality of destination locations.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising determining one of the plurality of destination locations associated with a selected machine-readable code to be a final location and the remaining plurality of destination locations to be intermediate locations.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising determining a route from the origination location to the final location, the route including each intermediate location.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving signals indicative of a selection of a plurality of the machine-readable codes and determining a destination location associated with one of the selected machine-readable codes to be a final location and the remaining selected machine-readable codes to be intermediate locations.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising determining a route from the origination location to the final location, the route including each intermediate location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the machine-readable code is a bar code.

8. A system for navigating through a predefined space, the system comprising:

a display device;

a scanning device configured to scan a machine-readable code from a list of machine-readable codes, each machine-readable code being associated with a destination location; and

a controller configured to;

receive a signal indicative of a selection of at least one of the machine-readable codes;

determine a position of the destination location associated with the selected machine-readable code within the predefined space;

determine an origination location of a remote unit;

determine at least one intermediate location between the origination location and the destination location;

determine a route from the origination location to the destination location, the route including the intermediate location; and

display the route on the display device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein each machine-readable code is associated with a destination category, each destination category being associated with a plurality of destination locations.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising determining one of the plurality of destination locations associated with a selected machine-readable code to be a final location and the remaining plurality of destination locations to be intermediate locations.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising determining a route from the origination location to the final location, the route including each intermediate location.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising receiving signals indicative of a selection of a plurality of the machine-readable codes and determining a destination location associated with one of the selected machine-readable codes to be a final location and the remaining selected machine-readable codes to be intermediate locations.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising determining a route from the origination location to the final location, the route including each intermediate location.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the machine-readable code is a bar code.

15. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-readable instructions cause the at least one processor to:

provide a list of machine-readable codes, each machine-readable code being associated with a destination location;

receive, by a remote unit, a signal indicative of a selection of at least one of the machine-readable codes;

determine a position of the destination location associated with the selected machine-readable code within the predefined space;

determine an origination location of the remote unit;

determine at least one intermediate location between the origination location and the destination location; and

determine a route from the origination location to the destination location, the route including the intermediate location.

16. The computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein each machine-readable code is associated with a destination category, each destination category being associated with a plurality of destination locations.

17. The computer-readable storage media of claim 16, wherein the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to determine one of the plurality of destination locations associated with a selected machine-readable code to be a final location and the remaining plurality of destination locations to be intermediate locations.

18. The computer-readable storage media of claim 17, wherein the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to determine a route from the origination location to the final location, the route including each intermediate location.

19. The computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to receive signals indicative of a selection of a plurality of the machine-readable codes and determine a destination location associated with one of the selected machine-readable codes to be a final location and the remaining selected machine-readable codes to be intermediate locations.

20. The computer-readable storage media of claim 19, wherein the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to determine a route from the origination location to the final location, the route including each intermediate location.