GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

• US 20160307443A1
• Filed: 09/18/2015
• Published: 10/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Fortress, LLC
• Original Assignee: Imagine If, LLC
• Inventors: Wang, Xiran, Chu, Kevin Hwading, Chen, Yangyang
• Granted Patent: US 9,576,487 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/012 from other sources than vehicle or roadside beacons, e.g. mobile networks
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0129 for creating historical data or processing based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0145 for active traffic flow control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/02 using treadles built into the road pads or other sensitive devices responsive to passage of vehicles E01F11/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/04 using optical or ultrasonic detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/065 by counting the vehicles in a section of the road or in a parking area, i.e. comparing incoming count with outgoing count
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/08 according to detected number or speed of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/081 Plural intersections under common control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/087 Override of traffic control, e.g. by signal transmitted by an emergency vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/095 Traffic lights
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096 provided with indicators in which a mark progresses showing the time elapsed, e.g. of green phase
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/137 the indicator being in the form of a map

Abstract

A global positioning system including a processor configured to determine a route of travel based upon satellite data that identify a current location of the global positioning system and traffic data obtained from a traffic flow control system, and a display configured to display the current position and a determined route of travel.

Claims

1. A global positioning system comprising:

a processor configured to determine a route of travel based upon satellite data that identify a current location of the global positioning system and traffic data obtained from a traffic flow control system; and

a display configured to display the current position and a determined route of travel.

2. The global positioning system according to claim 1, wherein:

the traffic data comprises a first set of data from a first type computing device and a second set of data from a second type computing device,

a data entry of the first set of data comprises a count of mobile devices,

a data entry of the second set of data comprises a count of pedestrians, and

the processor determines the determined route of travel by comparing the count of mobile devices to the count of pedestrians, each of the count of mobile devices and the count of pedestrians being associated with an intersection of the route of travel.

3. The global positioning system according to claim 1, wherein:

the traffic data comprises a restriction data,

the restriction data is at least one selected from a group consisting of;

construction information, accident information, presence of a special vehicle, and route information, and

the processor determines the determined route of travel based upon the restriction data.

4. The global positioning system according to claim 3, wherein the route information comprises a determination that the count of pedestrians is above a predetermined threshold.

5. The global positioning system according to claim 3, wherein the special vehicle is at least one selected from a group consisting of:

an ambulance, a fire truck, a police car, and a bicycle.

6. The global positioning system according to claim 1, further comprises a sensor module and an audio module.

7. The global positioning system according to claim 6, wherein, upon the sensor module detecting at least one selected from a group consisting of an eye contact, an audio queue, and a gesture from a user, the processor causes the audio module to provide an audio prompt.

8. The global positioning system according to claim 7, wherein the audio prompt is at least one selected from a group consisting of:

a weather condition, an advertisement, a traffic condition, an upcoming instruction, and an estimated time of arrival.

9. The global positioning system according to claim 7, wherein the audio prompt is a blind spot warning prompt if the sensor module detects presence of an object of interest outside a passenger window or outside a rear windshield of an equipped vehicle.

10. The global positioning system according to claim 1, wherein the global positioning system is at least one selected from a group consisting of:

integrated with a vehicle and a smart phone.

11. The global positioning system according to claim 1, further comprising a security module that is configured to cause the global positioning system to be in an active or an inactive mode.

12. The global positioning system according to claim 11, wherein the global positioning system is in the active mode if the security module determines that the global positioning system is disposed in a registered vehicle.

13. The global positioning system according to claim 7, wherein the audio prompt is an advertisement associated with a surrounding location of interest.

14. The global positioning system according to claim 11, wherein:

the global positioning system is in the active mode if the sensor module detects presence of a registered user, and

the global positioning system is in the inactive mode if the sensor module does not detect the presence of the registered user.

15. The global positioning system according to claim 11, wherein the security module is configured to generate and transmit a theft report to a registered user when a predetermined condition is met.

16. The global positioning system according to claim 15, wherein:

the theft report includes a location of the global positioning system and a field of view of a camera of the global positioning system, and

the predetermined condition is at least one selected from a group consisting of;

when the global positioning system receives an unregistered address input and when the security module fails to determine presence of a registered user.

17. A method comprising:

receiving satellite data;

determining a route of travel based on the satellite data;

receiving a traffic data from a traffic flow control system;

modifying the route of travel using the traffic data; and

displaying a current location and a modified route of travel.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein:

the traffic data comprises a first set of data from a first type computing device and a second set of data from a second type computing device,

a data entry of the first set of data comprises a count of mobile devices,

a data entry of the second set of data comprises a count of pedestrians, and

the modifying modifies the route of travel by comparing the count of mobile devices to the count of pedestrians, each of the count of mobile devices and the count of pedestrians being associated with an intersection of the route of travel.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor, enables the computer processor to:

receive satellite data;

determine a route of travel based on the satellite data;

receive a traffic data from a traffic flow control system;

modify the route of travel using the traffic data; and

cause a current location and a modified route of travel to be displayed on a display.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 19, further enables the computer processor to:

detect at least one selected from a group consisting of an eye contact, an audio queue, and a gesture from a user; and

broadcast an audio prompt,

wherein the audio prompt is a blind spot warning prompt if the sensor module detects presence of an object of interest outside a passenger window or outside a rear windshield of an equipped vehicle.