Registration method and placement assisting apparatus for location information tag

• US 8,134,465 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2007
• Issued: 03/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pasco Corporation (Secom Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Pasco Corporation (Secom Company Limited)
• Inventors: Fujiwara, Hiroko, Homma, Katsuya, Shimamura, Hideki, Sugimoto, Yoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Bugg, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCNALLY, KERRI L
• Application Number:
  US12/310,013
• Publication Number:
  US 20090267768A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,681 Days
• Field of Search: 340/572.1
• US Class Current: 340/572.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases

Abstract

The invention is directed to the provision of a registration method and a placement assisting apparatus that can accurately register an object into a three-dimensional spatial database. More specifically, the invention provides a registration method for a location information tag, includes the steps of acquiring tag information of the location information tag, acquiring coordinate data that indicates scheduled placement information of the location information tag, acquiring positioning data that indicates placement location information of the location information tag, and registering the location information tag into a three-dimensional spatial database when an error between the coordinate data and the positioning data is within tolerance, and also provides a placement assisting apparatus for use in such a registration method.

Claims

1. A registration method for a location information tag in a system in which a mobile terminal and a server is connected via a network, comprising the steps of:

at said mobile terminal, acquiring, from said server, coordinate data that indicates scheduled placement information of said location information tag;

at said mobile terminal, acquiring positioning data that indicates placement location information of said location information tag;

at said mobile terminal, transmitting said placement location information and tag information of said location information tag to said server when an error between said coordinate data and said positioning data is within tolerance; and

at said server, registering said location information tag into a three-dimensional spatial database, based on said placement location information and said tag information of said location information tag.

2. The registration method for the location information tag according to claim 1, wherein said three-dimensional spatial database contains said positioning data and a spatial code for identifying a three-dimensional unit created by dividing a spatial area.

3. The registration method for the location information tag according to claim 1, wherein said tag information of said location information tag is acquired directly from said location information tag by a tag reader provided in said mobile terminal.

4. The registration method for the location information tag according to claim 1, wherein said server has a database for prestoring said tag information of said location information tag, and

said tag information of said location information tag is transmitted from said server to said mobile terminal.

5. A placement assisting apparatus for a location information tag, comprising:

a receiver receiving scheduled placement information that includes coordinate data of said location information tag;

a display unit displaying said scheduled placement information;

a positioning data acquisition unit acquiring positioning data that indicates placement location information of said location information tag;

a control unit determining whether an error between said coordinate data and said positioning data is within tolerance; and

a transmitter unit transmitting said placement location information and tag information of said location information tag when said error is within said tolerance.

6. The placement assisting apparatus for the location information tag according to claim 5, further comprising a tag information reading unit acquiring said tag information of said location information tag.

7. The placement assisting apparatus for the location information tag according to claim 5, wherein said receiver unit receives said tag information of said location information tag.