Real time travel director
First Claim
1. For use in navigating, a travel director comprising:
- means for providing a signature signal, the means for providing a signature signal including a plurality of signature signal sources located in respective predetermined positions relative to the predetermined environment;
means for storing data indicative of the position of the plurality of the signature signal sources and the positions of a plurality of destination locations in relation to the environment, the stored data including a plurality of destination categories, each destination category of the plurality of destination categories including at least one destination location;
means for selecting at least one destination category;
means for creating a route from a real time position of the travel director to a final destination, the final destination being one of the plurality of destination locations, the route including each destination location included in the selected destination category, the route being created to optimize the route as a function of predetermined categorical attributes associated with the selected destination category;
means for receiving a signature signal from at least one of the signature signal sources; and
means responsive to receipt of the signature signal by said receiving means for comparing said source position and destination position data to determine the position of said director relative to said destination.
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Abstract
A travel director provides persons, robots and/or vehicles with real time “you-are-here” directions to a destination or series of destinations within a defined environment, such as a building. large aircraft, train or submarine. The director can also locate and/or direct travel to specific coordinates, people, places, and/or components and equipment within a defined environment. The director creates a complete virtual signature of an existing physical building/structure and defines coordinates on a virtual grid and compares the linear range from a set of unique segments programmed on multiple sequenced and strategically placed identifier tags/chips or from identified telemetric signals pre-existing in the environment.
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35 Claims
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1. For use in navigating, a travel director comprising:
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means for providing a signature signal, the means for providing a signature signal including a plurality of signature signal sources located in respective predetermined positions relative to the predetermined environment; means for storing data indicative of the position of the plurality of the signature signal sources and the positions of a plurality of destination locations in relation to the environment, the stored data including a plurality of destination categories, each destination category of the plurality of destination categories including at least one destination location; means for selecting at least one destination category; means for creating a route from a real time position of the travel director to a final destination, the final destination being one of the plurality of destination locations, the route including each destination location included in the selected destination category, the route being created to optimize the route as a function of predetermined categorical attributes associated with the selected destination category; means for receiving a signature signal from at least one of the signature signal sources; and means responsive to receipt of the signature signal by said receiving means for comparing said source position and destination position data to determine the position of said director relative to said destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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5. For use in navigating in a predetermined environment, a travel director comprising:
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means for providing a signature signal, the means for providing a signature signal including a plurality of signature signal sources located in respective predetermined positions relative to the predetermined environment; means for storing data indicative of the positions of the plurality of signature signal sources and the positions of the predetermined destinations in relation to the environment, the stored data including a plurality of destination categories, each destination category of the plurality of destination categories including at least one destination location; means for selecting one of the predetermined destinations as a final destination; means for selecting at least one destination category; means for creating a route from a real time position of the travel director to the final destination, the route including each destination location included in the selected destination category, the route being created to optimize the route as a function of predetermined categorical attributes associated with the selected destination category; means for receiving unique signature signals from the sources; means responsive to receipt of at least one of said signature signals by said receiving means for comparing corresponding said source positions and said selected destination position data to determine the position of said director relative to said selected destination. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of signature signal sources located in respective predetermined positions relative to a predetermined environment, each signature signal source having a unique identifier; a database for storing map data associated with the predetermined environment, the map data including the position of each of the signature signal sources, for storing a plurality of destination locations, each destination location being associated with at least one signature signal source, and for storing a plurality of destination categories, each destination category of the plurality of destination categories including at least one destination location; a remote unit capable of receiving signals from the signature signal sources, the signals including the unique identifier of the respective signature signal source; and
,control logic coupled to the database and the remote unit for receiving a user selection indicative of at least one destination category, for determining each destination location included in the selected destination category, and for establishing a real time position of the remote unit and the positions of the selected destination locations, the control logic being adapted to create a route from an origination location including a real time position of the remote unit to a final destination, the final destination being one of the selected destination locations, the route including each selected destination location, the route being created to optimize the route as a function of predetermined categorical attributes associated with the selected destination category. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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