Method and apparatus for customer/passenger wayfinding using boarding pass barcode scanning capabilities on low-cost display devices
First Claim
1. A low-cost display unit that displays wayfinding information to a traveler in a public travel-related area, comprising:
- a communication interface that facilitates receiving of travel-related information;
a machine-readable marking reader that determines the presence of a travel document having one or more machine readable markings, scans the one or more machine-readable markings, and decodes the scanned one or more machine-readable markings, wherein the one or more machine-readable markings contain encoded traveled-related information pertaining to the traveler; and
a display control unit that receives the decoded one or more machine-readable marking, determines the traveler'"'"'s destination in the public travel-related area from the decoded one or more machine-readable markings, determines the path that the traveler should travel to reach the destination, and displays the determined path to the traveler on the low-cost display unit.
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Abstract
A low-cost display unit that displays wayfinding information to a traveler in a public travel-related area is disclosed and may include a communication interface that facilitates receiving of travel-related information, a machine-readable marking reader that determines the presence of a travel document having one or more machine readable markings, scans the one or more machine-readable markings, and decodes the scanned one or more machine-readable markings, wherein the one or more machine-readable markings contain encoded traveled-related information pertaining to the traveler; and a display control unit that receives the decoded one or more machine-readable marking, determines the traveler'"'"'s destination in the public travel-related area from the decoded one or more machine-readable markings, determines the path that the traveler should travel to reach the destination, and displays the determined path to the traveler on the low-cost display unit.
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23 Claims
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1. A low-cost display unit that displays wayfinding information to a traveler in a public travel-related area, comprising:
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a communication interface that facilitates receiving of travel-related information; a machine-readable marking reader that determines the presence of a travel document having one or more machine readable markings, scans the one or more machine-readable markings, and decodes the scanned one or more machine-readable markings, wherein the one or more machine-readable markings contain encoded traveled-related information pertaining to the traveler; and a display control unit that receives the decoded one or more machine-readable marking, determines the traveler'"'"'s destination in the public travel-related area from the decoded one or more machine-readable markings, determines the path that the traveler should travel to reach the destination, and displays the determined path to the traveler on the low-cost display unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of displaying wayfinding information to a traveler in a public travel-related area on a low-cost display unit, comprising:
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determining the presence of a travel document having one or more machine readable markings; scanning the one or more machine-readable markings; decoding the scanned one or more machine-readable markings, wherein the one or more machine-readable markings contain encoded traveled-related information pertaining to the traveler; and determining the traveler'"'"'s destination in the public travel-related area from the decoded one or more machine-readable markings; determining the path that the traveler should travel to reach the destination; and displaying the determined path to the traveler on the low-cost display unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable medium storing instructions for controlling a computing device for displaying wayfinding information to a traveler in a public travel-related area on a low-cost display unit, the instructions comprising:
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determining the presence of a travel document having one or more machine readable markings; scanning the one or more machine-readable markings; decoding the scanned one or more machine-readable markings, wherein the one or more machine-readable markings contain encoded traveled-related information pertaining to the traveler; and determining the traveler'"'"'s destination in the public travel-related area from the decoded one or more machine-readable markings; determining the path that the traveler should travel to reach the destination; and displaying the determined path to the traveler on the low-cost display unit.
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