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Mobility route optimization

  • US 9,207,089 B2
  • Filed: 10/04/2011
  • Issued: 12/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A processor-implemented method of guiding mobility-impaired pedestrians, the processor-implemented method comprising:

  • a processor receiving a plurality of mobile tracking readings from each of multiple mobility assistance devices, wherein a tracking device is affixed to each of the multiple mobility assistance devices to generate the plurality of mobile tracking readings;

    the processor identifying a plurality of pedestrian routes taken by the multiple mobility assistance devices to a desired destination, wherein the plurality of pedestrian routes are identified by the plurality of mobile tracking readings generated by tracking devices affixed to the multiple mobility assistance devices;

    the processor identifying at least one optimal pedestrian route from the plurality of pedestrian routes, wherein said at least one optimal pedestrian route is identified as having more mobile tracking readings than any other pedestrian route from the plurality of pedestrian routes; and

    the processor transmitting directions that describe said at least one optimal pedestrian route, to the desired destination, to a current mobility-impaired pedestrian for traveling to a destination location.

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