Communication system with indoor navigation mechanism and method of operation thereof

• US 9,264,860 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2013
• Issued: 02/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Wu, Yun Z., Tan, Nastasha, Baisuck, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Gonzalez, Amancio
• Application Number:
  US14/027,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20140274165A1
• Time in Patent Office: 883 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/457, 701/438, 705/26.61
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services

Abstract

A communication system includes: a first storage unit configured to receive relevant information by entering a region of interest; a first control unit, coupled to the first storage unit, configured to parse the relevant information; and a display, coupled to the first control unit, configured to display the relevant information, a target object, and a suggested path.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a first storage unit configured to receive relevant information based on entry of the communication system into a region of interest;

a first control unit, coupled to the first storage unit, configured to;

process the relevant information

identify a location of a target object within the region of interest;

provide information for a complimentary item associated with the target object;

display, coupled to the first control unit, configured to display the relevant information, the target object, and a suggested path to the target object.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a first user interface coupled to the first control unit, configured to display the suggested path including target object markers leading to the target object.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a camera, coupled to the first control unit, configured to record the region of interest for presentation as an augmented reality on the display.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a camera configured to record the region of interest; and

wherein;

the display includes a graphical display window for displaying an output of the camera.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the display includes:

a search input window for receiving the target object; and

a graphic display window for displaying the search input window.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a first communication unit, communicatively coupled to the first control unit, configured to convey the relevant information to the first storage unit;

a first user interface, coupled to the display, configured to display the target object, an alternative source, and an interior map; and

wherein;

the first storage unit includes a first configuration for modifying the operation of the first control unit to identity the target object, and the alternative source.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a first user interface, coupled to the display, configured to display the suggested path on a graphical display window with target object markers leading to the target object.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a camera, coupled to the first control unit, configured to record the region of interest for displaying of an augmented reality includes a target object marker leading to the target object.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first user interface includes:

a camera configured to record the region of interest for the first control unit to correlate an interior map and an output of the camera; and

a graphical display window configured to display a location of the target object and target object markers on the output of the camera.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the display includes:

a search input window configured to receive the target object; and

a graphic display window for displaying the region of interest in an augmented reality with the suggested path and a target object marker.

11. A method of operation of a communication system comprising:

receiving relevant information based on detection of the communication system entering a region of interest;

displaying on a display the relevant information of the region of interest;

identifying a target object from the relevant information including identifying alternative sources of the target object;

providing information for a complimentary item associated with the target object; and

overlaying a suggested path on the display for locating the target object in the region of interest.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein overlaying the suggested path includes displaying an interior map on the display and inserting the suggested path leading to the target object.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein entering the region of interest includes crossing a geo-fence into the region of interest.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein displaying on the display the relevant information includes:

extracting an interior map of the region of interest from the relevant information;

determining a location of the target object in the interior map; and

calculating an acquisition path through the interior map to the target object.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising displaying a target object marker on the display for accessing the alternative sources of the target object.

16. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein:

receiving the relevant information based on entering a region of interest includes storing the relevant information in a first storage unit;

displaying on the display the relevant information of the region of interest includes extracting an interior map from the first storage unit;

identifying the target object from the relevant information including identifying alternative sources of the target object includes accessing a search input window for identifying the target object; and

overlaying the suggested path on the display for locating the target object in the region of interest includes displaying the interior map with the suggested path to the target object.

17. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein entering the region of interest includes crossing a geo-fence into the region of interest including activating a first configuration for receiving the relevant information.

18. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein entering the region of interest includes crossing a geo-fence and transferring an interior map through the second device transmission.

19. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein displaying on the display the relevant information includes:

accessing a first configuration for managing the relevant information;

determining a location of the target object and the alternative sources in the interior map; and

calculating an acquisition path through an interior map to the target object and the alternative sources of the target objects.

20. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising displaying a target object marker on the display for accessing the alternative sources of the target object, including displaying the complimentary items, coupons, or a combination thereof.