Streetwise navigation system using infrastructure elements
First Claim
1. A system for providing directional information comprising:
- a plurality of infrastructure elements arranged in at least one network configuration, said infrastructure elements having at least one of a physical location identification and a data identification;
an interface connected to each of the plurality of infrastructure elements, said interface including at least one of;
an input device and a visual output device;
a central controller, in communication with said infrastructure elements, responsive to a input received from an input device associated with one of said plurality of infrastructure elements regarding a remote location,assigns a visual indicator to the input received,determines a route of selected ones of said plurality of infrastructure elements between a position associated with the input device providing the input received and an infrastructure element close to the remote location, wherein the selected ones of said plurality of infrastructure elements are generally adjacent infrastructure elements; and
provides the assigned visual indicator progressively to each of the selected ones of said plurality of infrastructure elements in the route at a predetermined time for a predetermined period; and
wherein the predetermined time is based on a walking speed interval to a next one of said selected infrastructure elements in the route, wherein the walking speed is initially set to a predetermined walking speed and thereafter an average walking speed interval is dynamically determined, based on actual walking speeds of previous walking speed intervals.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing directional information to a user using existing infrastructure elements (150) is disclosed. The method comprising determining a route of infrastructure elements (150) between a current location and a remote location, wherein the current location is associated a first element in the route and the last element in the route being closest to the remote location, wherein each of the elements in the route are identified by at least one of: a physical identification and a data identification, and providing a visual indication, progressively, to each of the infrastructure elements in the route at a predetermined time and for a determined period, wherein the progressive display of the visual indication provides for direction control information.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for providing directional information comprising:
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a plurality of infrastructure elements arranged in at least one network configuration, said infrastructure elements having at least one of a physical location identification and a data identification; an interface connected to each of the plurality of infrastructure elements, said interface including at least one of;
an input device and a visual output device;a central controller, in communication with said infrastructure elements, responsive to a input received from an input device associated with one of said plurality of infrastructure elements regarding a remote location, assigns a visual indicator to the input received, determines a route of selected ones of said plurality of infrastructure elements between a position associated with the input device providing the input received and an infrastructure element close to the remote location, wherein the selected ones of said plurality of infrastructure elements are generally adjacent infrastructure elements; and provides the assigned visual indicator progressively to each of the selected ones of said plurality of infrastructure elements in the route at a predetermined time for a predetermined period; and wherein the predetermined time is based on a walking speed interval to a next one of said selected infrastructure elements in the route, wherein the walking speed is initially set to a predetermined walking speed and thereafter an average walking speed interval is dynamically determined, based on actual walking speeds of previous walking speed intervals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for providing directional control comprising:
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receiving, a remote location from a current location; determining a route from said current location to said remote location, wherein said route is determined from selected ones of a plurality of infrastructure elements arranged in a network of infrastructure elements, said current location being associated with an infrastructure element first in said determined route and a last infrastructure element being associated with an infrastructure element closest to said remote location; providing a visual indication, progressively, on each of said selected infrastructure elements, wherein said visual indication is progressively provided on a next infrastructure element in said route at a predetermined time and for a determined period; and wherein the predetermined time is based on a walking speed interval to a next one of said selected infrastructure elements in the route, wherein the walking speed is initially set to a predetermined walking speed and thereafter an average walking speed interval is dynamically determined, based on actual walking speeds of previous walking speed intervals. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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