SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATION

• US 20140032099A1
• Filed: 07/30/2012
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aleksandr Shtukater
• Original Assignee: Aleksandr Shtukater
• Inventors: Shtukater, Aleksandr
• Granted Patent: US 8,666,655 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/428
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3647 Guidance involving output of stored or live camera images or video streams

Abstract

The present invention relates to a navigation device. The navigation device is arranged to dynamically generate multi-dimensional (multidimensional) video signals based on location and directional information of the navigation device by processing at least one source video signal. The navigation device is further arranged to superimpose navigation directions and/or environment information about surrounding objects onto the generated multidimensional video feed.

Claims

1. A navigation system comprising:

a location determination module for determining a location of the navigation system;

an orientation module for determining directional orientation of said navigation system;

a video generation module for outputting a multidimensional video signal generated based on at least one prerecorded source video signal and said location and orientation of said user; and

a display module to display said generated multi-dimensional video signal overlaid with navigation directions or environment information related to the environment in the vicinity of said navigation system.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a communications unit for sending a request to a remote video generation server, the request including said location and orientation information, and for receiving from said server said multidimensional video signal generated based on at least one prerecorded source video signal and said sent location and orientation information.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a communications unit for sending a request to a remote server, the request including said location and orientation information, and for receiving from said server said at least one source video signal pre-recorded in said remote server;

wherein the video generation module generates said multidimensional video signal based on the at least one prerecorded source video signal and said location and orientation information.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a storage module for prerecording of said least one source video signal and sending said prerecorded source video signal to the video generation module, wherein the video generation module generates said multidimensional video signal based on the at least one prerecorded source video signal and said location and orientation information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the overlaid navigation directions or environment information related to the environment in the vicinity of said user is such that the position of navigation directions or environment information are in proportional spatial relationship with respect to corresponding parts of the generated multidimensional video signal.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a navigation module for computing said navigation instructions;

an environment sensing module for detecting said environment information; and

a processing module for superimposing navigations instructions or environment information onto the generated multidimensional video signal to create said overlaid video signal and sending the overlaid video signal to the display module.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the location information is based on information or signals provided by at least one of a GPS unit, ground based beacons, or distance measurement sensors.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one source video signal is geo enhanced.

9. The system of claim 6, further comprising a video camera for providing the at least one source video signal, and wherein said at least one source video signal is geo enhanced by associating location information and orientation information with at least one frame in the source video signal provided by the camera;

the system further comprising a storage module for storing said at least one geo enhanced source video signal.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the processing module processes the geo enhanced source video signal to remove data corresponding to stationary objects from said geo enhanced source video signal.

11. A method for navigation comprising:

obtaining location information from location determination module;

obtaining directional orientation information from an orientation module;

generating a multi-dimensional video signal based on at least one prerecorded source video signal and the location and directional information;

superimposing over the generated multi-dimensional video signal navigation instructions or environmental information about current environment around the navigation device;

displaying the generated video signal with the superimposed navigation instructions or environment information.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

sending a request to a remote video generation server, the request including said location and orientation information, and

receiving from said server said multidimensional video signal generated based on at least one prerecorded source video signal and said sent location and orientation information.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

sending a request to a remote server, the request including said location and orientation information, and

receiving from said server said at least one source video signal pre-recorded in said remote server.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising

sending said prerecorded source video signal, to a video generation module, wherein the video generation module generates said multidimensional video signal, based on the at least one prerecorded source video signal and said location and orientation information.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the overlaid navigation directions or environment information related to the environment in the vicinity of said user is such that the position of navigation directions are in proportional spatial relationship with respect to corresponding parts of the generated multidimensional video signal wherein the at least one source video signal is geo enhanced.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of determining the location information is based on information or signals provided by at least one of a GPS unit, ground based beacons, or distance measurement sensors.

17. The method of claim 11 further comprising geo enhancing the source video signal.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising removing data corresponding to stationary objects from the generated video signal.