Systems and methods for navigation

• US 8,666,655 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2012
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aleksandr Shtukater
• Original Assignee: Aleksandr Shtukater
• Inventors: Shtukater, Aleksandr
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Mary
• Assistant Examiner(s): MAZZARA, ANNE MARIE
• Application Number:
  US13/561,726
• Publication Number:
  US 20140032099A1
• Time in Patent Office: 582 Days
• Field of Search: 701428-436, 701/528, 701/533
• 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 a plurality of prerecorded source video signals 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,

wherein the video generation module outputs an updated multi-dimensional video signal as the location of the navigation system changes, the display thereby changing as the location of the navigation system changes.

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 the plurality of prerecorded source video signals 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 generated based on the plurality of prerecorded source video signals and said location and orientation information.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a storage module for prerecording of said plurality of source video signals and sending said prerecorded source video signals to the video generation module, wherein the video generation module generates said multidimensional video signal generated based on the plurality of prerecorded source video signals 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 6, further comprising a video camera for providing the plurality of source video signals, and wherein said plurality of source video signals is geo enhanced by associating location information and orientation information with at least one frame in the source video signals provided by the camera;

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

8. The system of claim 7, 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.

9. 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.

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

11. The navigation system of claim 1, wherein the video generation module processes the plurality of prerecorded source video signals into a 3D data set including both color data and spatial data;

and wherein the multidimensional video signal is generated based on the 3D data set.

12. 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 a plurality of prerecorded source video signals 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,

wherein the generated multi-dimensional video signal is updated as the location of the navigation system changes, and the displayed generated video signal thereby changing as the location of the navigation system changes.

13. The method of claim 12, 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 the plurality of prerecorded source video signals and said sent location and orientation information.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

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

receiving from said server said plurality of source video signals pre-recorded in said remote server.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

sending said prerecorded source video signals, to a video generation module, wherein the video generation module generates said multidimensional video signal, based on the plurality of prerecorded source video signals and said location and orientation information.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of superimposing the generated multidimensional video signal occurs on a cloud server, and the method further comprising sending the generated video signal with the superimposed navigation instructions or environment information from the cloud server to a display.

17. The method of claim 12, 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 plurality of source video signals are geo enhanced.

18. The method of claim 12, 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.

19. The method of claim 12 further comprising geo enhancing the plurality of source video signals.

20. The method of claim 12, further comprising removing data corresponding to stationary objects from the generated video signal.