Real time travel director
US8437954B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C21/206
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A travel director provides persons, robots and/or vehicles with real time “you-are-here” directions to a destination or series of destinations within a defined environment, such as a building. large aircraft, train or submarine. The director can also locate and/or direct travel to specific coordinates, people, places, and/or components and equipment within a defined environment. The director creates a complete virtual signature of an existing physical building/structure and defines coordinates on a virtual grid and compares the linear range from a set of unique segments programmed on multiple sequenced and strategically placed identifier tags/chips or from identified telemetric signals pre-existing in the environment.
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