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US 10,420,697 B2Granted
Device for assisting navigation
AssigneeHong Kong R&D Centre for Logistics and Supply Chai
InventorsHailong Zhu, Feng Lu, Guangbo Li, Xiaosheng Chen, Chilun Mak, Jiankun Su, Tingwen Xiong
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Abstract
A device for assisting navigation including a body defining a middle portion having a first end and a second end, a handle portion at one of the first or second ends, a holder that is removably mounted with another end of the first or second ends of the body.
Claims20
A device for assisting navigation comprising:
- a body defining a middle portion having a first end and a second end,
- a handle portion at the first end,
- a holder removably mounted at the second end of the body, and
- a data transmitter disposed within the holder and arranged to facilitate wireless or wire transmission of navigation data,
- wherein the holder comprises a RFID device arranged to read, transmit, or process navigation data,
- wherein the RFID device comprises a hybrid antenna design that includes at least two jointed antenna structures, and
- wherein the at least two jointed antenna structures have different flexibilities.
4 more elements
A method of navigating within a space distributed with RFID tags comprising
- providing an RFID reader having a hybrid antenna design that includes at least two jointed antenna structures, wherein the at least two jointed antenna structures have different flexibilities,
- removably attaching the RFID reader with a walking assistance, and
- after the step of removably attaching, the RFID reader communicating with RFID tags and at least one notification device connecting with the RFID reader generating a signal through the at least one notification device regarding information stored on the RFID tags.
A method of navigating within a space distributed with RFID tags comprising
- providing an RFID reader having a hybrid antenna design that includes at least two jointed antenna structures, wherein the at least two jointed antenna structures have different flexibilities,
- removing the RFID reader from a walking assistance,
- after the step of removing, the RFID reader communicating with RFID tags and at least one notification device connecting with the RFID reader generating a signal through the at least one notification device regarding information stored on the RFID tags.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.