System and method for providing navigation information
AssigneeFruit Innovations Limited
InventorKin Siu Ng
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Abstract
A system and method for providing navigation information including the steps of detecting a proximate object to a referenced location, transmitting the referenced location to the proximate object, wherein the referenced location is arranged to be processed to derive a location of the proximate object, and where guidance information is available for the referenced location, transmitting the guidance information to the proximate object.
Claims23
A system for providing navigation information comprising:
- a plurality of tactile tiles arranged to provide tactile information to persons with visual impairment;
- a plurality of tags each arranged to emit a signal indicating a reference location of the respective tag, wherein the tags are embedded inside the plurality of tactile tiles and the tags form an array or matrix inside the tactile tile, the tactile tile being provided on a floor surface;
- a guiding post including a reader and a handle attached thereon, wherein the reader is arranged to read the signal emitted from one of the plurality of tags that is proximate to the reader, the handle includes a controller that is operably connected with the reader and is arranged to process the signal to derive a current location of a user holding the guiding post;
- and a server including a database storing records associated with referenced location, wherein the controller is arranged to derive the current location of the user by locating a record associated with referenced location in the database stored in the server;
- where guidance information is available for the current location of the user, the controller is arranged to transmit the guidance information in a form of an acoustic signal and at least one of a tactile signal, a physical spike or an electrical pulse to a user;
- the system for providing navigation information further comprises:
- an input module arranged to receive an input location;
- wherein the controller is further arranged to process the input location;
- where direction information is available for the input location, the controller is arranged to transmit the guidance information including the direction information to the user.
The system of 1, wherein the handle further includes a battery pack integrated in the handle for powering the reader.
A tactile tile arranged to provide tactile information to persons with visual impairment, characterized in that, the tactile tile further comprises:
- a plurality of tags each arranged to emit a signal indicating a reference location of the respective tag, wherein the tags are embedded inside the tactile tile and the tags form an array or a matrix inside the tactile tile, the tactile tile being provided on a floor surface,
- wherein the signal is readable by a reader attached on a guiding post when the reader is proximate to at least one of the tags, and the signal is then processed by a controller integrated in a handle being attached on the guiding post, and the controller is operably connecting with the reader to derive a current location of a user holding the guiding post;
- wherein the controller is arranged to derive the current location of the user by locating a record associated with referenced location in a database stored in a server;
- where guidance information is available for the current location of the user, the controller is arranged to transmit the guidance information in a form of an acoustic signal and at least one of a tactile signal, a physical spike and an electrical pulse to a user;
- wherein the controller is further arranged to process an input location received by an input module, such that when direction information is available for the input location, the controller is arranged to transmit the guidance information including the direction information to the user.
The tactile tile of 18, wherein the tags emit the signal through at least one wireless communication protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.