US 10,885,234 B2Granted

Apparatus for determining a direction of interest

AssigneeMiddle Chart, LLC

InventorsMichael S. Santarone, Jason E. Duff, Michael Wodrich, Randall Pugh

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Abstract

Methods and apparatus for determining a direction of interest based upon coordinates derived from wireless communication between wireless transceivers. A smart device assembly is operative to communicate via multiple antennas with a reference point transceiver. A set of coordinates is generated indicating a relative position and/or angle of the wireless transceiver in relation to the reference position transceiver. A query may be made based upon the relative position and angle of the wireless transceiver in relation to the reference position transceiver. A response to the query may include a human readable interface indicating one or more of: direction of travel, a virtual image based upon location and location and direction, and annotative and pictorial information.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An apparatus for determining a direction of interest, the apparatus comprising:

a) a smart device assembly supportable by with an agent, the smart device assembly comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, each of the first antenna and the second antenna capable of wireless communication according to a specified communication modality and each of the first antenna and the second antenna in a known position relative to each other;
b) a digital storage storing executable software;
c) a processor in logical communication with the first antenna and the second antenna and the digital storage, and operative to execute the software to cause the smart device to:
i) based upon respective wireless communications between a reference position transceiver and each of the first antenna and the second antenna, generating a first set of coordinates indicating a physical position of the first antenna and a second set of coordinates indicating a physical position of the second antenna;
ii) generate a directional line intersecting a position represented by at least one of the first set of coordinates and the second set of coordinates;
and
iii) generate a direction of interest based upon the directional line intersecting a position represented by at least one of the first set of coordinates and the second set of coordinates.

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Apparatus for determining a direction of interest, the apparatus comprising:

a a smart device assembly supportable by with an agent, the smart device assembly comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, each of the first antenna and the second antenna capable of wireless communication according to a specified communication modality and each of the first antenna and the second antenna in a known position relative to the other antenna;
b a processor capable of logical communication and execution of programmable code;
c a smart device transceiver in logical communication with one or both of the first antenna and the second antenna;
d an accelerometer in logical communication with the processor;
e an electronic magnetic direction indicator in logical communication with the processor;
and
f a digital storage storing executable software;
the processor in logical communication with the first antenna and the second antenna and the digital storage, and operative to execute the software to cause the smart device to:
i) operate the smart device transceiver with the reference point transceiver via one or both of the first antenna and the second antenna;
ii) based upon respective wireless communications between a reference position transceiver and each of the first antenna and the second antenna, generating a first set of coordinates indicating a physical position of the first antenna and a second set of coordinates indicating a physical position of the second antenna;
iii) generate a directional line intersecting a position represented by at least one of the first set of coordinates and the second set of coordinates;
and
iv) generate a direction of interest based upon the directional line intersecting a position represented by at least one of the first set of coordinates and the second set of coordinates;
v) determine whether the physical position of one or both of the first antenna and the second antenna has changed based upon a logical communication generated by the accelerometer;
and
vi) determine whether the physical position of one or both of the first antenna and the second antenna has changed based upon a logical communication generated by the magnetic direction indicator.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/905,048Filed 18 Jun 2020 · continuation
Priority: 22 Feb 2017
Published: US 2020/0034501 A18 Oct 2020
Granted: 5 Jan 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G06F 30/13
Geometric CAD: architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes,…
G01S 5/0247
Using radio waves: determining attitude
G01S 5/12
Using radio waves: by co-ordinating position lines of different shape, e.g. hyperbolic, circular, elliptical or radial
G06Q 99/00
Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

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