System for navigating in cavities including a platform for mobilizing the same
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Abstract
A mobile platform for operating a system comprising a mobile device and a location determination component, and a method, the mobile platform includes one or more stands collectively having a hollow for stably receiving the mobile device. A location determination device can be placed in at least two locations on the stands, thereby enabling to obtain an initial orientation of the mobile device. The location determination device is also adapted to obtain a location indication of a location associated with a cavity. During operation of the system, the mobile device is removed from the hollow after the orientation is obtained, moved within a cavity, and provides location information, thereby providing descriptive information of the cavity associated with real world coordinates.
Claims19
A mobile platform for operating a system comprising at least a mobile device and a location determination component, the mobile platform comprising
- two or more stands, the two or more stands collectively having a hollow for stably receiving the mobile device,
- wherein the two or more stands are adapted to have the location determination device mounted thereon in at least two locations, thereby enabling to obtain an initial orientation of the mobile device,
- wherein the location determination device is also adapted to obtain a location indication of a location associated with a cavity, and
- wherein during operation of the system, the mobile device is removed from the hollow after the orientation is obtained, moved within a cavity, and provides location information, thereby providing descriptive information of the cavity associated with real world coordinates.
A mobile platform for operating a system comprising at least a mobile device and a location determination component, the mobile platform comprising:
- a first positioning area to receive the mobile device, such that the mobile device is stably located when placed within the first positioning area;
- a positioning member comprising a connection for receiving a location determination device and connectable to the mobile platform in two positions, such that a line connecting the connection for a location determination device when the positioning member is connected to the mobile platform in the two positions is at a known spatial relationship to the mobile device when the mobile device is placed within the first positioning area, thereby enabling to obtain an initial orientation of the mobile device,
- wherein the location determination component is also adapted to obtain a location indication of a location associated with a cavity, and
- wherein during operation of the system, the mobile device is removed from the first positioning area after the orientation is obtained, moved within a cavity, and provides location information, thereby providing descriptive information of the cavity associated with real world coordinates.
A method for operating a system comprising at least a mobile device and a location determination component, the method comprising:
- obtaining by a location determination device coordinates of at least two points along a geometric line that is in known spatial relationship with a mobile device stably located on a mobile platform;
- determining by at least one processor orientation of the mobile device from the coordinates of the at least two locations;
- obtaining by the location determination device coordinates of a location in known spatial relationship to a cavity to be explored;
- while the mobile device is inside the cavity, monitoring by an inertial measurement unit, a position and orientation of the mobile device during at least part of the mobile device stay at the cavity;
- associating by the at least one processor, the position and orientation of the mobile device with information received from the mobile device;
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- generating by at least one processor a model of the cavity based on the position and orientation of the mobile device and the information received from the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.