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US 2009/0157302 A1Published application
Pedestrian route production
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsIvan J. Tashev, Jeffrey D. Couckuyt, Neil W. Black, John C. Krumm, Ruston Panabaker, Michael Lewis Seltzer
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Abstract
As a pedestrian travels, various difficulties can be encountered, such as traveling through an unsafe neighborhood or being in an open area that is subject to harsh temperatures. A route can be developed for a person taking into account factors that specifically affect a pedestrian. Moreover, the route can alter as a situation of a user changes; for instance, if a user wants to add a stop along a route.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a gather component that obtains information related to pedestrian travel;
- and
- a generation component that produces a direction set for use by a pedestrian based at least part upon the obtained information.
A method, comprising:
- collecting a request from a pedestrian that a route includes a waypoint to a general location;
- and
- producing a pedestrian-based route that includes a waypoint to a specific location, based upon the collected request.
A system, comprising:
- means for collecting information related to travel;
- and
- means for outputting a direction set based upon at least part of the obtained information, the direction set includes a portion where a user travels in a natural manner and a portion where the user functions as a passenger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.