Structure navigation
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsPHILLIP ROY APPLEGATE, STEPHEN WILLIAM BROWN
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Abstract
A system and method of navigating through a structure includes receiving data representing a map of a structure (200), the structure map data including a plurality of locations and routes (303) between at least some of the locations, and receiving (602) data representing a user selection of one of the locations of the structure map. The method receives (602) location marker information from a location marker positioned in or on the structure and uses (604) the received location marker information to locate a current location of the user device within the structure map. The method further uses (606) the structure map data to generate navigation data for navigating from the current position to the selected location.
Claims24
A computer-implemented method of navigating through a structure, the method including:
- receiving data representing a map of a structure, the structure map data including a plurality of locations and routes between at least some of the locations;
- receiving data representing a user selection of one of the locations of the structure map;
- receiving location marker information from a location marker positioned in or on the structure;
- using the received location marker information to locate a current location of the user device within the structure map;
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- using the structure map data to generate navigation data for navigating from the current position to the selected location.
A non-transitory computer program product including one or more computer readable mediums encoded with instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause a process for navigating through a structure to be carried out, the process comprising:
- receiving data representing a map of a structure, the structure map data including a plurality of locations and routes between at least some of the locations;
- receiving data representing a user selection of one of the locations of the structure map;
- receiving location marker information from a location marker positioned in or on the structure;
- using the received location marker information to locate a current location of the user device within the structure map;
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- using the structure map data to generate navigation data for navigating from the current position to the selected location.
A portable user device including:
- a data store having a map of a structure, the structure map data including a plurality of locations and routes between at least some of the locations;
- a user interface configured to, in use, allow a user to select one of the locations of the structure map data;
- a device for, in use, receiving location marker information from a location marker positioned in or on the structure;
- a processor configured to:
- use the received location marker information to locate a current location of the user device within the structure map, and
- use the structure map data to generate data for navigating from the current position to the selected location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.