Indoor positioning and recording system and method
AssigneeJ2Square LLC
InventorFernando J. Pinho
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Abstract
An improved positioning and navigational system for indoor use providing reliable positioning signals, other than by use of signals from the global positioning system, in a cost effective manner for use in construction projects, in the building trades, and inspection businesses, activities that relate to using surveys, floorplans, and blueprints, and security systems for a variety of buildings, such as schools, government buildings, apartment buildings, and office buildings.
Claims23
A system for indoor positioning and navigation comprising:
- a wireless capable electromechanical device;
- and
- a wireless capable electronic computing device in wireless communication with said electromechanical device having a touch screen on which is displayed an indoor floorplan generated by and controlled by a software application running on such computing device,
- whereby the indoor position of the user of said electromechanical device is represented by an electronically displayed marker on said floorplan, which marker automatically changes its position on said floorplan matching any change in the indoor position of said user.
The system as recited in any of the claims above in which said wireless capable devices communicate via blue tooth.
A method for indoor building construction comprising the steps of:
- scanning indoor construction documents;
- uploading said scanned indoor construction documents into a wireless capable server running under the control of an application program;
- having said scanned indoor construction documents labelled with positioning information by such server in communication with one or more wireless capable electronic positioning devices;
- downloading said labelled scanned indoor construction documents into one or more wireless capable electronic computing devices having touchscreens held by a user or users based on the location of said user or users at said indoor construction project as determined by positioning information;
- updating progress of construction work at such locations by uploading comments to said server entered by one or more users of said electronic computing devices into which such labelled construction documents have been downloaded at said indoor location;
- sharing such uploaded progress information with users of said electronic computing devices;
- marking a punch list of construction tasks to be performed in such project as such progress information is so uploaded;
- and
- completing such punch list,
- whereby said construction project is completed and such completion has been so recorded.
The methods as recited in any of the claims above in which said wireless capable electronic positioning devices are comprised of:
- a circuit board, by which are connected the following electronic components:
- a user switch;
- a controller chip;
- a self-contained power source;
- two or more light signaling elements;
- two or more crystal oscillators;
- and
- an inertial measurement unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.