Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wearable system for providing walking directions
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Application No.: US15349935Application Date: 2016-11-11
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Publication No.: US10012505B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Rajiv Dayal , Tiffany L. Chen , Patrick K. Ching , Brandon D. Northcutt
- Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer LLP
- Main IPC: G01C21/00
- IPC: G01C21/00 ; G01C21/16 ; G01S19/47 ; G01C21/36 ; G01C21/26 ; G06Q30/06 ; G06F17/30 ; G06K9/62 ; G06K9/18

Abstract:
A wearable computing device includes an input device, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), a camera, and a memory that is designed to store a database of landmarks and corresponding locations. The device includes a mobile processor that is designed to receive first user input indicating that the user is traveling from a starting location to a destination location and second user input indicating that new landmarks are present. The processor is designed to determine locations of the new landmarks based on the current location, the inertial measurement data, and/or the detected image data. The processor is designed to update the database to include the new landmarks and corresponding locations. The processor is designed to update the database to include an ordered list of landmarks including the new landmarks in order of their appearance from the starting location to the destination location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180135986A1 WEARABLE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING WALKING DIRECTIONS Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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