Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pedestrian navigation system and method
- Patent Title (中): 行人导航系统及方法
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Application No.: US12523456Application Date: 2008-01-21
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Publication No.: US08355888B2Publication Date: 2013-01-15
- Inventor: Nahum Chernoguz , Avraham Kagan
- Applicant: Nahum Chernoguz , Avraham Kagan
- Applicant Address: IL Lod
- Assignee: Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Lod
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Priority: IL180833 20070121
- International Application: PCT/IL2008/000092 WO 20080121
- International Announcement: WO2008/087651 WO 20080724
- Main IPC: G01C22/00
- IPC: G01C22/00 ; G01B7/14 ; G01B11/14 ; G01B17/00 ; G01B21/00 ; G06F19/00 ; G06F17/40

Abstract:
An on-foot pedestrian navigation module useful for pedestrian navigation when operated with at least a control unit and another on-foot pedestrian navigation module, comprising (a) at least a first sensor unit and a second sensor unit, wherein each sensor unit including an up/down sensor adapted for sensing an ‘up’ condition and a ‘down’ condition associated with relative displacement of the module with respect to a surface, and a signal transmitter/receiver adapted, in response to an activation signal coming from a module controller, for generating a propagating signal (b) a module controller for controlling the operation of the module in response to a control signal coming from the control unit and (c) a communication unit for enabling said module to communicate with said at least the control unit and other module, thereby facilitating collecting motion data at the control unit and integrating the motion data with motion data coming from the other module, the motion data being indicative of a condition of each up/down sensor and receipt of the propagating signal by at least two sensor units of said other module, and wherein the motion data is useful for determining a momentary position of the pedestrian's foot during motion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100004860A1 PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-01-07
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