CA2662810A1 - Gps explorer - Google Patents
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Abstract
This is a portable information system which uses Global Positioning System (GPS) data as a key to automatically retrieve audiovisual data from a database. On a journey the system can automatically identify and describe places of specific interest to the user, landmarks and the history of nearby buildings, or locate hotels, hospitals, shops and products within a radius of the present position. Audible menus and voice command give hands-free and eyes-free control while driving, flying, sailing or walking.
Description
This application is a divisional of co-pending application No. 2,163,215.
Technical Field The invention is a portable information system which uses Global Positioning System (GPS) data as a key to retrieve audio visual information from a database or broadcast. It should be understood that the expression "the invention" and the like encompasses the subject matter of both the parent and the divisional applications.
BACIGRotlND TO TH8 INVBNY'ION
AlYnost everyona who travels eeds information about thQ.place they are visiting. However, we all have different naAds and interests, some need commercial information, others may wish.to buy rs product, some people like to know the history of a pluce, or to discover hidden corners, others are simply bored and long for thoir journ<sy to be made more interesting.
Afi databases grow in cizo 8o the problem of findi"q relevant data when it is needed becomes more difficult to solve. Few people have the time, motivatipn or patience to search through telephone books, yell.ow pages, guide booka, inrormation systems and the like. Having taken a long trip it is often,only on returning home when one learns too late what has been missed. Even when at home it can be difficult to find out what is happening in the area today which might be of interest.
Wh n walking, driving, sailing or flying our need for information remains, although our ability to search for it may be severely limited by the task in hand. We'frequently need to switch modes of travel between ear/aircraft/boat/bus/horseback or foot.
Most portable GPS receivers on the market today are designed for navigation, giving the user's position in terms of latitude and longitude or bearing and distance from a known point, both methods are cutabersome to use. Although GPS moving map displays show positions more clearly, their applications remain rather limited, due to the need for a screen and the risk of distraction when walking or driving.
Both types of GPS system offer the user little other information.
Talking books using Ca-koM disks may provide the information lacking in the above mentioned .havigation systems, however as the location of the user is not monitored automatically, any information must be extracted manual].y by the user, which can be laboriou9.
Technical Field The invention is a portable information system which uses Global Positioning System (GPS) data as a key to retrieve audio visual information from a database or broadcast. It should be understood that the expression "the invention" and the like encompasses the subject matter of both the parent and the divisional applications.
BACIGRotlND TO TH8 INVBNY'ION
AlYnost everyona who travels eeds information about thQ.place they are visiting. However, we all have different naAds and interests, some need commercial information, others may wish.to buy rs product, some people like to know the history of a pluce, or to discover hidden corners, others are simply bored and long for thoir journ<sy to be made more interesting.
Afi databases grow in cizo 8o the problem of findi"q relevant data when it is needed becomes more difficult to solve. Few people have the time, motivatipn or patience to search through telephone books, yell.ow pages, guide booka, inrormation systems and the like. Having taken a long trip it is often,only on returning home when one learns too late what has been missed. Even when at home it can be difficult to find out what is happening in the area today which might be of interest.
Wh n walking, driving, sailing or flying our need for information remains, although our ability to search for it may be severely limited by the task in hand. We'frequently need to switch modes of travel between ear/aircraft/boat/bus/horseback or foot.
Most portable GPS receivers on the market today are designed for navigation, giving the user's position in terms of latitude and longitude or bearing and distance from a known point, both methods are cutabersome to use. Although GPS moving map displays show positions more clearly, their applications remain rather limited, due to the need for a screen and the risk of distraction when walking or driving.
Both types of GPS system offer the user little other information.
Talking books using Ca-koM disks may provide the information lacking in the above mentioned .havigation systems, however as the location of the user is not monitored automatically, any information must be extracted manual].y by the user, which can be laboriou9.
Portable computors and pen computing systems provide essentially text based information on the move.
However; neither offer user friendly, hands-free, eyes-free operation with automatic, dynamically retrieved audio (and video) data based on the users ponition, altitude, attitude, speed, time, direction of view, stated needs bi'-d interests. It is not easy to use such a portable PC when walking or ri.ding on hoxseback.
THD I~VENTION
CPS FXPLoRER ie a portable information system using Global Positioning System (GPS) data as a key to retrieve audio and video from a databaso or from broadcast data. The user may prosolect the type of data of tntorest to him, then as his position, direction, apeed, altitude or attitude change and the tiue of day changes,, this is detected by the GPS
receiver and the system automatically retrieves the appropriate data from the database. The device incorporatea an internal exchangeable databdbe on compact disk and can also access external databases and broadoast data.
GPS Explorer is designed to provide information on the move. In most of the applications envisaged the user has little need to know his loc$tion, simply wishirg to be told about places of interest to him euah as the history of a nearby building or where to buy a. product. The fact that tlie information the user requires comes from a device which uses GPS
poaition, speed, aititude or time as a key to access a database tYeod not conCern the user or be apparent.
To enable the uscr to operate the system hands-free and eyes-free while driving, flying, sailirig, riding or walking, it may be controlled using audible menus and voioc eomn-and. Telephone calls mfty also tie made aUtomaticaliy via an a.ntegrated cellphone or satellits phone using numbers retrieved from the databaae.
Gh a journey the system can for examp3.e be set to 5o automatically identify places of likely interest to thQ user, to describe the--history or nearby btUfldings or the prettiest route to take. The user can also initiate an automatic search of the datab4se for specific things of interest to him, such as landmarks, hotels, hospitals, shops or produots, usually, though not necessarily, within a radius of his present position.
However; neither offer user friendly, hands-free, eyes-free operation with automatic, dynamically retrieved audio (and video) data based on the users ponition, altitude, attitude, speed, time, direction of view, stated needs bi'-d interests. It is not easy to use such a portable PC when walking or ri.ding on hoxseback.
THD I~VENTION
CPS FXPLoRER ie a portable information system using Global Positioning System (GPS) data as a key to retrieve audio and video from a databaso or from broadcast data. The user may prosolect the type of data of tntorest to him, then as his position, direction, apeed, altitude or attitude change and the tiue of day changes,, this is detected by the GPS
receiver and the system automatically retrieves the appropriate data from the database. The device incorporatea an internal exchangeable databdbe on compact disk and can also access external databases and broadoast data.
GPS Explorer is designed to provide information on the move. In most of the applications envisaged the user has little need to know his loc$tion, simply wishirg to be told about places of interest to him euah as the history of a nearby building or where to buy a. product. The fact that tlie information the user requires comes from a device which uses GPS
poaition, speed, aititude or time as a key to access a database tYeod not conCern the user or be apparent.
To enable the uscr to operate the system hands-free and eyes-free while driving, flying, sailirig, riding or walking, it may be controlled using audible menus and voioc eomn-and. Telephone calls mfty also tie made aUtomaticaliy via an a.ntegrated cellphone or satellits phone using numbers retrieved from the databaae.
Gh a journey the system can for examp3.e be set to 5o automatically identify places of likely interest to thQ user, to describe the--history or nearby btUfldings or the prettiest route to take. The user can also initiate an automatic search of the datab4se for specific things of interest to him, such as landmarks, hotels, hospitals, shops or produots, usually, though not necessarily, within a radius of his present position.
The basic devico is a portable audio information eystem which uses GPS data as a key or keys to retriQva digital audio from a dat-abase contained within the device or attached to it by any means or re.ceived by any means including telephonet radio or televisior, broadaast.
When equipped with or attached to a screen, the davlce may also include the facility 'to retrieve still and motion video sequences from a database eontained within or attached to the device by any means or recaived by aiyy means including telephone, radio or talevision 8roadcast. When connecte=d to a dicplay, the oyatem may also be used to preview trips.
The sygtem can provide CPS poaitior,ed simulations using virtual reAlity displays. The GpS derived position, elevation, viewing direction and time of day, anables simulated structures, buildings, dams, roads and ].andscape.features to be dropped into the users field of view and to be examined from a].l angles around the proposed site while it is still virgin territory.
The device constantly monitors it's position, speed, direction of movement, the time and any like data by reference to a GPS receiver either incorporated within the device or connected to it by any means.
Whenever the device -detects' a z change in any GPS
parameters, such as a change in location or time, it will use the new GPS data as a key or keys to search the database including received broadcast data and retrieve any data records which directly or indirectly match or relate to the new GPS
parameters. Before being output as audio or displayed, the retrieved data will be cheaked against the mode of operation of the device and against other selection criteria, to determine which, if any, of the retrieved data items are to be presented to the user. A rolling log of messages will be kept to avoid.needless repetition.
The davica may be controlled by voice command or by keyboard, switch or joystick, directly or remotely.
The user may select the mode of operation of the device, data retrieval criteria and other operating criteria.
The devioe has an audible menu system which when used with voice command, enables the device to be used hands free and eyes free. Feedback protection avoids the audio output triggering the voice input system.
_q_ 7`he daVioe may be. fitted with a te].ephone fnterface enabling telephone calls to be plaGed to numuers retrieved from the databasG or broadcast data. Ttle device may also bQ titted with an interface for the attachme t of optical,- rnagnetic, radio or other devicaec capable of inputting data for the puriiose of idontitying location, products, persons, Vehicles, systefis, temperature$ or any environmental variables.
The device detarminect user.orientation, direction of .15 mbVoiaont, apeed, pitoh and role, altitude, rate ot clxmb,or desoent, and the u6ert$ direction-of vieW
in torma of bearing, angle.of azimuth and range. The syatom can also aaeept optical - or - other.inputs to identify locationg within buildings, which would otherwise be out of GPS reception.
According to an aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of operating a portable information device to find location-based information for a user, the method eomprising the steps of accepting an input by the user of a required type of information, determining a current location of the user, where the location of the user changes over time, retrieving data from a geographic database using a data retrieval key derived from the determined location of the user, wherein the database is remote from the portable information.device and contains details regarding different types of information, as audio and/or visual information, at assigned locations in a geographic area, and notifying the details of the required type of information at one or more of the assigned locations within the geographic area to the user.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a portable information device operable by a user to find location-based information, comprising retrieval means for retrieving data, as audio and/or visual information, from a remote database using a data retrieval key derived from the location of the user, selection means for the user, when in any location, to select data of interest, and presentation means for presenting the data of interest to the user.
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4a According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of operating a portable information device to find location-based information for a user, the method comprising the steps of:
accepting an input by the user of a required type of information;
determining a current location of the user using a global positioning system (GPS), where the location of the user changes over time;
retrieving data from a geographic database using a data retrieval key derived from the determined location of the user, wherein the database is remote from the portable information device and contains details regarding different types of information, as audio and/or visual information,'' having assigned geographic locations; and notifying the details of the required type of information at one or more of the assigned geographic locations to the user.
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1. An audio only version of the design will now be described by reference to the accompanying drawings.
Yf'igure 1 showa the audio only version of the device corprising: atidio earpiece i, microphone 2, the GPS
raceiver 3, the CD drive 4 and the processor 5.
Figure 2 shows the basic logic used to monitor the UserfO pbgftion and to retrieve and play the appropriate audio. Figure 3 shows a map on which large dots represent the positions determined by GPS
at which gpecific audio phrases. willbe selected from the. database or radio broadcast and played.
Samples of typical audio phrases are numbered 1-6.
The OPS latitude/longitude co-ordinates of places of intereat such as historic buildings, castl-es, villages, parks, lakes, mountains, panoramic viewpo=ints and so forth may be digitized from maps ar by on site survey. Audio describing each place of interest Will theri be recorded and stored, 3.n eompressed form, with corresponding GPs co-ordinates, in a database on a compact disG ((;PS-CD).
The-portable-GPS ExploYeX inay then kie iused with such a GPS-CD database to provide information to the user who may soleet one or more of the device's many modes of operation, such as for example:
4b En Route laode a Figure 3 6how$ a typical journey by car along a major road. IIy constantly monitoring GPS data, the device will determine when each of the locations .1-6 has been reached, the corresponding audio phrase will then be retrieved from the GPS--CD database or ..5..
bxoadc$st data and played to tho usar through an sarpiece or loudspeaker.
There may be aQveral loca-tions at whioh broadly af.lnilar massages would be applicable, such as approaching a village from the North, South, East or West. xn this case, the appropriate audio messages may be araorobled from several phrases with variables such. aa left and right inserted as determined by uBer orientation, thus enabling more economic use to be made of available database spaco.
Tour mod$.
The user may select a. tour either from the main menu or when offered the option c3n route. The system will t.hen provide tour quidanco and point out things of intarest. For example when walking or driving past historic bttildingg or othc:r features information about QaCh building will be given. zt's date of aonstru4tion, who lived there, how it was built, if it io t+pen to the public. The dialogue may include historic sounds, the crack of a coachman's whip, the voices of children at play, music drifting on the air, all creating the atmosphere of a bygone age.
Hazard Warning Mode.
If this mode has been selected it will take priority over other modes in use at the time such as tour mode. When approaching a hazard the system will interrupt any other audio message to alert the user.
For eyample in road 'use a dangerous bend, a school or aSteep hill. rn flying mode to warn of controlied airspace.
Guidance mode.
The GPS lat/long location of a road junction will be digitized and audio recorded for each direction of approach to each junction. The device will identify the ugers position and direction of travel on the approach to a aunotion by reference to GPS data and 'then retrieve the appropriate audio in advance of the junction to act as an audio signpost. The audio signpost will not be restricted to Just place names as it may include much more information about road type, places of interest en route, warnings such as no fuel for 50 miles and so on.
Destination oriented guidance mode.
When this mode is first belected the user will be prompted to cYikooae a destination. A route from the present position to the destination will be determined from routing data. The device will. then .~iprovide only the single dfrection needwd at each junction to reach the destination without raferring to unwanted directions.
What's on mode.
The device will examine the co--ordinatea of al.1. the specially -identified places of interest in the ilnmediate area, -gradually working out from the =
preGent aPS location. The device will then play a short audio phrase for eatah activity to briefly arouse the interest of the user. The user may then select any activity and obtain further details for, deliberation, after which GY'S guidance will be provided to the venue on raquast.'An auto dial telephone number may be added for use via the telephone interface, to enable reservationa to be made for hotels, theatres or similar venues without the need to write down then dial the number.
Walking Mode v Driving Mode v Flying Mode, etc.
The system will adjust the presentation of messages to suit the mode of travel selected by the user and the GPS calculated speed. For example, when walking slowly around a town the user will be given more detail than when driving through the town or flying overhead.
Application specific modes Certain applications may require a speeial mode of operation to focus the users attention on certain data, for axample:
Walking toars in open country A map provides only limited information, whoreas by using a walks database GPS Explorer can provida orientation, directional guidance and can identify landmarks by name. lt can also keep the casual walker entertairted with a poem or music or a description'of the view at the appropriate point on the walk. h group may share the audio with personal radio earpi.eces= without ttie need for wire connoction or noise pollution from a loudspea;ker.
The system will orientate the user by compase bearing or turn lei't/rigltt command enabling the user to be directed to a pathway or to safety. By pointfrtg the device at a hill for example the system will retrieve the name of the hill, it's height and Any hazards such as cliffs.
With a database of walks, giving distances and times tha systalm will calculate from the preaent GPS
position and time if the numbor of hours of daytime left are suffi.eiont for the selected walk to be completed aftfely.
In an emergency, a distress call can be made vatt cellulax or 6atPilite phone, incorporating CpS
position data into the audio message to aid rescue services.
Genera] Aviation Appl,ioation.
Having selected ganeral aviation mode for example, the systam will. identify the users GPS positioh, altitude and speed in relation to aviation related points such as eirports, restxfoted areas, danger arai-s, light aircraft routes, air traffic control boundarias and so forth. The device wi.ll tneri provic9e the pilot with audio guidance, airspace alerting or an information ratrieval by voice command, accepting pilot response by voice command or in noisy coakpits by press button.
Call aheac]
To find a telephone nuiaber when on the move can be difficult. This system provides several facilities which will help. In any mode the user has access to an audible facilities menu, providing a list of hotels, airlines and so on. When a selection has been made by the user, the system will automatically dial the telephone call using the telephone number held in the database.
trha system uses GPS position, direction of travel and the user's pre-determined preferences to order the possible alternatives into a logical sequence for presentation to the user. For example, if the user is heading South at high speed by road, prefers a 4 star hotel and payment by AMEX the alternatives will be reduced. They will then be ranked in distance frem present poeition. The system will then retrieve the correct telephone number ready for the user to xeyuest auto-dial telephone call for room xeservation.
so The systam will also hold the users preferred credit card detaila on file avoiding any need to retrieve the card from a pocket while driving or flying. On the teiephone, the user needs only to say "my AMEX
number is" and the system will retrieve the card number data and finish the sentence for the user eg "1234 3456 567 expiry date 0695".
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En route advertising could also be inserted into tours at s;pecified points to provide the user with the facility to call ahead to reserve a tAble for dih ner, ordex flowers, to book a hotel rpom or reserve a ferry spaoe.
Audio commands '1'he . device may ba controlled by audio commands, chasen by the usar, to parform a range of bnsic information storage and retrieval functior-s. The ] g user Will need to salsct cofimands which he/she is aomfortabls with.- Examples of these are given below;
Menu - plays the main ieanu OX - selects the last option stated Repeat - replays the last audio phrase X Mode - selects a specific mode Stop - stope the audio Start - starts the audio Earpiaoe - switchaa to earpi.t3ve Speaker - switchasto loudspgaker Skip - sikips the present audio phrase Position - gives position from...
Distanca - givee distanca from start, to...
Log on - starts a log of position data Log oft - Etops log -2T An audio visuail version of the design will now be desoribed by reference to the following drawing:
Figure 4. shows a version of the audio/visual system based on a star:dard portable Pc. Still and/or motion video eequencea will be stored on GPS-CD along with th* CPS oo-ordinates described in the audio example above. This visual data ean then be accessed in several modes:
Pro-view mode:
Before visiting a remote location, the user may use the device to pre-view the various places he intends to visit. Any visuril sequences may be retrieved and played simply by entering the name or lat/long of the desired place or by selecting it from a list given by the system.
More detail mode:
In an audio mode, once audio details of a venue have been given by the system the user will be notified by a bleep or prompt if pictorial information is also available from the database. The user may then select it if required.
Simulation mode;
Having arrivad at a physical location or identified it in pre-viow mode, tha user may acceas the database to obtain a computer based simulation of soma aspect of the location. For example to see the route of a proposed new road or the simulated facade of a proposad new building. tiy walking around the physical site, as the GPS data changes eo will the cimulation to illuctrhte the simulnted views from 'rha new physical position taking into consideratiolt the usora orientation, height, direction of view#
view angle of asimuth and tiue of day. The simulat3on may be presonted on a display acreen or any form of image projeation system such as a virtual reality helmet or other devi.ce. If used in oonjunction with a head up display the user will have both the present imagG and simulated future in view simultaneously enabling comparison.
3. A rosl tiyfie veraion of the device will now be described.
To enabls the ueer to have access to up to the minute informatian the device incorporates a radio or television receiver to receive specially broadcast regional data transmissions. The system selects incoming dr,ta relevant to the chosen mode of use and loeatieh based on GpS calculated position.
Selected data items are stored in memory in the devioe on receipt and then handled in the same way as other database data described earlier.
The xoal time data system could provide the user with aeeess to and automatically search a wide range of information sources: local weather, weather reports for pilots and yachtsmen, scheduled flight delays, details of special events, hotel room availability, road conditions, audio guided diversions, financial market updates for example.
When equipped with or attached to a screen, the davlce may also include the facility 'to retrieve still and motion video sequences from a database eontained within or attached to the device by any means or recaived by aiyy means including telephone, radio or talevision 8roadcast. When connecte=d to a dicplay, the oyatem may also be used to preview trips.
The sygtem can provide CPS poaitior,ed simulations using virtual reAlity displays. The GpS derived position, elevation, viewing direction and time of day, anables simulated structures, buildings, dams, roads and ].andscape.features to be dropped into the users field of view and to be examined from a].l angles around the proposed site while it is still virgin territory.
The device constantly monitors it's position, speed, direction of movement, the time and any like data by reference to a GPS receiver either incorporated within the device or connected to it by any means.
Whenever the device -detects' a z change in any GPS
parameters, such as a change in location or time, it will use the new GPS data as a key or keys to search the database including received broadcast data and retrieve any data records which directly or indirectly match or relate to the new GPS
parameters. Before being output as audio or displayed, the retrieved data will be cheaked against the mode of operation of the device and against other selection criteria, to determine which, if any, of the retrieved data items are to be presented to the user. A rolling log of messages will be kept to avoid.needless repetition.
The davica may be controlled by voice command or by keyboard, switch or joystick, directly or remotely.
The user may select the mode of operation of the device, data retrieval criteria and other operating criteria.
The devioe has an audible menu system which when used with voice command, enables the device to be used hands free and eyes free. Feedback protection avoids the audio output triggering the voice input system.
_q_ 7`he daVioe may be. fitted with a te].ephone fnterface enabling telephone calls to be plaGed to numuers retrieved from the databasG or broadcast data. Ttle device may also bQ titted with an interface for the attachme t of optical,- rnagnetic, radio or other devicaec capable of inputting data for the puriiose of idontitying location, products, persons, Vehicles, systefis, temperature$ or any environmental variables.
The device detarminect user.orientation, direction of .15 mbVoiaont, apeed, pitoh and role, altitude, rate ot clxmb,or desoent, and the u6ert$ direction-of vieW
in torma of bearing, angle.of azimuth and range. The syatom can also aaeept optical - or - other.inputs to identify locationg within buildings, which would otherwise be out of GPS reception.
According to an aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of operating a portable information device to find location-based information for a user, the method eomprising the steps of accepting an input by the user of a required type of information, determining a current location of the user, where the location of the user changes over time, retrieving data from a geographic database using a data retrieval key derived from the determined location of the user, wherein the database is remote from the portable information.device and contains details regarding different types of information, as audio and/or visual information, at assigned locations in a geographic area, and notifying the details of the required type of information at one or more of the assigned locations within the geographic area to the user.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a portable information device operable by a user to find location-based information, comprising retrieval means for retrieving data, as audio and/or visual information, from a remote database using a data retrieval key derived from the location of the user, selection means for the user, when in any location, to select data of interest, and presentation means for presenting the data of interest to the user.
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4a According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of operating a portable information device to find location-based information for a user, the method comprising the steps of:
accepting an input by the user of a required type of information;
determining a current location of the user using a global positioning system (GPS), where the location of the user changes over time;
retrieving data from a geographic database using a data retrieval key derived from the determined location of the user, wherein the database is remote from the portable information device and contains details regarding different types of information, as audio and/or visual information,'' having assigned geographic locations; and notifying the details of the required type of information at one or more of the assigned geographic locations to the user.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
1. An audio only version of the design will now be described by reference to the accompanying drawings.
Yf'igure 1 showa the audio only version of the device corprising: atidio earpiece i, microphone 2, the GPS
raceiver 3, the CD drive 4 and the processor 5.
Figure 2 shows the basic logic used to monitor the UserfO pbgftion and to retrieve and play the appropriate audio. Figure 3 shows a map on which large dots represent the positions determined by GPS
at which gpecific audio phrases. willbe selected from the. database or radio broadcast and played.
Samples of typical audio phrases are numbered 1-6.
The OPS latitude/longitude co-ordinates of places of intereat such as historic buildings, castl-es, villages, parks, lakes, mountains, panoramic viewpo=ints and so forth may be digitized from maps ar by on site survey. Audio describing each place of interest Will theri be recorded and stored, 3.n eompressed form, with corresponding GPs co-ordinates, in a database on a compact disG ((;PS-CD).
The-portable-GPS ExploYeX inay then kie iused with such a GPS-CD database to provide information to the user who may soleet one or more of the device's many modes of operation, such as for example:
4b En Route laode a Figure 3 6how$ a typical journey by car along a major road. IIy constantly monitoring GPS data, the device will determine when each of the locations .1-6 has been reached, the corresponding audio phrase will then be retrieved from the GPS--CD database or ..5..
bxoadc$st data and played to tho usar through an sarpiece or loudspeaker.
There may be aQveral loca-tions at whioh broadly af.lnilar massages would be applicable, such as approaching a village from the North, South, East or West. xn this case, the appropriate audio messages may be araorobled from several phrases with variables such. aa left and right inserted as determined by uBer orientation, thus enabling more economic use to be made of available database spaco.
Tour mod$.
The user may select a. tour either from the main menu or when offered the option c3n route. The system will t.hen provide tour quidanco and point out things of intarest. For example when walking or driving past historic bttildingg or othc:r features information about QaCh building will be given. zt's date of aonstru4tion, who lived there, how it was built, if it io t+pen to the public. The dialogue may include historic sounds, the crack of a coachman's whip, the voices of children at play, music drifting on the air, all creating the atmosphere of a bygone age.
Hazard Warning Mode.
If this mode has been selected it will take priority over other modes in use at the time such as tour mode. When approaching a hazard the system will interrupt any other audio message to alert the user.
For eyample in road 'use a dangerous bend, a school or aSteep hill. rn flying mode to warn of controlied airspace.
Guidance mode.
The GPS lat/long location of a road junction will be digitized and audio recorded for each direction of approach to each junction. The device will identify the ugers position and direction of travel on the approach to a aunotion by reference to GPS data and 'then retrieve the appropriate audio in advance of the junction to act as an audio signpost. The audio signpost will not be restricted to Just place names as it may include much more information about road type, places of interest en route, warnings such as no fuel for 50 miles and so on.
Destination oriented guidance mode.
When this mode is first belected the user will be prompted to cYikooae a destination. A route from the present position to the destination will be determined from routing data. The device will. then .~iprovide only the single dfrection needwd at each junction to reach the destination without raferring to unwanted directions.
What's on mode.
The device will examine the co--ordinatea of al.1. the specially -identified places of interest in the ilnmediate area, -gradually working out from the =
preGent aPS location. The device will then play a short audio phrase for eatah activity to briefly arouse the interest of the user. The user may then select any activity and obtain further details for, deliberation, after which GY'S guidance will be provided to the venue on raquast.'An auto dial telephone number may be added for use via the telephone interface, to enable reservationa to be made for hotels, theatres or similar venues without the need to write down then dial the number.
Walking Mode v Driving Mode v Flying Mode, etc.
The system will adjust the presentation of messages to suit the mode of travel selected by the user and the GPS calculated speed. For example, when walking slowly around a town the user will be given more detail than when driving through the town or flying overhead.
Application specific modes Certain applications may require a speeial mode of operation to focus the users attention on certain data, for axample:
Walking toars in open country A map provides only limited information, whoreas by using a walks database GPS Explorer can provida orientation, directional guidance and can identify landmarks by name. lt can also keep the casual walker entertairted with a poem or music or a description'of the view at the appropriate point on the walk. h group may share the audio with personal radio earpi.eces= without ttie need for wire connoction or noise pollution from a loudspea;ker.
The system will orientate the user by compase bearing or turn lei't/rigltt command enabling the user to be directed to a pathway or to safety. By pointfrtg the device at a hill for example the system will retrieve the name of the hill, it's height and Any hazards such as cliffs.
With a database of walks, giving distances and times tha systalm will calculate from the preaent GPS
position and time if the numbor of hours of daytime left are suffi.eiont for the selected walk to be completed aftfely.
In an emergency, a distress call can be made vatt cellulax or 6atPilite phone, incorporating CpS
position data into the audio message to aid rescue services.
Genera] Aviation Appl,ioation.
Having selected ganeral aviation mode for example, the systam will. identify the users GPS positioh, altitude and speed in relation to aviation related points such as eirports, restxfoted areas, danger arai-s, light aircraft routes, air traffic control boundarias and so forth. The device wi.ll tneri provic9e the pilot with audio guidance, airspace alerting or an information ratrieval by voice command, accepting pilot response by voice command or in noisy coakpits by press button.
Call aheac]
To find a telephone nuiaber when on the move can be difficult. This system provides several facilities which will help. In any mode the user has access to an audible facilities menu, providing a list of hotels, airlines and so on. When a selection has been made by the user, the system will automatically dial the telephone call using the telephone number held in the database.
trha system uses GPS position, direction of travel and the user's pre-determined preferences to order the possible alternatives into a logical sequence for presentation to the user. For example, if the user is heading South at high speed by road, prefers a 4 star hotel and payment by AMEX the alternatives will be reduced. They will then be ranked in distance frem present poeition. The system will then retrieve the correct telephone number ready for the user to xeyuest auto-dial telephone call for room xeservation.
so The systam will also hold the users preferred credit card detaila on file avoiding any need to retrieve the card from a pocket while driving or flying. On the teiephone, the user needs only to say "my AMEX
number is" and the system will retrieve the card number data and finish the sentence for the user eg "1234 3456 567 expiry date 0695".
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En route advertising could also be inserted into tours at s;pecified points to provide the user with the facility to call ahead to reserve a tAble for dih ner, ordex flowers, to book a hotel rpom or reserve a ferry spaoe.
Audio commands '1'he . device may ba controlled by audio commands, chasen by the usar, to parform a range of bnsic information storage and retrieval functior-s. The ] g user Will need to salsct cofimands which he/she is aomfortabls with.- Examples of these are given below;
Menu - plays the main ieanu OX - selects the last option stated Repeat - replays the last audio phrase X Mode - selects a specific mode Stop - stope the audio Start - starts the audio Earpiaoe - switchaa to earpi.t3ve Speaker - switchasto loudspgaker Skip - sikips the present audio phrase Position - gives position from...
Distanca - givee distanca from start, to...
Log on - starts a log of position data Log oft - Etops log -2T An audio visuail version of the design will now be desoribed by reference to the following drawing:
Figure 4. shows a version of the audio/visual system based on a star:dard portable Pc. Still and/or motion video eequencea will be stored on GPS-CD along with th* CPS oo-ordinates described in the audio example above. This visual data ean then be accessed in several modes:
Pro-view mode:
Before visiting a remote location, the user may use the device to pre-view the various places he intends to visit. Any visuril sequences may be retrieved and played simply by entering the name or lat/long of the desired place or by selecting it from a list given by the system.
More detail mode:
In an audio mode, once audio details of a venue have been given by the system the user will be notified by a bleep or prompt if pictorial information is also available from the database. The user may then select it if required.
Simulation mode;
Having arrivad at a physical location or identified it in pre-viow mode, tha user may acceas the database to obtain a computer based simulation of soma aspect of the location. For example to see the route of a proposed new road or the simulated facade of a proposad new building. tiy walking around the physical site, as the GPS data changes eo will the cimulation to illuctrhte the simulnted views from 'rha new physical position taking into consideratiolt the usora orientation, height, direction of view#
view angle of asimuth and tiue of day. The simulat3on may be presonted on a display acreen or any form of image projeation system such as a virtual reality helmet or other devi.ce. If used in oonjunction with a head up display the user will have both the present imagG and simulated future in view simultaneously enabling comparison.
3. A rosl tiyfie veraion of the device will now be described.
To enabls the ueer to have access to up to the minute informatian the device incorporates a radio or television receiver to receive specially broadcast regional data transmissions. The system selects incoming dr,ta relevant to the chosen mode of use and loeatieh based on GpS calculated position.
Selected data items are stored in memory in the devioe on receipt and then handled in the same way as other database data described earlier.
The xoal time data system could provide the user with aeeess to and automatically search a wide range of information sources: local weather, weather reports for pilots and yachtsmen, scheduled flight delays, details of special events, hotel room availability, road conditions, audio guided diversions, financial market updates for example.
4. A virtual reality yersS.on of the devicewill now be described.
Virtual reality is a term used to describe a computer generated three dimensional image which when observed using a special form of projection ' systeym or helmei:, ereates the. illusion of reality and allows the user to move through it and to react with computer generated objects.
This invention combines the real world image with oomputer generated images. The device obtains it's real worid frame of reference from it's GPS
pogition. This allows the device to generate virtual _10_ abjects so they are oarrectly located within the observers real world. The resulting oompuCer generated ifiage rnay then be projeoted into the users field of view uainQ split image sipeotaelea.
Alternatively the oomputer generatQd objects may be ovarlaid on a virleo picture of the real world and the resul.ting- aomposite image projccted for an observer tvearing-gn artificial reality holme.t.
The devica enablas a fire or rescue crewvisiting say an oil rig to superimpose structural, electrical or hazard data onto their real world view of the structure, givi ng them gafety relttted information and audib'le hacard alorte-.
The device would also enab) a a usar visiting the site for a new building to see the computex generated imago of the new building superimposed in tho landscape. The computer generated image will changc as the user's Gps position =ch$nges when he walks around the site.
eOMaERC=Ai, EXPLOITATION OF THE INVENTION
Revehue can be generated from sales of the GPS
Explorer units, application CD's and real time services.
Salr+s of GPS Explorer CD's are expected to provide the greatest growth potential as the range of potential applications for the system is almost unlimited. Each r,ew application will require companies around the world to produce new CDts for their market. Many Explorer CD's wi11 incorporate details of the businesses in an area, rather like an interactive version of Yellaw Pages. 8ut.unlike Yellow Pages who leave customers with the problem of finding the advertisers premises, the CPS Explorer system leads the customer to the advertiser, even if their premises are difficult to find, it wiil even dial the number automatically to enable the user to check requirements before going there.
Virtual reality is a term used to describe a computer generated three dimensional image which when observed using a special form of projection ' systeym or helmei:, ereates the. illusion of reality and allows the user to move through it and to react with computer generated objects.
This invention combines the real world image with oomputer generated images. The device obtains it's real worid frame of reference from it's GPS
pogition. This allows the device to generate virtual _10_ abjects so they are oarrectly located within the observers real world. The resulting oompuCer generated ifiage rnay then be projeoted into the users field of view uainQ split image sipeotaelea.
Alternatively the oomputer generatQd objects may be ovarlaid on a virleo picture of the real world and the resul.ting- aomposite image projccted for an observer tvearing-gn artificial reality holme.t.
The devica enablas a fire or rescue crewvisiting say an oil rig to superimpose structural, electrical or hazard data onto their real world view of the structure, givi ng them gafety relttted information and audib'le hacard alorte-.
The device would also enab) a a usar visiting the site for a new building to see the computex generated imago of the new building superimposed in tho landscape. The computer generated image will changc as the user's Gps position =ch$nges when he walks around the site.
eOMaERC=Ai, EXPLOITATION OF THE INVENTION
Revehue can be generated from sales of the GPS
Explorer units, application CD's and real time services.
Salr+s of GPS Explorer CD's are expected to provide the greatest growth potential as the range of potential applications for the system is almost unlimited. Each r,ew application will require companies around the world to produce new CDts for their market. Many Explorer CD's wi11 incorporate details of the businesses in an area, rather like an interactive version of Yellaw Pages. 8ut.unlike Yellow Pages who leave customers with the problem of finding the advertisers premises, the CPS Explorer system leads the customer to the advertiser, even if their premises are difficult to find, it wiil even dial the number automatically to enable the user to check requirements before going there.
Claims (13)
1. A portable information device operable by a user to find location-based information, comprising:
retrieval means for retrieving data, as audio and/or visual information, from a remote database using a data retrieval key derived from the location of the user;
selection means for the user, when in any location, to select data of interest; and presentation means for presenting the data of interest to the user.
retrieval means for retrieving data, as audio and/or visual information, from a remote database using a data retrieval key derived from the location of the user;
selection means for the user, when in any location, to select data of interest; and presentation means for presenting the data of interest to the user.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the retrieval means is operative in response to selection of the data of interest by the selection means and the data which is retrieved by the retrieval means comprises only the data of interest.
3. The device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the retrieval key is further derived from at least one of orientation, direction of movement, speed, acceleration or deceleration, altitude, rate of climb or descent, pitch angle or rate, roll angle or rate, date and time.
4. The device of any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:
a telephone or telephone interface for making telephone calls, wherein the data of interest includes an 'assigned telephone number, such as to enable a telephone call to be made without the user needing to dial the telephone number.
a telephone or telephone interface for making telephone calls, wherein the data of interest includes an 'assigned telephone number, such as to enable a telephone call to be made without the user needing to dial the telephone number.
5. The device of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the selection means presents options as audible options, contained within audio data or audio menus.
6. The device of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the selection means is voice activated.
7. The device of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the presentation means includes an audio output for audibly presenting information to the user.
8. The device of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the presentation means includes a display screen for visually presenting information to the user.
9. The device of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the selection means provides for selection of a search mode in which the data of interest comprises places of interest within a geographic area about the location of the device.
10. The device of any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the retrieval means provides for retrieval of the data based on personal preferences.
11. The device of any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the selection means provides for the user to select different modes of data retrieval or presentation to meet the ergonomic constraints of different modes of travel.
12. The device of any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising:
electronic position determining means for determining the location of the user, such as a using a GPS
receiver.
electronic position determining means for determining the location of the user, such as a using a GPS
receiver.
13. The device of any one of claims 1 to 12, further comprising:
optical, magnetic, radio or other input means for inputting data for the purpose of identifying location, products, persons, vehicles, systems, temperatures or any environmental variables.
optical, magnetic, radio or other input means for inputting data for the purpose of identifying location, products, persons, vehicles, systems, temperatures or any environmental variables.
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