Handheld route guidance system using projected direction indicator for outdoor usage

Kunio Sakamoto; Koji Uchida

doi:10.1117/12.754955

29 November 2007 Handheld route guidance system using projected direction indicator for outdoor usage

Kunio Sakamoto, Koji Uchida

Proceedings Volume 6833, Electronic Imaging and Multimedia Technology V; 68331T (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.754955
Event: Photonics Asia 2007, 2007, Beijing, China

Abstract

The authors developed the handy route guidance system using a laser illuminated direction indicator. This system is applicable to the route guidance anywhere. This route guide system consists of a GPS receiver, a digital compass, a laser illumination and a portable computer for system integration. To indicate the direction, the navigation system needs to study a position on the earth. The information about a direction and a location is obtained by the GPS receiver and the digital compass. The laser illumination directly projects the direction indicator on the ground. The IC processor compares which the direction of a sensor is the same where a user should go or not while the user turns one revolution. Then the handy navigator lights a laser illuminator which shows the indicator on the ground if the direction is the same. Thus our navigation unit requests users to do exercise for an interaction to the earth.

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Kunio Sakamoto and Koji Uchida "Handheld route guidance system using projected direction indicator for outdoor usage", Proc. SPIE 6833, Electronic Imaging and Multimedia Technology V, 68331T (29 November 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.754955

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