AI Visitor Routing With Access Point Status for Complex Buildings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing visitors in large-scale environments like multistoried buildings, corporate offices, colleges, and hospitals is challenging due to the lack of intelligent guidance, as existing systems fail to provide clear directions and often require manual intervention, leading to confusion and increased time to reach destinations.
Innovation Solution
An AI-based visitor guidance system that utilizes processors and an AI engine to determine a visitor's current location, access point status, and intended destination, generating optimized routes using AI techniques, considering user preferences, historical data, and real-time updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If floor maps with direction and location details are provided, then visitors can understand location information, but first-time visitors still face difficulty in identifying the correct destination and navigating complex building structures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces static mechanical floor maps with an AI-based digital guidance system that uses mobile devices, sensors, and processing units to dynamically provide navigation instructions. The system substitutes physical map-reading with automated digital direction provision through the visitor's mobile device, eliminating the need for visitors to interpret complex floor maps manually.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables visitors to independently obtain navigation guidance through their own mobile devices without requiring manual assistance from guides or security personnel. The automated system detects visitor location, identifies destinations, and provides step-by-step directions autonomously, allowing visitors to self-navigate complex building structures.
2Ease of operation
If manual intervention is used to open access doors, then visitors can receive assistance, but dependency on manual aid increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual door-opening operations with an automated access control system integrated into the navigation system. The system uses the visitor's mobile device and biometric sensors to automatically authenticate and trigger door unlocking, eliminating the need for manual intervention by security personnel while maintaining ease of access for visitors.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an automated intermediary mechanism (mobile device with access control integration) that mediates between the visitor and the access doors. This intermediary automatically handles authentication and door control, replacing the need for human mediators (security personnel) while improving throughput efficiency.
3Reliability
If visitors are provided with access cards programmed according to destination, then access control is maintained, but visitors still face difficulty in navigating to destinations and complying with internal guidelines
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges access control functionality with navigation guidance into a single integrated system. The mobile device that provides navigation instructions also handles access authentication, combining what were previously separate functions (access cards and floor maps) into one unified digital solution that maintains security while providing comprehensive guidance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system makes the mobile device multi-functional by using it for both navigation guidance and access control authentication. This universal approach replaces dedicated access cards and separate guidance systems, allowing a single device to perform multiple functions while improving overall ease of operation.
4Ease of operation
If guides accompany visitors to destinations, then personalized assistance is provided, but the large number of visitors makes this approach impractical and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system transforms personalized guidance from a manual service requiring human guides into an automated self-service system. Each visitor receives personalized navigation instructions through their own mobile device based on their specific destination and real-time location, eliminating the need for human guides while maintaining personalized attention for each visitor.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of human guides with an automated digital guidance system that processes multiple visitor requests simultaneously. The system uses sensors, mobile devices, and processing units to provide personalized routing to numerous visitors at once, eliminating the time constraint that limited guide availability.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for guiding visitors to their intended destinations within an environment are provided. The system comprises a processor and an AI engine. The processor receives a visitor request comprising information about a destination in the environment. The processor determines a current location of the visitor. Further, the processor obtains a current status of one or more access points associated with the environment. Further, the processor provides the information about the destination, the current location of the visitor, and the current status of the one or more access points as an input to the AI-engine. Further, the processor receives a route to the destination of the visitor from the AI engine. Further, the processor provides, using at least one multimedia output, the route on a user device of the visitor.