Object Guiding Electronic Device Using GPS and Visual Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Civilian GPS systems suffer from limited accuracy, leading to navigation errors and inefficiencies, especially in urban areas and for short-distance navigation, where users may struggle to locate destinations due to positioning errors and obstructions.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with an object guiding function, comprising a positioning unit, a viewing unit, and a processing unit, which determines the location of an object within the user's view and generates messages to guide the user to the object, using a combination of GPS, image acquisition, and display modules to provide object indicating or guiding messages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If GPS positioning is used for navigation, then the user can obtain location information and navigate to destinations, but the positioning accuracy is limited and errors range from several tens to hundreds of meters
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines GPS positioning with visual recognition technology. The system integrates location data from GPS with image data from the camera to identify objects in the field of view. This merging of positioning and visual recognition systems allows the device to overcome GPS accuracy limitations by providing both location-based and vision-based object identification, thereby improving both positioning accuracy and navigation reliability simultaneously.
2Ease of operation
If the user relies on GPS navigation to reach a destination, then the user can follow planned paths, but the user may be blocked by obstructions or fail to see the destination due to positioning errors
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors the user's field of view through the camera and compares detected objects with the planned navigation route. When the user approaches a destination or encounters obstructions, the system provides real-time feedback by identifying objects in the field of view and guiding the user to adjust their orientation or position. This feedback loop enables the user to see and respond to actual environmental conditions, improving the reliability of destination arrival while maintaining ease of operation.
3Ease of operation
If the electronic device processes and displays object information in the view window area, then the user receives clear guidance to approach objects, but the device complexity increases with multiple modules
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the viewing unit serve multiple functions: it acts as both a display device for showing object information and guidance messages, and as an image acquisition device through its camera functionality. The same hardware components (display screen, camera, processor) are used for both navigation display and visual object recognition, eliminating the need for separate dedicated components. This multi-functionality reduces device complexity while maintaining clear guidance capabilities.
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The present invention discloses an electronic device with object guiding function and the method thereof. In one embodiment, the electronic device includes a view window area, via which a user may watch a view. The electronic device may determine whether an object is located in the view window area when the user inputs the position of the object, and may further show an object indicating message or an object guiding message according to the determination result. Therefore, the electronic device is able to provide the user with short distance guiding function. In another embodiment, the electronic device may also show information related to the object located in the view window area, such as information about every mountain range, constellation, user's friends, or specific landmark that is located in the view window area.