Patent Application
20160187145
The subject matter herein generally relates to a navigating instrument, and particularly relates to a navigating instrument providing audio indication and a navigating system employing the navigating instrument.
People with weak eyesight need more assistant instruments, such as a navigating instrument with audio indication.
Implementations of the present technology will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the attached figures.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features of the present disclosure.
The term “comprising,” when utilized, means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in the so-described combination, group, series and the like.
The navigating instrument 10 includes a reader module 11, a global positioning system (GPS) module 12, a flash module 13, an indicating module 14, a sensor module 15, a power supply module 16, a transmission module 17, and a control module 18. The control module 18 is electrically connected to the reader module 11, the GPS module 12, the flash module 13, the indicating module 14, the sensor module 15, the power supply module 16, and the transmission module 17 to process data and control all the modules. The reader module 11 is configured to read information from the electronic tags 30 on the sidewalks. The GPS module 12 is configured to capture position information to provide a position to family members of the user. The flash module 13 is configured to flash to notify other passersby that they should pay attention to and give way to the user. The indicating module 14 is configured to emit indicating signals to notify other passersby. In at least one embodiment, the indicating module 14 can provide audio and/or vibrancy to notify the user about road condition. The sensor module 15 is configured to detect a state of the navigating instrument 10 to control the navigating instrument 10. In at least one embodiment, the sensor module 15 can be a accelerometer sensor, which can be coupled to an end of the navigating instrument 10 for example when the navigating instrument 10 is a guidance stick. Thereby the sensor module 15 can touch the ground. When the navigating instrument 10 is in a moving state with the user, an acceleration is generated when the navigating instrument 10 moves to or away the ground, the sensor module 15 detects the acceleration and transmits to a first trigger signal to the control module 18 to activate the navigating instrument 10. Otherwise, when the navigating instrument 10 is in an actionless state, the sensor module 15 does not detect any acceleration, and the sensor module 15 transmits a second trigger signal to the control module 18 to disable the navigating instrument 10, thereby saving power. The power supply module 16 is configured to supply power for the navigating instrument 10. The transmission module 17 is configured to establish communication with the headphone 20 to transmit data to the headphone 20. In at least one embodiment, the transmission module 17 can be a Bluetooth® module, the headphone 20 can be a Bluetooth® headphone.
The headphone 20 is configured to receive data from the transmission module 17. In at least one embodiment, the headphone 20 receives data that including audio information, such as road condition and attention affairs, to help the user.
In other embodiments, the navigating instrument 10 can be used to notify the user by the audio and/or vibrancy emitted by the indicating module 14, and thereby omitting the transmission module 17 and the headphone 20.
The electronic tags 30 can be arranged on sidewalks of the road by distance between each other, and be arranged on corners and some special road condition positions. The electronic tags 30 are configured to store information about road name, road conditions, surrounding conditions, that helps the user know about the environment. In at least one embodiment, the electronic tags 30 can be ultrahigh frequency electronic tags having a signals transmission range. When the navigating instrument 10 enters the signals transmission range of the electronic tags 30, the navigating instrument 10 can receive signals from the electronic tags 30.
When a user carries the navigating instrument 10 and the headphone 20 and walks on a sidewalk arranging the plurality of electronic tags, the sensor module 15 detects the navigating instrument 10 is moving, thereby transmits a first trigger signal to the control module 18 to activate the navigating instrument 10. The reader module 11 receives information from the electronic tags 30 in range and further forwards the information to the control module 18. The control module 18 processes the information and transmits to the indicating module 14. The indicating module 14 vibrates and emits audio guidance to notify the user and other passersby. Meanwhile, the control module 18 transmits processed information to the headphone 20 to provide audio guidance to the user. When at night, the flash module 13 emits flash to notify passersby to give way to the user. Family members can locate the user via the GPS module 12 to help the user when in need.
The navigating system 100 reads the information from the electronic tags 30 on the road via the navigating instrument 10, the navigating instrument 10 further transmits the information to the headphone 20 to notify the user that the road conditions and surrounding conditions by audio guidance, which is convenient for the people with weak eyesight.
It is believed that the embodiments and their advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made thereto without departing from the scope of the disclosure or sacrificing all of its advantages, the examples hereinbefore described merely being illustrative embodiments of the disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201410852790.6 | Dec 2014 | CN | national |
