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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Philip Raymond Schaefer, Weaverville, NC (US);
Inventor:
Philip Raymond Schaefer, Weaverville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3476 (2013.01); G01C 21/343 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01C 21/3617 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method provides navigation assistance to a user by tracking the user's position. By detecting similar features, the accuracy of the position measurement of the user is improved, making use of a priori frequencies that various feature types exist in the area. The method provides techniques for planning a route using the tracking information and is able to explore previously-untraveled paths in response to a setting in the search process. The navigation information can be saved or retrieved from a database so that users may share the data obtained during navigating an unfamiliar area.