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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Zhan Peng Huo, Beijing, CN;

Wen Ji Huang, Beijing, CN;

Wen Bin Han, Beijing, CN;

Xue Yong Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G01C 21/206 (2013.01); G06K 7/10722 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for determining a person's location and for presenting navigation instructions are provided. In an embodiment, a method for determining a user's location includes obtaining an image of a graphical indicator at a first location. The graphical indicator is located on a surface of an object in an area and the graphical indicator includes mapping and location information encoded in the graphical indicator. The method also includes determining a map and a user's location on the map according to the graphical indicator.


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