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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2022
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Robert Scheper, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Darrin Sculley, Byron Center, MI (US);
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for use in a facility area including reservable spaces and common spaces and comprising a database storing space information, space map data and space scheduling information and including a user interface display screen mounted in a common space, a user location sensor and a processor linked to the databases and programmed to receive sensor signals and determine when a user is located within the sensing zone, the processor further programmed to generate and present a graphical facility area map representation of the facility area on the display screen and, upon detecting a user within the sensing zone, automatically identifying a destination space within the zone that the user likely intends to travel to and presenting an indication of the space on the graphical map indicating the location of the destination space within the facility.