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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
Jian-ren Chen, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Leii H. Chang, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Hon-yue Chou, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Yi-fei Luo, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Jian-Ren Chen, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Leii H. Chang, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Hon-Yue Chou, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Yi-Fei Luo, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A navigation system and method are applied in a predetermined space in which a plurality of control points is defined. The navigation method comprises the steps of: installing a plurality of control point RFID tags near the entrance to every control point-controlled lane, wherein each control point RFID tag is stored with data thereof; reading the data stored in the RFID tags; determining, in light of the read data, a direction or a distance one should preferably go from a current location; and indicating the determined direction or the determined distance, using an indicating device.