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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2009
Swee M. Mok, Palatine, IL (US);
Thomas S. Babin, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Timothy J. Collins, Homer Glen, IL (US);
Julius S. Gyorfi, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Tom Mathew, Skokie, IL (US);
Chuntao Zhang, Streamwood, IL (US);
Swee M. Mok, Palatine, IL (US);
Thomas S. Babin, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Timothy J. Collins, Homer Glen, IL (US);
Julius S. Gyorfi, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Tom Mathew, Skokie, IL (US);
Chuntao Zhang, Streamwood, IL (US);
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for a scanning device to tell its user how to best orient the scanning device to scan a target location. The user approaches the target location and initiates a scan. The results of the scan are analyzed and compared to information about the target location. Based on the analysis, the user is told how to re-orient the scanning device, if that is necessary to achieve an acceptable re-scan of the target location. In a preferred embodiment, a screen on the scanning device presents a two-dimensional map based on the scan results and on the known relative locations of the target location and of nearby non-target locations. Locations on the map are highlighted to tell the user the results of the scan and to direct him to re-orient the scanning device if necessary.