Patent SG-11201808352R-A (SG)
Title: Methods, apparatuses and systems for indoor navigation
Inventor: ZHAO GANG
IPC: G01C21/36
Filed: 2017-05-18
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) -., (19) World Intellectual Property 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......'\"' WO 2017/201223 Al 23 November 2017 (23.11.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (72) Inventors: ZHAO, Gang; c/o Alibaba Group Legal De- GO1C 21/20 (2006.01) GO1C 21/36 (2006.01) partment, 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, GO1C 21/34 (2006.01) Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, 311121 (CN). WANG, Ze- (21) International Application Number: fang; c/o Alibaba Group Legal Department, 5/F, Building 3, PCT/US2017/033225 No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, 311121 (CN). WANG, He; c/o Alibaba Group Legal De- (22) International Filing Date: partment, 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu 18 May 2017 (18.05.2017) Hang District, Hangzhou, 311121 (CN). LIU, Dufu; c/o Al- (25) Filing Language: English ibaba Group Legal Department, 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, 311121 (26) Publication Language: English (CN). (30) Priority Data: (74) Agent: DECARLO, James, J.; Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 201610334482.3 19 May 2016 (19.05.2016) CN 200 Park Avenue, 38th Fl., New York, NY 10166 (US). 15/597,649 17 May 2017 (17.05.2017) US (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (71) Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, [ /US]; Fourth Floor, One Capital Place, P.O. Box 847, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, Grand Cayman (KY). CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (54) Title: METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR INDOOR NAVIGATION la F:,;-:..- ....=.-..7•=7..ri.7. • F6 il ----------..:, __,--_,- -- ..,,--, F5 ki Escalator 9 F4 i 1 Staircase 41 Escalator 7 F3 Escalator 8, • Staircase 3 i Escalator 4, Escalator 5, Escalator 8/ F2 ki Staircase i Escalator 2 1. Fl Escalator 1 3/ • Escalator , Staircase 1 N ,--/- ,=•• ElevaLr 1 Elevator 2 Elevator 3 ILI ,-1 FIG.1 . 4 \"\") (57) : The disclosure describes methods, apparatuses and systems for indoor navigation. In one embodiment, a method is ei el disclosed which comprises receiving a current location of a moving object at a current building level and a destination location at a Il destination building level; transmitting the current location and the destination location to a back-end device; receiving information of available cross-level tools and routes to the destination location from the back-end device, wherein the available cross-level tools ei ---.. comprise a plurality of available cross-level tools at the current building level, and the routes to the destination location include one or IN more direct or indirect routes to the destination location using the available cross-level tools; and displaying the available cross-level © tools and the routes to the destination location. ei C [Continued on next page] WO 2017/201223 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIROIDEMODIMIRMOHOMMEHOIMIE HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))