Method and apparatus for reducing instructions in an indoor navigation environment

摘要

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for determining navigation instructions in a navigation environment. A location estimate may be determined for a mobile device within an indoor pedestrian navigation environment. A user input indicating one or more destinations within the indoor pedestrian navigation environment may be received. A lowest cost path from the location estimate to the one or more destinations may be determined based at least in part on an expected number of navigation instructions associated with the lowest cost path. Such a lowest cost path may be presented to a user.

主权项

1. A method for providing navigation instructions to a user of a mobile device, comprising:
determining, using the mobile device, a location estimate for the mobile device within an indoor pedestrian navigation environment; receiving, at the mobile device, an input indicating a destination within the indoor pedestrian environment; determining, using the mobile device, a lowest cost path from the location estimate to the destination based at least in part on a number of navigation instructions associated with the lowest cost path and based on discounting the cost of any path containing multiple nodes at each of which there is a line of sight from the node to the destination; and displaying the destination and the lowest cost path to the destination on a user interface of the mobile device.