Systems and methods for navigation

1. A navigation system comprising:

a location determination module for determining a location of a user of the navigation system, where location information is used as a parameter for view generation;

an orientation module for determining directional orientation of said user, where orientation information is used as a parameter for view generation module;

a view generation module for outputting a multidimensional video signal generated from a source 3D data set for the current location and orientation of said user,

wherein, said 3D data set contains both spatial and color information,

wherein said 3D data set is actively or passively generated, from plurality of 2D images or at least one 3D image,

wherein said 3D data set is generated in a real-time or prerecorded mode, and

a display module to display said generated multi-dimensional view overlaid with environment information in the vicinity of said user or navigation instructions.

2. The system of claim 1 , where environment information related to the environment in the vicinity of said user or navigation instructions is fused into said 3D data set prior to video signal generation or superimposed over the view generated for current location and directional orientation of said user.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising: said view generation module outputting a multidimensional colored view generated based on source 3D data set with color information and wherein, 3D data set is geo enhanced by associating location information with separate sections of 3D data set or by associating every point in the 3D data set with the coordinate or depth information, wherein coordinate information is relative or absolute.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a communication unit for sending a request to a remote server, the request including said location information, and for receiving from said server, said source 3D data set or generated video signal.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising: a navigation module for computing said navigation instructions or an environment sensing module for detecting said environment information; a processing module for fusing navigations instructions or environment information into said 3D data set prior to video signal generation or superimposing navigation instructions or environment information onto the generated multidimensional video signal to create said overlaid video signal and sending the overlaid video signal to the display unit.

6. A method for navigation comprising:

obtaining location information from a location determination module, where location information is used as a parameter for a view generation module;

obtaining directional orientation information from an orientation module, where orientation information is used as a parameter for said view generation module;

generating a multidimensional video signal for outputting a multidimensional video signal generated from a source 3D data set for the current location and orientation of a user,

wherein, said 3D data set contains both spatial and color information,

wherein said 3D data set is actively or passively generated, from plurality of 2D images or at least one 3D images,

wherein said 3D data set is generated in a real-time or prerecorded mode, and

displaying said generated multi-dimensional view overlaid with the environment information in the vicinity of said user or navigation instructions.

7. The method of claim 6 , where environment information related to the environment in the vicinity of said user or navigation instructions is fused into said 3D data set prior to video signal generation or superimposed over video signal generated from said 3D data set.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising: said view generation module outputting a multidimensional photo realistic view generated based on source 3D data set with color information and wherein, 3D data set is geo enhanced by associating location information with separate sections of 3D data set or by associating every point in the 3D data set with the coordinate or depth information, wherein coordinate information is relative or absolute.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising: enriching generated video with information related to and annotating objects in the vicinity of the navigation device to produce augmented reality view.

10. A navigation system comprising:

an environment sensing module to determine environment information in the vicinity of a user, where output of environment sensing module is used by localization process to determine location or directional orientation of said user;

a view generation module for outputting a multidimensional video signal generated from a prerecorded source 3D data set and corresponding to said user's current location and directional orientation of said user;

wherein, said 3D data set contains both spatial and color information,

wherein said 3D data set is actively or passively generated, from plurality of 2D images or at least one 3D images, and

a display module to display said generated multi-dimensional view overlaid with navigation instructions or environment information in the vicinity of said user.

11. The system of claim 10 , further comprising: a processing module, arranged to simultaneously localize and map by correlating output of environment sensing module against pre-generated 3D data set or prerecorded video feed.

12. The system of claim 10 , further comprising: An orientation module for determining directional orientation of said user, where orientation information is used as a parameter to video generation module to produce a view for the provided orientation and location information derived from environment sensing module.

13. A method for navigation comprising:

obtaining environment information from an environment sensing module to determine environment information in the vicinity of a user, where output of environment sensing module is used by localization process to determine at least location or directional orientation of said user,

generating a multidimensional view from a prerecorded source 3D data set and the location and directional orientation of said user;

wherein, said 3D data set contains both spatial and color information,

wherein said 3D data set is actively or passively generated, from plurality of 2D images or at least one 3D images, and

a display module to display said generated multi-dimensional view overlaid with navigation instructions or environment information in the vicinity of said user.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising: simultaneously localizing and mapping by correlating output of environment sensing module against pre-generated 3D data set or plurality of pre-recorded video feeds.

15. The method of claim 13 further comprising: Determining the delta of objects between current environment information and pre-generated 3D data set; as well as displaying the delta objects as missing or present on the display.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising: Obtaining directional orientation information from an orientation module, wherein orientation information is used as a parameter to video generation module to produce a view for the provided orientation and location information derived from environment sensing module.