1. A method of mobile match mapping, comprising:
mapping in real-time, a local activity scene based on a location of a user;
presenting respective locations and characteristics of at least one member resource and at least one affiliate resource;
constantly and dynamically updating the local activity scene including at least one of the respective locations of the at least one member resource and the at least one affiliate resource in relation to the location of the user;
enabling navigation of the local activity scene to effectuate at least one of an interaction with at least one of the at least one member resource and the at least one affiliate resource, and planning a meeting involving the at least one member resource and the at least one affiliate resource; and
upon the planning of the meeting, generating an activity itinerary.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting comprises presenting a map on a mobile device.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting comprises presenting a map on a webpage.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the location of the user is a future location.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the planning of the meeting comprises contacting the at least one affiliate resource regarding usage of at least one of a service and good provided by the at least one affiliate resource.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling the navigation of the local activity scene to effectuate the at least one of the interaction and the planning with at least a second member resource.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting of the respective locations and characteristics of the at least one member resource and the at least one affiliate resource is dependent upon the characteristics of the at least one member resource and the at least one affiliate resource matching at least one of a profile and a preference of the user.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising, updating the characteristics of at least one of the at least one member resource and the least one affiliate resource.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the updating of the characteristics comprises updating a status of at least one of the at least one member resource and the at least one affiliate resource.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the status comprises one of a viewer status and a resource status.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristics comprise one of a shortened summary of details and complete details associated with at least one of the at least one member resource and the at least one affiliate resource.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising prioritizing the at least one member resource and the at least one affiliate resource according to qualitative variables.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the qualitative variables comprise subjective rankings attributed to at least one of the at least one member resource and the at least one affiliate resource by at least one of another member resource and another affiliate resource.
14. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying targeted advertising to the user.
15. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling scheduling at least one of availability and whereabouts of at least one of the user and the member resource.
16. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a favorites list indicative of at least one of a favorite location and a favorite activity to be engaged in at the favorite location, wherein the favorites list is accessible to at least one of the at least one member resource and the at least one affiliate resource.
17. A computer program product, comprising computer code configured to perform the processes of claim 1.
18. A system for mobile match mapping, comprising:
a mobile device hosting a mobile matchmaking application configured to:
display a dynamically updatable real-time and interactive map of a local activity scene based upon retrieved location information associated with a user;
populate the map with identifiers indicative of respective locations and characteristics of at least one member resource and at least one affiliate resource; and
enable navigation of the dynamically updatable real-time and interactive map to effectuate at least one of an interaction between the user, the at least one member resource, and the at least one affiliate resource, and planning a meeting involving the user, the at least one member resource, and the at least one affiliate resource; and
a matchmaking server operatively connected to the mobile matchmaking application, wherein the matchmaking server is configured to:
provide the mobile matchmaking application with the respective locations and characteristics of at least one member resource and at least one affiliate resource displayed on the real-time and interactive map; and
host a web-based matchmaking web service configured to operate in conjunction with the mobile matchmaking application.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the location information associated with the user is indicative of a future location.
20. The system of claim 18, wherein the mobile matchmaking application is further configured to update a status of the user, the status comprising one of a viewer status and a resource status.
21. The system of claim 18, wherein the mobile matchmaking application is further configured to prioritize the at least one member resource and the at least one affiliate resource according to qualitative variables.
22. The system of claim 21, wherein the qualitative variables comprise subjective rankings attributed to at least one of the at least one member resource and the at least one affiliate resource by at least one of another member resource and another affiliate resource.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A radar apparatus for detecting a distance to an object by receiving an electromagnetic wave reflected by the object, the radar apparatus comprising:
a scan part including
a polarized light separation member configured to pass a preset first component of the electromagnetic wave and reflect a preset second component of the electromagnetic wave,
wherein the first and second components, respectively, are polarized lights having first and second polarization directions, which are perpendicular to each other,
wherein the scan part scans the second component of the electromagnetic wave in a predetermine scan angle range by rotating the polarized light separation member around a predetermined rotation axis; and
an electromagnetic wave emitter configured to emit the electromagnetic wave toward the polarized light separation member of the scan part.
2. The radar apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
an electromagnetic wave detector disposed on an opposite side of the polarized light separation member from the electromagnetic wave emitter so that the electromagnetic wave detector detects the electromagnetic wave that has emitted from the electromagnetic wave emitter toward the polarized light separation member and thereafter has transmitted through the polarized light separation member; and
a conversion reflector disposed on an opposite side of the polarized light separation member from a scan passage region,
wherein:
the conversion reflector reflects the electromagnetic wave that has traveled from the scan passage region to the polarized light separation member and thereafter has transmitted through the polarized light separation member;
the scan passage region is a region through which the electromagnetic wave scanned by the scan part passes; and
the conversion reflector reflects the incident electromagnetic wave in a direction opposite to an incident direction while converting a direction of polarization of the electromagnetic wave into the second polarization direction.
3. The radar apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
an electromagnetic wave detector disposed on an opposite side of the polarized light separation member from a scan passage region,
wherein;
the electromagnetic wave detector detects the electromagnetic wave that has entered from the scan passage region to the polarized light separation member and thereafter has transmitted through the polarized light separation member; and
the scan passage region is a region through which the electromagnetic wave scanned by the scan part travels.
4. The radar apparatus according to claim 1, wherein;
the polarized light separation member includes:
at least one plate-shaped substrate transparent to the electromagnetic wave; and
a micro periodic structure arranged as a grating including a plurality of thin wires which are disposed on the substrate, are parallel to the first polarization direction, and are arranged at predetermined intervals, the predetermined interval being smaller than wavelength of the electromagnetic wave.
5. The radar apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:
an electromagnetic wave reflection suppression member disposed on at least one of two opposite surfaces of the substrate.
6. The radar apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:
the at least one substrate of the polarized light separation member is two or more substrates stacked.
7. The radar apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:
the substrate is made of such a material that
the electromagnetic wave different in frequency from the electromagnetic wave emitted from the electromagnetic wave emitter is blocked from passing through the substrate.
8. The radar apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:
the substrate has an opening; and
the micro periodic structure is formed on an open end of the opening of the substrate.
9. The radar apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:
a support member elongated in an elongated direction perpendicular to the first polarization direction,
wherein:
the support member is disposed over the open end of the opening of the substrate, and supports the plurality of thin wires of the micro periodic structure.
10. The radar apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a polarization converter disposed in a scan passage region, which is a region through which the electromagnetic wave scanned by the scan part travels,
wherein:
the polarization converter converts a linearly-polarized light into a circularly-polarized light and converts the circularly-polarized light into the linearly-polarized light.
11. The radar apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a ratio converter disposed on an optical path of the electromagnetic wave from the electromagnetic wave emitter to the polarized light separation member,
wherein:
the ratio converter changes a ratio between the first component and the second component of the incident electromagnetic wave.
12. A light scan apparatus comprising:
a visible light emitter configured to emit a visible light;
an invisible light emitter configured to emit an invisible light;
a light combiner configured to
combine the visible light emitted from the visible light emitter and the invisible light emitted, from the invisible light emitter, and
emit the combined visible and invisible lights in a preset direction;
a light separator configured to
pass a first part of an incident light and
reflect a second part of the incident light at an reflection angle corresponding to an incident angle of the incident light,
wherein the first part of the incident light is a light that has a same wavelength as the invisible light emitted from the invisible light emitter,
wherein the second part of the incident light is a light that has a same wavelength as the visible light emitted from the visible light emitter;
an invisible light detector configured to detect an incident light when the incident light has the same wavelength as the invisible light emitted from the invisible light emitter; and
a polarized light scan part configured to
scan a preset first polarized light in a predetermined scan angle range by reflecting the first polarized light toward the light separator when the visible and invisible lights coming from the light combiner are incident on the polarized light scan part, and
guide a preset second polarized light toward the invisible light detector when a light coming from a scan passage region is incident on the polarized light scan part,
wherein the first polarized light and the second polarized light, respectively, have a first polarization direction and a second polarization direction perpendicular to each other,
wherein the scan passage region is a region through which the first polarized light scanned by the polarized light scan part travels.
13. The light scan apparatus according to claim 12, wherein:
the polarized light scan part includes
a polarized light separation member configured to pass the second polarized light and reflect the first polarized light; and
the polarized light scan part rotates the polarized light separation member around a predetermined rotation axis, thereby scanning the first polarized light in the predetermined scan angle range
14. The light scan apparatus according to claim 13, wherein:
the polarized light scan part further includes a conversion reflector;
the conversion reflector is disposed on an opposite side of the polarized light separation member from the scan passage region, so that the light entering from the scan passage region into the polarized light separation member and transmitting through the polarized light separation member is incident on the conversion reflector and is reflected by the conversion reflector while being converted into the first polarized light; and
the invisible light detector is disposed on an opposite side of the polarized light separation member from the light combiner.
15. The light scan apparatus according to claim 13, wherein:
the invisible light detector is disposed on an opposite side of the polarized light separation member from the scan passage region.
16. The light scan apparatus according to claim 13, wherein:
the polarized light separation member includes
at least one plate-shaped substrate transparent to the visible light and the invisible light and
a micro periodic structure arranged as a grating including a plurality of thin wires which are made of an electrically conductive material, are parallel to the second polarization direction, and are arranged at predetermined intervals, the predetermined interval being smaller than wavelength of each of the visible light and the invisible light.
17. The light scan apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising:
an invisible light reflection suppression member disposed on at least one of two opposite surfaces of the substrate.
18. The light scan apparatus according to claim 16, wherein:
the at least one substrate of the polarized light separation member is two or more substrates stacked.
19. The light scan apparatus according to claim 16, wherein:
the substrate is made of such a material that
an electromagnetic wave different in frequency from the visible light and the invisible light is blocked from passing through the substrate.
20. The light scan apparatus according to claim 16, wherein:
the substrate has an opening; and
the micro periodic structure is formed on an open end of the opening of the substrate.
21. The light scan apparatus according to claim 20, further comprising:
a support member elongated in an elongated direction perpendicular to the second polarization direction,
wherein the support member is disposed over the open end of the opening of the substrate, and supports the plurality of thin wires of the micro periodic structure.
22. The light scan apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:
a head-up display device configured to reflect the visible light, which has been reflected by the light separator, toward the a windshield of a vehicle, thereby providing a virtual image to an occupant of the vehicle.
23. The light scan apparatus according to claim 22, wherein:
the light separator reflects the first part of the incident light at a reflection angle corresponding to an incident angle of the incident light;
the first part of the incident light is the light having the same wavelength as the invisible light emitted from the invisible light emitter; and
the head-up display device reflects the invisible light, which has been reflected by the light separator, toward the windshield of the vehicle.