Providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer using sensors
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01S-019/47
출원번호
US-0463538
(2012-05-03)
등록번호
US-8284100
(2012-10-09)
발명자
/ 주소
Vartanian, Harry
Jurikson-Rhodes, Jaron
출원인 / 주소
HJ Laboratories, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Volpe and Koenig, P.C.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
54인용 특허 :
38
초록
Providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer is disclosed. Outdoor location, indoor location, and determined motion information is used to track the mobile computer indoors.
대표청구항▼
1. A mobile computer comprising: circuitry configured to send building layout information to a server to generate a map of a building;circuitry configured to determine outdoor location of the mobile computer using global positioning system (GPS) data;at least one processor configured to determine an
1. A mobile computer comprising: circuitry configured to send building layout information to a server to generate a map of a building;circuitry configured to determine outdoor location of the mobile computer using global positioning system (GPS) data;at least one processor configured to determine an initial location of a room in the building that the mobile computer is located, wherein the initial location is determined based on the outdoor location, Wi-Fi information, environmental information or atmospheric information provided by at least one sensor in the mobile computer, and cell tower information; andthe at least one processor configured to track the mobile computer in the building, using the generated map of the building, from the room to another room using the initial location of the room and estimated motion information, wherein the estimated motion information is based on accelerometer and gyroscope information provided to the mobile computer by an accelerometer and gyroscope. 2. The mobile computer of claim 1 wherein the mobile computer is a smartphone or telephone. 3. The mobile computer of claim 1 wherein the gyroscope determines an orientation of the mobile computer in the room. 4. The mobile computer of claim 1 wherein the initial location of the room is used to determine a user context for an application on the mobile computer. 5. The mobile computer of claim 1 wherein the initial location of the room is used to guide emergency personal. 6. A method performed by a mobile computer, the method comprising: sending, by the mobile computer, building layout information to a server to generate a map of a building;determining, by the mobile computer, outdoor location of the mobile computer using global positioning system (GPS) data;determining, by the mobile computer, an initial location of a room in the building that the mobile computer is located, wherein the initial location is determined based on the outdoor location, Wi-Fi information, environmental information or atmospheric information provided by at least one sensor in the mobile computer, and cell tower information;estimating, by the mobile computer, motion information based on accelerometer and gyroscope information provided to the mobile computer by an accelerometer and gyroscope; andtracking, by the mobile computer, the mobile computer in the building, using the generated map of the building, from the room to another room using the initial location of the room and estimated motion information. 7. The method of claim 6 wherein the mobile computer is a smartphone or telephone. 8. The method of claim 6 wherein the gyroscope determines an orientation of the mobile computer in the room. 9. The method of claim 6 wherein the initial location of the room is used to determine a user context for an application on the mobile computer. 10. The method of claim 6 wherein the initial location of the room is used to guide emergency personal. 11. The mobile computer of claim 1 wherein the outdoor location is used to determine a side of the building the mobile computer is located. 12. The mobile computer of claim 1 further comprising: the environmental information or the atmospheric information provided by the at least one sensor in the mobile computer is used to determine altitude; andwherein the altitude assists in determining a floor of the building the mobile computer is on. 13. The mobile computer of claim 1 wherein a probability is determined that the mobile computer is in the room in the building. 14. The mobile computer of claim 1 wherein compass information, camera information, radio frequency identification (RFID) information, Bluetooth information, ranging information, WiFi based ranging information, femtocell information, or picocell information is provided to determine the initial location or the estimated motion information of the mobile computer. 15. The method of claim 6 wherein the outdoor location is used to determine a side of the building the mobile computer is located. 16. The method of claim 6 further comprising: determining altitude with the environmental information or the atmospheric information provided by the at least one sensor in the mobile computer; anddetermining a floor of the building the mobile computer is on using the altitude. 17. The method of claim 6 wherein a probability is determined that the mobile computer is in the room in the building. 18. The method of claim 6 further comprising: providing compass information, camera information, radio frequency identification (RFID) information, Bluetooth information, ranging information, WiFi based ranging information, femtocell information, or picocell information to determine the initial location or the estimated motion information of the mobile computer.
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