Distributed method and system for calibrating the position of a mobile device
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04W-024/00
H04W-004/02
H04W-064/00
G01S-019/48
G01S-005/00
G01S-005/02
G06Q-020/20
G06Q-020/32
H04W-004/00
출원번호
US-0479238
(2014-09-05)
등록번호
US-9332394
(2016-05-03)
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/ 주소
Moshfeghi, Mehran
출원인 / 주소
GOLBA LLC
대리인 / 주소
Adeli LLP
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초록▼
A method and system is described where a plurality of position reference devices use short-range wireless communication protocols to transmit positioning assistance data to nearby mobile devices, and the mobile devices use the assistance data to re-calibrate their positioning systems. In some embodi
A method and system is described where a plurality of position reference devices use short-range wireless communication protocols to transmit positioning assistance data to nearby mobile devices, and the mobile devices use the assistance data to re-calibrate their positioning systems. In some embodiments, mobile device includes an accelerometer and the accelerometer measurements are used to calculate an updated velocity of the mobile device and an updated position of the mobile device based on the accelerometer measurements and previous velocity and position of the mobile device. The short-range communication methods include NFC, RFID, Bluetooth®, short-range 802.11, Wi-Fi Direct, and high frequency focused beams such as 60 GHz. The position reference devices are passive or active NFC tags, passive or active RFID tags, other devices that include such tags as their components, Bluetooth®-enabled devices, 60 GHz-enabled devices, and 802.11 access points that can lower their transmit power.
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1. An electronic device, comprising: an accelerometer configured to provide a measurement of the electronic device acceleration;a set of wireless receivers for receiving signals from a set of position reference devices;the electronic device configured to: receive positioning assistance data comprisi
1. An electronic device, comprising: an accelerometer configured to provide a measurement of the electronic device acceleration;a set of wireless receivers for receiving signals from a set of position reference devices;the electronic device configured to: receive positioning assistance data comprising a position of a position reference device;set a position of the electronic device to the received position of the position reference device;read the accelerometer measurement after a predetermined time delay;calculate an updated velocity of the electronic device and an updated position of the electronic device based on the accelerometer measurement, a previous velocity of the electronic device and a previous position of the electronic device; anditeratively perform the reading and the calculating until further positioning assistance data is received from a position reference device. 2. The electronic device of claim 1 further configured to indirectly receive positioning assistance data from the position reference device through one or more other electronic devices. 3. The electronic device of claim 1 further configured to receive advertisements from the position reference device. 4. The electronic device of claim 1 further configured to: receive encrypted position assistance data from the position reference device; andreceive a decryption key to decrypt the encrypted position assistant data. 5. The electronic device of claim 1 further configured to: receive a uniform resource locator (URL) to access the positioning assistance data; andaccess the URL to receive the positioning assistance data. 6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the position reference device is a first position reference device, the electronic device further configured to: receive positioning assistance data comprising a position of a second position reference device;set the position of the electronic device to the position of the second position reference device;read the accelerometer measurement after a predetermined time delay from setting the position of the electronic device to the position of the second position reference device; andcalculate an updated velocity of the electronic device and an updated position of the electronic device based on the accelerometer measurement, a previous velocity of the electronic device and a previous position of the electronic device. 7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the electronic device is configured to receive positioning assistance data from the first and second position reference devices using one or more of near field communication (NFC) signals, radio frequency identification (RFID) signals, Bluetooth signals, short-range Wi-Fi signals, Wi-Fi Direct signals, Ultra-Wideband (UWB) signals, and high frequency narrow beam comprising 60 GHz signals. 8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to receive the positioning assistance data of the position reference device using near field communication (NFC) electromagnetic coupling in a reader-writer NFC mode, wherein the electronic device provides an electromagnetic field and the position reference device responds by modulating and backscattering the positioning assistance data. 9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to receive positioning assistance data of the position reference device using near field communication (NFC) in a peer-to-peer (P2P) mode, wherein the position reference device and the electronic device each comprises a power source, NFC antenna circuits, and NFC coils, wherein the electronic device and the position reference device each turn off a corresponding RF field by turning off power from the corresponding power source to the corresponding NFC antenna circuits and the corresponding NFC coils when receiving data. 10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is one of a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a laptop, a tablet, a digital video camera, a video game player, a wireless headset, a wireless mouse, a wireless keyboard, a pager, an external hard drive, a toy, an electronic book reader, a sensor, a CD/DVD/cassette/MP-3 player, an electronic appliance, and an automobile. 11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the position reference device is a first position reference device, the electronic device further configured to: receive positioning assistance data from a second position reference device, the received positioning assistance data comprising a pre-stored or calculated position of the second position reference device and at least one of the second position reference device identification (ID), a type of the second position reference device, an indication whether the second position reference device is stationary or moving, a short-range communication protocol supported by the second position reference device and an associated transmission power level, a timestamp indicating when a reference position associated with the second position reference device was calibrated, and position assistance data for a set of positioning methods supported by the second position reference device; anddetermine whether to set the position of the electronic device to the position of the second position reference device based on the positioning assistant data received from the second position reference device. 12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to receive said positioning assistance data of the position reference device from the position reference device. 13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to receive said positioning assistance data of the position reference device from a position server communicatively coupled to the electronic device. 14. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a graphical user interface, the electronic device further configured to: receive a selection through the graphical user interface to perform manual position re-calibration requiring a user approval to set the position of the electronic device; andreceive an approval for setting the position of the electronic device before setting the position of the electronic device to the position of the position reference device. 15. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a graphical user interface, the electronic device further configured to: receive a list of approved position reference devices through the graphical user interface prior to receiving the position of the position reference device; anddetermine that the position reference device is in the list of approved position reference devices before setting the position of the electronic device to the position of the position reference device. 16. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a graphical user interface, wherein the position reference device is a first position reference device, the electronic device further configured to: receive a list of disapproved position reference devices through the graphical user interface;receive a position of a second position reference device; andignore the positioning assistance data received from the second position reference device when the second position reference device is in the list of disapproved position reference devices. 17. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a graphical user interface, wherein the position reference device is a first position reference device, the electronic device further configured to: receive a set of approved position reference device types through the graphical user interface;receive positioning assistance data from a second position reference device, the received positioning assistance data comprising a type of the second position reference device; andset the position of the electronic device to the position of the second position reference device when the type of the second position reference device matches a type in the set of approved position reference device types. 18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein a position reference device type comprises at least one of a stationary type, a moving type, and an indication of a communication protocol supported by the position reference device and the associated transmission power level. 19. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a graphical user interface, the electronic device further configured to: receive a command through the graphical user interface to disable positioning calibration;disable positioning calibration in response to the receiving of the command; andignore any positioning assistance data received from position reference devices while positioning calibration is disabled. 20. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a graphical user interface, wherein the position reference device is a first position reference device, the electronic device further configured to: receive a set of time intervals for positioning re-calibration through the graphical user interface;receive positioning assistance data from a second position reference device, the positioning assistance data received from the second position reference device comprising a position of the second position reference device; andset the position of the electronic device to the position of the second position reference device when a time the positioning assistance data is received from the second position reference device is within the set of time intervals for positioning re-calibration. 21. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a graphical user interface, wherein the position reference device is a first position reference device, the electronic device further configured to: receive a set of regions for positioning re-calibration through the graphical user interface;receive positioning assistance data from a second position reference device, the positioning assistance data received from the second position reference device comprising a position of the second position reference device; andset the position of the electronic device to the position of the second position reference device only when the position of the second position reference device is within a region in the set of regions specified for positioning re-calibration. 22. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a graphical user interface, the electronic device further configured to display the position of the electronic device on the graphical user interface. 23. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to receive positioning assistant data from position reference devices located in one or more of a smart poster, a kiosk, an ATM machine, a mall, a store check out counter, a store security gate, a wireless access point, a cellular base-station, a toll booth, a traffic light, and a street lamp post. 24. The electronic device of claim 1 further configured to: receive positioning assistance data comprising a position of a position reference device from each of a plurality of position reference devices; andset the position of the electronic device to a weighted sum of the received positions of the plurality of position reference devices. 25. The electronic device of claim 24 further configured to give weight to the position of the position reference devices based on a communication protocol used between each position reference device and the electronic device, wherein when a first position reference device uses a communication protocol that has a shorter range than a communication protocol used by a second position reference device, the position of the first position reference device receives a higher weight than the position of the second position reference device. 26. The electronic device of claim 24 further configured to give weight to the position of the position reference devices based on a distance between each position reference device and the electronic device, wherein when a first position reference device is closer to the electronic device than a second position reference device, the position of the first position reference device receives a higher weight than the position of the second position reference device.
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