Electronic device and a method for determining a transportation parameter of a wireless device

An electronic device comprising memory circuitry, a wireless interface, and processor circuitry, wherein the processor circuitry is configured to:

• obtain positioning data and movement data from a wireless device;
• determine, based on the positioning data, one or more stops including a first stop of a transportation journey of the wireless device;
• determine, based on movement data associated with the first stop, a transition parameter associated with the first stop;
• detect that a change in transportation mode of the wireless device has occurred by determining whether the transition parameter satisfies a first criterion indicative of a change of transportation mode at the first stop;
• and
• output, based on the transition parameter satisfying the first criterion, a transportation parameter,
• wherein the transportation parameter comprises an indication that the change in the transportation mode of the wireless device was detected,
• wherein the movement data comprises inertial measurement data comprising a time parameter,
• wherein the processor circuitry is configured to determine one or more sections of the transportation journey based on the positioning data, and the one or more stops, and obtain, from the position set, a section set comprising section coordinates associated with the one or more sections,
• wherein the determination of whether the transition parameter satisfies the first criterion is based on determining, using an anomaly detector and the movement data associated with the first stop, an anomaly parameter and determining whether the anomaly parameter satisfies a second criterion,
• wherein the processor circuitry is configured to update the section set and/or stop coordinates associated with the one or more stops based on a first pair of coordinates of the stop set associated with the first stop that satisfies the second criterion and the time parameter.

A method, performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:

• obtaining positioning data and movement data from a wireless device;
• determining, based on the positioning data, one or more stops including a first stop of a transportation journey of the wireless device;
• assigning a map feature class to the first stop, the map feature class being indicative of a context of the first stop;
• detecting that a change in transportation mode of the wireless device has occurred by:
• determining, based on movement data associated with the first stop, a transition parameter associated with the first stop, the transition parameter being indicative of a geographical indicator associated with the first stop, the geographical indicator being based on the map feature class assigned to the first stop and comprising a probability of a change in transportation mode at the map feature class assigned to the first stop;
• and
• determining whether the transition parameter satisfies a first criterion indicative of a change of transportation mode at the first stop;
• and
• outputting, based on the transition parameter satisfying the first criterion, a transportation parameter,
• wherein the transportation parameter comprises an indication that the change in the transportation mode of the wireless device was detected.