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US 12,705,978 B2Granted
Positioning using traffic control
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsHan Zhang, Ning Luo, Yinghua Yang, Yuxiang Peng, Bo Zheng, Gengsheng Zhang, Min Wang
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Abstract
A positioning method includes: obtaining traffic control information indicative of transmission of a traffic control indication granting permission for vehicle motion, or permission for pedestrian motion, or a combination thereof and determining, based on the traffic control information, position-related information including a location of a user equipment (UE), a heading of the UE, or a combination thereof.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- an input;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the input and the memory and configured to:
- obtain, via the input, traffic control information from one or more sensors of a user equipment (UE), the UE being a mobile device, one or more sensors comprising at least one camera, at least one microphone, or a combination thereof, and the traffic control information being indicative of transmission of a traffic control indication granting permission for vehicle motion, or permission for pedestrian motion, or a combination thereof;
- and
- determine position-related information based on at least one image, at least one sound, or a combination thereof of the traffic control information, the position-related information comprising a location of the UE, a heading of the UE, or a combination thereof.
4 more elements
A positioning method comprising:
- obtaining traffic control information from one or more sensors of a user equipment (UE), the UE being a mobile device, one or more sensors comprising at least one camera, at least one microphone, or a combination thereof, and the traffic control information being indicative of transmission of a traffic control indication granting permission for vehicle motion, or permission for pedestrian motion, or a combination thereof;
- and
- determining position-related information based on at least one image, at least one sound, or a combination thereof of the traffic control information, the position-related information comprising a location of the UE, a heading of the UE, or a combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.