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US 2014/0368382 A1Published application
Providing indoor location of a mobile computer by combining sensor data and network related information
AssigneeHJ Laboratories, LLC
InventorsHarry Vartanian, Jaron Jurikson-Rhodes
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Abstract
Providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer using combined sensor data and network related information is disclosed. Outdoor location, indoor location, and determined motion information may be combined to track the mobile computer indoors.
Claims18
A mobile computer characterized in that:
- a processor is configured to determine, by utilization of satellite based positioning information, outdoor location of the mobile computer;
- the mobile computer is configured to determine, in part, a location of a room in a building where it is located;
- the mobile computer is further configured to track, in part by utilization of the location, data, and estimated motion information, movement in the building;
- wherein the location is determined by utilization of accuracy information associated with a probability;
- wherein the data is a combination of the outdoor location, Wi-Fi information, and environmental sensor information;
- and
- wherein the estimated motion information is based on accelerometer information and gyroscope information.
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A method performed by a mobile computer, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processor utilizing satellite based positioning information, outdoor location of the mobile computer;
- determining, in part by the mobile computer, a location of a room in a building where it is located;
- tracking, in part by the mobile computer utilizing the location, data, and estimated motion information, movement in the building;
- wherein the location is determined by utilizing accuracy information associated with a probability;
- wherein the data is a combination of the outdoor location, Wi-Fi information, and environmental sensor information;
- and
- wherein the estimated motion information is based on accelerometer information and gyroscope information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.