Companion device location within enclosed spaces
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsArnold S. Weksler, John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon
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Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: collecting, at a first device, local movement tracking data comprising distance and direction travelled by the first device; receiving, at the first device, local movement tracking data of a second device; and providing, using combined local movement tracking data of the first device and the second device, a location indication of the second device using an output device of the first device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- collecting, at a first device, local movement tracking data comprising distance and direction travelled by the first device;
- receiving, at the first device, local movement tracking data of a second device;
- and
- providing, using combined local movement tracking data of the first device and the second device, a location indication of the second device using an output device of the first device.
An electronic device, comprising:
- an output device;
- a processor operatively coupled to the output device;
- and
- a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
- collect local movement tracking data comprising distance and direction travelled;
- receive local movement tracking data of a second device;
- and
- provide, using combined local movement tracking data of the electronic device and the second device, a location indication of the second device using the output device.
A product, comprising:
- a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:
- code that detects, at the first device, a distance between the first device and the second device;
- code that determines, using a processor of the first device, that the distance is greater than a preconfigured threshold;
- and
- code that activates, at the first device, movement tracking;
- wherein the code that activates comprises code that activates movement tracking locally at the first device.
A method, comprising:
- detecting, at a first device, a distance between the first device and a second device;
- determining, using a processor of the first device, that the distance is greater than a preconfigured threshold;
- activating, at the first device, movement tracking;
- receiving, at the first device, movement tracking data of the second device;
- and
- providing, using combined movement tracking data of the first device and the second device, a location indication of the second device using an output device of the first device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.