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US 2026/0036662 A1Published application
Systems, methods, and devices for collaborative location determination
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsTill Hendrik MÜLLER, Nabil AKDIM, Gencer CILI
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for collaboratively determining a location estimate for a UE. A UE can determine that it is moving with one or more other wireless device. The UE can determine a location estimate based upon location information and location metadata. The UE can determine an uncertainty of the location estimate based upon values of the location information and the location metadata. These and many other features and examples are described.
Claims20
A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors configured to, when executing instructions stored in the memory, cause the UE to:
- determine a group of UEs comprising the UE and one or more other UEs remaining within a threshold distance of the UE for a threshold period of time;
- determine a location estimate of the UE;
- communicate the location estimate of the UE to the one or more UEs;
- receive, from the one or more UEs, at least one location estimate of the one or more UEs;
- and
- determine an estimate of a location of the UE based on a combination of the location estimate of the UE and the at least one location estimate from the one or more UEs.
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A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- determining a group of UEs comprising the UE and one or more other UEs remaining within a threshold distance of the UE for a threshold period of time;
- determining a location estimate of the UE;
- communicating the location estimate of the UE to the one or more UEs;
- receiving, from the one or more UEs, at least one location estimate of the one or more UEs;
- and
- determining an estimate of a location of the UE based on a combination of the location estimate of the UE and the at least one location estimate from the one or more UEs.
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A method comprising:
- at a user equipment (UE):
- determining a group of devices comprising the UE and one or more other wireless devices remaining within a threshold distance of the UE for a threshold period of time,
- determining an estimate of a location of the UE based on location information and metadata describing the location information, wherein the metadata includes one or more values that define one or more of:
- a distance between the UE and the one or more other wireless devices, an age of the location information, and motion states of the devices included in the group of devices when the location information is detected, wherein estimating the location of the UE includes:
- when the one or more values are one or more first values, an uncertainty of the location estimate is a first size, and
- when the one or more values are one or more second values, different from the one or more first values, the uncertainty of the location estimate is a second size, different from the first size.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.