System and method for inferring an electronic rendering of an environment
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsMatthew R. Perkins, Robert J. O'Dea, Mark J. Johnson, Neal K. Patwari
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Abstract
A system and method for inferring an electronic rendering (170) of an environment (110) comprises a plurality of devices (341 and 345), and a processing device. Each wireless device is capable of determining a distance between a neighboring wireless device. Moreover, each device is capable of performing at least one of the following: determining an environmental attribute of the environment, and determining a location of an object in the environment. The processing device gathers information determined from the plurality of devices and infers the electronic rendering of the environment based on the information gathered.
Claims19
A system for inferring an electronic rendering of an environment comprising:
- a plurality of devices, whose locations are estimated, and wherein each device is capable of performing at least one of the following:
- determining an environmental parameter of the environment, and estimating a location of an object, other than the plurality of devices, in the environment;
- and
- a processing device, wherein the processing device gathers information determined from the plurality of devices, the information including the estimated location of at least one object in the environment, and infers the electronic rendering of the environment based on the information gathered.
A method for inferring an electronic rendering of an environment comprising the steps of:
- deploying a plurality of devices into the environment, wherein at least some of the devices are capable of determining a distance to a neighboring device, and wherein each device is capable of performing at least one of the following functions:
- detennining an environmental parameter of the environment, and estimating a location of an object, other than the plurality of devices, in the environment;
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- inferring the electronic rendering of the environment based on at least one estimated location of an object in the environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.