# US 9,439,046 B2 · Method for measuring position, non-transitory recording medium storing position measurement program, and radio apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,439,046 B2 - Document ID: US9439046B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/659,970 - Filed: 2015-03-17 - Published: 2015-10-01 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-27 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Inventors: Takahiro Yamaguchi; Toru Utsuki; Yasunori Sato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9439046B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - G01S 1/0423: {Mounting or deployment thereof} - G01S 1/08: Systems for determining direction or position line - G01S 1/68: Marker, boundary, call-sign, or like beacons transmitting signals not carrying directional information - G01S 5/0036: {of measured values, i.e. measurement on mobile and position calculation on base station} - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 4/33: for indoor environments, e.g. buildings - H04W 64/00: Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ## Abstract A radio apparatus transmits a radio signal including identification information for identifying the radio apparatus. A reception terminal receives the radio signal transmitted form the radio apparatus. A positional information management server obtains radio information in which the identification information included in the radio signal and radio field intensity of the radio signal are associated with each other and determines a position of the reception terminal using the obtained radio information. The radio apparatus includes an antenna that transmits the radio signal having directivity toward a floor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for measuring a position, the method comprising: transmitting, using a radio apparatus, a radio signal including identification information for identifying the radio apparatus; receiving, by a reception apparatus, the radio signal including the identification information; obtaining radio information in which the identification information and a radio field intensity of the radio signal are associated with each other; and determining a position of the reception apparatus using the radio information, wherein the radio apparatus includes an antenna that transmits the radio signal having directivity toward a floor, wherein the radio apparatus includes a plurality of radio apparatuses, and wherein the determining includes: referring to a table in which each of a plurality of points and radio field intensities of radio signals output from the plurality of radio apparatuses at each of the plurality of points are associated with each other in advance, and determining the position of the reception apparatus based on the radio field intensities of the plurality of radio apparatuses identified by the identification information included in the radio information and the radio field intensities of the plurality of radio apparatuses at each of the plurality of points read from the table. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the antenna includes a planar substrate, a power feeding device for feeding power that is disposed on an output surface of the substrate, from which the radio signal is output, and a metal film that is disposed on a surface of the substrate opposite the output surface and that reflects the radio signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the power feeding device includes four power feeding elements arranged at corners of a rectangle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the substrate is rectangular, and wherein the power feeding device includes four power feeding elements arranged at corners of the substrate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the antenna is disposed along a periphery of the substrate and further includes a peripheral wall that reflects the output radio signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the power feeding device includes a plurality of power feeding elements, and wherein the antenna is disposed between the plurality of power feeding devices and further includes an inner wall that reflects the output radio signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the determining, absolute values of differences between the radio field intensities of the plurality of radio apparatuses identified by the identification information included in the radio information and the radio field intensities of the plurality of radio apparatuses at each of the plurality of points read from the table are summed, and a point at which a smallest sum is obtained is determined as the position of the reception apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the transmitting, the radio apparatus transmits a plurality of radio signals including different pieces of identification information with different radio field intensities. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the radio apparatus is located within a predetermined distance from a block that blocks the radio signal, the radio apparatus further includes a controller that decreases the radio field intensity in the step of transmitting. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the transmitting, the radio apparatus transmits the radio signal with a radio field intensity according to a distance between a position at which the radio apparatus is arranged and the floor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein, if the radio apparatus is located near a block that blocks the radio signal, the radio apparatus transmits, in the transmitting, the radio signal in a direction opposite a direction in which the block exists. ### Claim 12 A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing a position measurement program, the position measurement program causing a computer to perform a process comprising: receiving a radio signal including identification information of a radio apparatus transmitting the radio signal; obtaining radio information in which the identification information and a radio field intensity of the radio signal are associated with each other; and determining a position of a reception apparatus using the obtained radio information, wherein the radio apparatus includes an antenna that transmits the radio signal having directivity toward a floor, wherein the radio apparatus includes a plurality of radio apparatuses, and wherein the determining includes: referring to a table in which each of a plurality of points and radio field intensities of radio signals output from the plurality of radio apparatuses at each of the plurality of points are associated with each other in advance, and determining the position of the reception apparatus based on the radio field intensities of the plurality of radio apparatuses identified by the identification information included in the radio information and the radio field intensities of the plurality of radio apparatuses at each of the plurality of points read from the table.