Moving device detection
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsBranko Djordjevic, Tim Lauterbach, Frank Sell
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Abstract
A device moving in a space determines one or more zones around it, wherein the one or more zones are linked to the device and move together with the device through the space. The device detects if a border of a first of the one or more zones starts to intersect or stops to intersect with a border of an area inside the space. If the detecting is affirmative, the device transmits information related to the intersection. An apparatus receives this information from the device and adapts a status value of the area in dependence of the received information.
Claims28
A method for a device moving within a space including two or more areas, each of the two or more areas defined by a border separating the two or more areas inside the space, said method comprising:
- determining, by at least one processor, one or more zones surrounding the device, wherein the one or more zones are linked to the device and move together with the device through the space, each zone of the one or more zones defined by a border,
- detecting, by the at least one processor, a border of a first zone of the one or more zones starts to intersect or stops to intersect with a border of one of the two or more areas inside the space, and
- transmitting, by the at least one processor to a network element, an indication that an intersection has one of started and stopped between the border of the one or more zones and the border defining one of the two or more areas and information related to the intersection to notify the network element of a direction of movement of the device within the space responsive to the detecting that the border of the first zone of the one or more zones starts to intersect or stops to intersect with a border of one of the two or more areas inside the space.
A method for a network element comprising at least one processor to process information related to a device moving within a space including two or more areas, each of the two or more areas defined by a border separating the two or more areas inside the space, said method comprising:
- receiving, by the at least one processor, information from the device located in a first area of the two or more areas inside the space, the information indicating that an intersection has one of started and stopped between a border of one or more zones surrounding the device with a border of a second area of the two or more areas inside the space, and
- adapting, by the at least one processor, a status value of the second area in dependence of the received information to track the movement of the device within the space.
A device moving within a space comprised of two or more areas, each of the two or more areas defined by a border separating the two or more areas inside the space, said device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and storing program code that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- determine one or more zones surrounding a device, wherein the one or more zones are linked to the device and move together with the device through the space, each zone of the one or more zones defined by a border,
- detect a border of a first zone of the one or more zones starts to intersect or stops to intersect with a border of one of the two or more areas inside the space, and
- transmit, to a network element, an indication that an intersection has one of started and stopped between the border of the one or more zones and the border defining one of the two or more areas and information related to the intersection to notify the network element of a direction of movement of the device within the space responsive to the detecting the border of the first zone of the one or more zones has started intersecting or stopped intersecting with the border of one of the two or more areas inside the space.
An apparatus for processing information related to a device moving within a space including two or more areas, each of the two or more areas defined by a border separating the two or more areas inside the space, said apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and storing program code that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- receive information from the device located in a first area of the two or more areas inside the space, the information indicating that an intersection has one of started and stopped between a border of one or more zones surrounding the device with a border of a second area of the two or more areas inside the space, and
- adapt a status value of the second area in dependence of the received information to track the movement of the device within the space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.