Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Extending a radio map
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Application No.: US15710515Application Date: 2017-09-20
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Publication No.: US10794986B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Jahshan Bhatti , David Benjamin Millman , Brian Stephen Smith , Jasvinder Singh
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Jaffery Watson Mendonsa & Hamilton LLP
- Main IPC: G01S5/02
- IPC: G01S5/02 ; H04W4/029 ; G01C21/20 ; H04W4/02

Abstract:
A method comprising: receiving a radio map of an indoor venue using survey data collected by a survey device positioned throughout the venue, the radio map including a boundary; receiving harvest data from a mobile device, wherein at least some of the harvest data are obtained by the mobile device while the mobile device is positioned at locations that are outside of the boundary; determining, based on the harvest data, a trajectory of the mobile device, wherein at least some of the trajectory resides outside of the boundary; identifying one or more locations on or proximate to the trajectory; and extending the radio map using the survey data and the one or more identified locations, wherein the extended radio map is defined at least in part by an extension of the boundary to encompass the one or more identified locations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180348333A1 EXTENDING A RADIO MAP Public/Granted day:2018-12-06
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