Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Indoor location survey assisted by a motion path on a venue map
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Application No.: US14503153Application Date: 2014-09-30
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Publication No.: US09769622B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Abhinav R. Patel , Darin Tay , David Benjamin Millman , Jessica Noel Tsoong , Joseph Ding-Jiu Huang , Robert Mayor , Vitali Lovich , Vojislav Samsalovic , Ashish Agarwal , Mithilesh Kumar
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: H04W4/04
- IPC: H04W4/04 ; H04W16/00 ; H04W16/20 ; H04W16/22 ; H04W4/02 ; G01S5/02

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer program product for generating location fingerprint data for a venue are described. A sampling device surveying a venue can move inside the venue. While the sampling device moves, the sampling device can record environmental readings including, for example, strengths of signals from multiple radio signal sources. The sampling device can take the recording at fixed or various time intervals. Meanwhile, the sampling device can determine, based on a starting point and motion sensor readings, an estimated location of the mobile device for each time the sampling device takes the recordings. The sampling device can display a motion path of the estimated locations and a user interface item for receiving a user input for correcting the estimated locations. The sample device can tag the recorded environmental readings with the corrected locations, and submit the tagged readings to a server for determining a location fingerprint for the venue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150350845A1 Indoor Location Survey Public/Granted day:2015-12-03
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