Abstract:
Techniques for providing improved navigation through an indoor environment using a mobile device are provided. A method according to these techniques includes accessing a 2D map of the indoor environment, accessing customization information comprising one or more attributes to be applied to a 3D model of the indoor environment derived from the 2D map, analyzing the 2D map to extract geometry information associated with the layout of the indoor environment, generating the 3D model based on the geometry extracted from the 2D map and the customization information, generating a 3D representation of a current location of the mobile device within the indoor environment based on the 3D model; and displaying the 3D representation on a display of the mobile device.
Abstract:
Various embodiments are described herein for improving relevancy and accuracy of assistance data (AD) generation from a set of floor plan map data based on contextualizing parameters in the set of floor plan map data to other related floor plan maps. The relevancy and accuracy of assistance data derived from a floor plan map may be improved by contextualizing or matching the floor plan map to other related floor plan maps where associated assistance data is already recorded. In some embodiments, floor plan maps may be identified which are closely related to the new floor plan map to be analyzed, and then the measurements of the closely related floor plan map as assistance data for the new floor plan map may be reused. In some embodiments, a relationship tree graph may be used to organize the floor plan maps into a logical relationship between each other.
Abstract:
Systems, apparatus and methods for converting an architectural diagram to structural elements (e.g., such as walls, hallways and open areas) for forming assistance data are presented. An architectural diagram may contain too many layers to manually review each layer. Some examples disclosed herein sort layers of an architectural diagram based on if the layer probably contains structural elements useful for forming assistance data. The sorted list of layers may be user selectable or automatically incorporated into a floor plan containing only structural elements. Once a floor plan is created from an architectural diagram, assistance data may be created and sent to a mobile device.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for a computing device to determine if an application is malware. The computing device may include: a query logger to log the behavior of the application on the computing device to generate a log; a behavior analysis engine to analyze the log from the query logger to generate a behavior vector that characterizes the behavior of the application; and a classifier to classify the behavior vector for the application as benign or malware.
Abstract:
Embodiments may automatically place access points (APs) on floor plans by incorporating a number of conventions for identifying types and locations of APs. These conventions may include the name of APs, MAC addresses, lat/lon information, and feature analysis or image recognition techniques for matching visual cues if the AP locations are marked on images. Some embodiment may conduct several other operations to optimize placement of APs. These optimization operations may reduce the number of steps needed to place APs on floor plans, and/or may reduce extraneous and superfluous information from the floor plans that may clutter the annotated floor plan map.
Abstract:
Systems, apparatus and methods for merging maps used by a positioning server are presented. Original maps are overlaid, concatenated or inset to create a more detailed map. The original maps are from different sources and/or in different formats. By merging or fusing maps together, a positioning server may create a better structural map, which is in turn used to create improved positioning assistance data.
Abstract:
Various methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented in various devices for use in characterizing environments. In an example, a mobile device may, gather a plurality of measurements during a period of time, including one or more first measurements generated by one or more environmental sensors, and one or more second measurement generated by a radio based, at least in part, on one or more wireless signals received by the radio. In response to a determination that the mobile device is to report a travel history corresponding to at least a portion of the period of time, the mobile device may generate a travel log based, at least in part, on at least one first measurement and at least one second measurement, and transmit the travel log to an external device.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for position determination, including altering or generating at least one radio heatmap value in a collection of radio heatmap values, the altering or generating based, at least in part, on a measurement of one or more characteristics of wireless signals received by a receiver at a first wireless network access point and transmitted by a transmitter at a second wireless network access point; and transmitting at least a portion of the collection of radio heatmap values including the altered or generated radio heatmap value to a mobile station as positioning assistance information.
Abstract:
A method of disambiguating a location of a mobile station within a structure includes: obtaining, at the mobile station, regional pressure indications and corresponding region indications indicating regions within a structure that are vertically displaced with respect to each other, each of the regional pressure indications indicating atmospheric pressure information associated with the corresponding region; determining mobile station pressure information associated with a present location of the mobile station; comparing the mobile station pressure information with the regional pressure indications; and based on the comparing, determining in which of the regions the mobile station presently resides.
Abstract:
Methods and systems for providing information associated with a location history of a mobile device to one or more applications are disclosed. A mobile device generates one or more location history records based on one or more locations of the mobile device, each location history record comprising one or more points of interest and a duration at the one or more points of interest, receives an information request from at least one application, determines a subset of the one or more location history records that meet criteria from the information request, determines a level of permission for the at least one application based on the information request and the subset of the one or more location history records, and provides information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records to the at least one application based on the level of permission.