Systems, methods, devices and subassemblies for creating and delivering crowd-sourced GNSS models

    公开(公告)号:US09612340B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-04

    申请号:US14189577

    申请日:2014-02-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G01S19/39 G01S19/07 G01S19/41

    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices and subassemblies for creating and delivering crowd-sourced GNSS models include receiving at one or more navigation receivers first signals transmitted by one or more navigation beacons, determining by the navigation receivers first navigation observables based on the received first signals, receiving at an augmentation server information associated with the first navigation observables, determining by the augmentation server augmentation information based on at least the received information associated with the first navigation observables and computational models, transmitting the augmentation information to the navigation receivers, receiving by the navigation receivers the augmentation information, receiving by the navigation receivers second signals transmitted by the one or more navigation beacon, determining by the navigation receivers second navigation observables based on the received second signals and determining by the navigation receivers a respective high-precision position, velocity, and time (PVT) solution based on the received augmentation information and the second navigation observables.

    Device Location Finding
    64.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240397477A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18792406

    申请日:2024-08-01

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Embodiments for a device locator application are described. In an embodiment, one or more inertial displacement measurement values may be received using the inertial sensor and received camera sensor data, a trajectory based on the one or more inertial displacement measurement values may be determined, a beacon signal from a target wireless device and determine at least one signal strength value from the beacon signal may be received, at least one proximity value to the target wireless device may be estimated based on the at least one signal strength value corresponding to at least one position along the trajectory, and an indicator of the at least one proximity value to the target wireless device may be presented along the trajectory in a user interface.

    Enhanced automotive passive entry
    66.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11627433B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US17558334

    申请日:2021-12-21

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for allowing a mobile device (e.g., a key fob or a consumer electronic device, such as a mobile phone, watch, or other wearable device) to interact with a vehicle such that a location of the mobile device can be determined by the vehicle, thereby enabling certain functionality of the vehicle. A device may include both RF antenna(s) and magnetic antenna(s) for determining a location of a mobile device relative to the vehicle. Such a hybrid approach can provide various advantages. Existing magnetic coils on a mobile device (e.g., for charging or communication) may be re-used for distance measurements that are supplemented by the RF measurements. Any device antenna may provide measurements to a machine learning model that determines a region in which the mobile device resides, based on training measurements in the regions.

    UNLOCKING A DEVICE
    67.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220366031A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17824706

    申请日:2022-05-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques and systems for unlocking a first device based on signals transmitted between the first device and a second device are disclosed. A disclosed technique includes receiving, by a first device, at least one wireless signal from a second device; transmitting, by the first device, at least one wireless signal to the second device; determining, by the first device, transit times of the at least one received wireless signal and the at least one transmitted wireless signal; determining, by the first device, one or more range measurements between the first device and the second device based at least in part on the transit times; determining, by the first device, an unlock decision based at least in part on the one or more range measurements; and causing, by at least the first device, the first device to unlock if the unlock decision is positive.

    Proximity credential sharing
    68.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11374937B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US16147686

    申请日:2018-09-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to user authentication. In some embodiments, a first computing device receives, from a second computing device, a request for a user credential to be input into an authentication prompt associated with the second device. The first computing device determines a proximity associated with the second computing device based on a received wireless location beacon and, based on the request and the determined proximity, presents a selection prompt asking a user of the first computing device to select a user credential stored in the first computing device. The first computing device then provides the selected user credential to the second computing device to input into the authentication prompt. In some embodiments, the first computing device receives the wireless location beacon from a remote controller of the second computing device and determines a proximity based on a signal strength associated with the received location beacon.

    Unlocking a device
    69.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11372959B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US16560563

    申请日:2019-09-04

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques and systems for unlocking a first device based on signals transmitted between the first device and a second device are disclosed. A disclosed technique includes receiving, by a first device, at least one wireless signal from a second device; transmitting, by the first device, at least one wireless signal to the second device; determining, by the first device, transit times of the at least one received wireless signal and the at least one transmitted wireless signal; determining, by the first device, one or more range measurements between the first device and the second device based at least in part on the transit times; determining, by the first device, an unlock decision based at least in part on the one or more range measurements; and causing, by at least the first device, the first device to unlock if the unlock decision is positive.

    Electronic devices with motion sensing and angle of arrival detection circuitry

    公开(公告)号:US11320509B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US16382120

    申请日:2019-04-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may use information about the location of nearby devices to make sharing with those devices more intuitive for a user. The electronic device may include control circuitry, wireless circuitry including first and second antennas, and motion sensor circuitry. The control circuitry may determine the location of a nearby electronic device by calculating the angle of arrival of signals that are transmitted by the nearby electronic device. To obtain a complete, unambiguous angle of arrival solution, the electronic device may be moved into different positions during angle of arrival measurement operations. At each position, the control circuitry may calculate a phase difference associated with the received signals. Motion sensor circuitry may gather motion data as the electronic device is moved into the different positions. The control circuitry may use the received antenna signals and the motion data to determine the complete angle of arrival solution.

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