Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on detection of whether it is moving or stationary

    公开(公告)号:US10123298B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-06

    申请号:US14959426

    申请日:2015-12-04

    Abstract: A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region. The wireless terminal measures samples of a predetermined form of energy in its vicinity. The disclosed technique then generates a characterization of a predetermined type of variation in the vicinity of the wireless terminal, based on the samples measured. Based on the characterization, the technique generates an estimate of whether the wireless terminal is moving or stationary. The technique then generates an estimate of the location of the wireless terminal, based on the estimate of whether the wireless terminal is moving or stationary. The location estimate can be based on i) applying a location estimate that is optimized for motion if the wireless terminal is estimated to be moving and ii) applying a different technique if the wireless terminal is estimated to be stationary.

    Tracking of an object of interest based on wireless location estimates combined with aerial or satellite imagery

    公开(公告)号:US09699619B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-04

    申请号:US15259918

    申请日:2016-09-08

    Abstract: An improved method of tracking an object of interest. The tracking that is enabled by the disclosed tracking engine is based on location estimation of a wireless terminal combined with aerial or satellite imagery of an object of interest, in which a relationship has been determined to exist between the wireless terminal and the object of interest. In some tracking scenarios, a wireless telecommunications network can be used to direct an image-based surveillance system where to start observing, as an object of interest heads away from a heavily populated area or other area with satisfactory wireless coverage. In some other tracking scenarios, the trajectory of the object as derived from the image data enables the tracking engine to target a specific portion of the wireless network to utilize in generating the location estimates, thereby reducing the resource utilization of the wireless network and tracking engine.

    Surveillance system
    87.
    发明授权
    Surveillance system 有权
    监视系统

    公开(公告)号:US09432631B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-30

    申请号:US13438188

    申请日:2012-04-03

    Abstract: Data from a wireless network location system is used in conjunction with the known geographic location of a video surveillance area such that the system according to the present invention infers that a person who appears in an image in the video is the user of a mobile phone estimated to be at the person's location. When facial recognition is applied and the person's identity is thus recognized, an association is generated as between the identity according to the facial recognition and the identity of the co-located mobile phone. This association can be critical when there is no personal identification available for a mobile phone such as a pre-paid mobile.

    Abstract translation: 来自无线网络定位系统的数据与视频监控区域的已知地理位置结合使用,使得根据本发明的系统推测出现在视频中的图像中的人是估计的移动电话的用户 要在该人的位置。 当应用面部识别并且识别出该人的身份时,根据面部识别的身份与同位移动电话的身份之间产生关联。 当没有可用于诸如预付费移动电话之类的移动电话的个人识别时,该关联可能是至关重要的。

    Identifying suspects and witness to shooting based on examination of calls made after shooting

    公开(公告)号:US09326098B1

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-26

    申请号:US14793281

    申请日:2015-07-07

    Inventor: Jeffrey Noel Wu

    CPC classification number: H04W4/021 H04L67/22 H04W4/029 H04W4/16 H04W4/90

    Abstract: An illustrative telecommunications analysis server analyzes telecommunications-event records and telecommunications-activity records associated with mobile stations operating in one or more wireless networks to infer whether a spike in initiated telecommunications activities occurred in a period of time and from a geographic area that closely correlate with the time and location of an audio incident. The server corroborates that the audio incident likely occurred based on the inferred spike in initiated telecommunications activities from one or more mobile stations. The illustrative server identifies the mobile stations that were likely within earshot of the incident and actively initiating telecommunications immediately thereafter.

    Determining a propagation-time adjustment for a wireless coverage area, based on information provided by wireless terminals
    89.
    发明授权
    Determining a propagation-time adjustment for a wireless coverage area, based on information provided by wireless terminals 有权
    基于无线终端提供的信息确定无线覆盖区域的传播时间调整

    公开(公告)号:US09220080B1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-22

    申请号:US14694151

    申请日:2015-04-23

    Abstract: A method and system that account for one or more propagation-time components in a transmission path between a base station and a wireless terminal in a coverage area being served by the system. One such component is in the base station equipment between the radio that serves a wireless terminal and the antenna element that radiates and/or receives electromagnetic signals that involve the terminal. Another component of the transmission path is the one or more paths over which a radiated signal travels between the base station antenna element and the wireless terminal. By accounting for these propagation components through the use of measurement data provided by possibly a large number of wireless terminals, a disclosed location engine is able to derive adjusted measurements that are more representative of the propagation-time characteristic being measured by the individual terminals. These adjusted measurements can then be used to estimate the location of a wireless terminal more accurately.

    Abstract translation: 一种在由系统服务的覆盖区域中的基站和无线终端之间的传输路径中的一个或多个传播时间分量的方法和系统。 一个这样的组件在服务于无线终端的无线电和辐射和/或接收涉及终端的电磁信号的天线元件之间的基站设备中。 传输路径的另一个组件是辐射信号在基站天线元件和无线终端之间传播的一个或多个路径。 通过使用由可能的大量无线终端提供的测量数据来计算这些传播部件,所公开的定位引擎能够导出更加代表由各个终端测量的传播时间特性的调整的测量。 然后可以使用这些调整后的测量来更准确地估计无线终端的位置。

    Recognizing unknown actors based on wireless behavior
    90.
    发明授权
    Recognizing unknown actors based on wireless behavior 有权
    基于无线行为识别未知的演员

    公开(公告)号:US09179259B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-03

    申请号:US13563783

    申请日:2012-08-01

    CPC classification number: H04W4/023 H04L67/18 H04L67/22 H04L67/306 H04W12/12

    Abstract: An illustrative behavior analysis system and a corresponding method are designed to analyze telecommunications-event records and other relevant records associated with wireless terminals to infer whether a wireless user's pattern of behavior is substantially similar or even identical to the pattern of behavior of another user, possibly a known actor. A pattern of behavior typically comprises call-related and location attributes over a period of time. Accordingly, the illustrative embodiment infers an identity or a substantial similarity as between two seemingly distinct users of wireless terminals, based on: (i) how precisely a candidate's pattern of behavior matches a pre-defined pattern of behavior, and/or (ii) how precisely a candidate's pattern of behavior matches another candidate's pattern of behavior.

    Abstract translation: 设计说明性行为分析系统和相应的方法来分析与无线终端相关联的电信事件记录和其他相关记录,以推断无线用户的行为模式是否与另一用户的行为模式基本相似或甚至相同 一个知名演员。 行为模式通常包括一段时间内的呼叫相关和位置属性。 因此,说明性实施例基于以下原因,在两个看起来不同的无线终端的用户之间推断身份或实质相似:(i)候选者的行为模式与预定义的行为模式匹配的准确性和/或(ii) 候选人的行为模式与另一候选人的行为模式匹配的准确程度如何。

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