Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on signal path impairment
    1.
    发明授权
    Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on signal path impairment 有权
    基于信号路径损伤估计无线终端的位置

    公开(公告)号:US08565786B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-22

    申请号:US13551957

    申请日:2012-07-18

    IPC分类号: H04W24/00

    摘要: A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of electromagnetic signals that are dependent on topography, the receiver, the location of the transmitter, and other factors. For example, if a particular radio station is known to be received strongly at a first location and weakly at a second location, and a given wireless terminal at an unknown location is receiving the radio station weakly, it is more likely that the wireless terminal is at the second location than at the first location.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于估计地理区域中的未知位置处的无线终端的位置的技术。 该技术基于认识到存在依赖于地形,接收机,发射机的位置等因素的电磁信号的特征。 例如,如果已知特定的无线电台在第一位置被强烈地接收并且在第二位置处较弱地接收,并且在未知位置的给定的无线终端较弱地接收无线电台,那么无线终端更有可能是 在第二个位置比在第一个位置。

    Estimating whether or not a wireless terminal is in a zone using radio navigation
    2.
    发明授权
    Estimating whether or not a wireless terminal is in a zone using radio navigation 有权
    估计无线终端是否在使用无线电导航的区域中

    公开(公告)号:US08320933B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-27

    申请号:US11680496

    申请日:2007-02-28

    IPC分类号: H04W24/00

    CPC分类号: H04W64/00

    摘要: A method for estimating whether or not a wireless terminal is in a zone is described. The method is based on the following observation: when a wireless terminal is at a particular location, the values of the traits of the ambient electromagnetic signals that vary with location represent a “fingerprint” or “signature” for that location. This enables the location of a wireless terminal to be estimated by comparing the observed values of the traits of the ambient electromagnetic signals with the fingerprint for each potential location for the wireless terminal.

    摘要翻译: 描述用于估计无线终端是否在区域中的方法。 该方法基于以下观察:当无线终端位于特定位置时,随着位置变化的环境电磁信号的特征值代表该位置的指纹或签名。 通过将环境电磁信号的特征的观测值与无线终端的每个潜在位置的指纹进行比较,能够估计无线终端的位置。

    Positioning system and positioning method
    3.
    发明授权
    Positioning system and positioning method 有权
    定位系统及定位方法

    公开(公告)号:US08013785B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-09-06

    申请号:US12651013

    申请日:2009-12-31

    IPC分类号: G01S19/48

    CPC分类号: G01S19/48 G01S5/0036

    摘要: It is an object of the present invention to perform positioning at favorable positioning precision and in a favorable positioning time, according to whether a receiver is indoors or outdoors. A positioning server 10 comprises a reception state information acquisition component 12 that acquires reception state information indicating the reception state of a radio wave at a cellular terminal 20, a base station positioning calculator 13 that estimates the position of the cellular terminal 20 on the basis of the reception state information, an end decision component 14 that decides whether or not to end the position estimation on the basis of a specific end condition, and, if it is decided not to end, estimates the position of the cellular terminal 20 on the basis of new reception state information, an indoor/outdoor determination component 15 that determines whether the cellular terminal 20 is indoors or outdoors on the basis of the reception state information, and an end condition determination component 16 that determines the specific end condition on the basis of a result of determination by the indoor/outdoor determination component 15.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的目的是根据接收机是否在室内或室外,以有利的定位精度和有利的定位时间进行定位。 定位服务器10包括:接收状态信息获取部件12,其获取表示蜂窝终端20的无线电波的接收状态的接收状态信息;基站定位计算器13,基于以下方式估计蜂窝终端20的位置; 接收状态信息,决定是否根据特定的结束条件结束位置估计的结束判定部件14,如果决定不结束,则基于该基准估计蜂窝终端20的位置 新的接收状态信息的室内/室外确定组件15,根据接收状态信息确定蜂窝终端20是否在室内或室外;以及结束条件确定组件16,其基于 由室内/户外确定部件15确定的结果。

    Positioning System and Positioning Method
    4.
    发明申请
    Positioning System and Positioning Method 有权
    定位系统和定位方法

    公开(公告)号:US20110156951A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-30

    申请号:US12651014

    申请日:2009-12-31

    IPC分类号: G01S19/48

    CPC分类号: G01S19/48 G01S5/0252

    摘要: It is an object of the present invention to obtain a positioning result corresponding to the state of a receiver in less time. A positioning server 10 comprises a reception state information acquisition component 12 that acquires reception state information indicating the reception state of a radio wave at a cellular terminal 20, a base station positioning calculator 13 that estimates the approximate position of the cellular terminal 20 on the basis of reception state information and computes the precision of the approximate position, an end decision component 14 that decides whether or not to end the estimation of position on the basis of the precision of the approximate position, and, if it is decided to end the estimation, estimates the position of the cellular terminal 20 as the approximate position and ends the estimation of the position, an indoor/outdoor determination component 15 that determines whether the cellular terminal 20 is indoors or outdoors on the basis of the reception state information, and a positioning controller 16 that controls the execution of the GPS positioning of the cellular terminal 20 on the basis of the result of decision by the end decision component 14 and the result of determination by the indoor/outdoor determination component 15.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的目的是在较短的时间内获得与接收机的状态对应的定位结果。 定位服务器10包括接收状态信息获取部件12,其获取表示蜂窝终端20的无线电波的接收状态的接收状态信息,基站定位计算器13,基于该基站定位计算器13,基站 的接收状态信息,并计算近似位置的精度,结束判定部件14,其基于大致位置的精度来决定是否结束位置估计,并且如果判定结束估计 将蜂窝终端20的位置估计为近似位置并结束位置估计,室内/室外确定组件15,其基于接收状态信息确定蜂窝终端20是否在室内或室外,以及 定位控制器16,其控制蜂窝终端的GPS定位的执行 基于结束判定部件14的判定结果和室内/室外判定部件15的判断结果来进行。

    Estimating Whether Or Not A Wireless Terminal Is In A Zone Using Radio Navigation
    5.
    发明申请
    Estimating Whether Or Not A Wireless Terminal Is In A Zone Using Radio Navigation 有权
    使用无线电导航估算无线终端是否在区域

    公开(公告)号:US20080207219A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-08-28

    申请号:US11680496

    申请日:2007-02-28

    IPC分类号: H04M1/00

    CPC分类号: H04W64/00

    摘要: A method for estimating whether or not a wireless terminal is in a zone is described. The method is based on the following observation: when a wireless terminal is at a particular location, the values of the traits of the ambient electromagnetic signals that vary with location represent a “fingerprint” or “signature” for that location. This enables the location of a wireless terminal to be estimated by comparing the observed values of the traits of the ambient electromagnetic signals with the fingerprint for each potential location for the wireless terminal.

    摘要翻译: 描述用于估计无线终端是否在区域中的方法。 该方法基于以下观察:当无线终端位于特定位置时,随着位置变化的环境电磁信号的特征值代表该位置的“指纹”或“签名”。 通过将环境电磁信号的特征的观测值与无线终端的每个潜在位置的指纹进行比较,能够估计无线终端的位置。

    Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on assisted GPS and pattern matching
    8.
    发明授权
    Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on assisted GPS and pattern matching 有权
    基于辅助GPS和模式匹配估算无线终端的位置

    公开(公告)号:US08965393B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-24

    申请号:US11419640

    申请日:2006-05-22

    摘要: A method of using a non-GPS-derived technique to estimate the location of an Assisted-GPS-enabled wireless terminal for the purposes of generating location-specific assistance data for the wireless terminal is disclosed. The wireless terminal then uses the assistance data to acquire and process one or more GPS signals and to derive information that is probative of the wireless terminal's location. The GPS-derived location information is then combined with non-GPS-derived location to form an estimate of the location of the wireless terminal that is better than can be derived from either alone. This combination of GPS-derived and non-GPS techniques is particularly useful when the wireless terminal can only acquire one or two GPS signals because it is not possible to determine the location of the wireless terminal with only two GPS signals alone.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种使用非GPS导出技术估计辅助GPS功能的无线终端的位置,以便为无线终端生成位置特定辅助数据的目的。 然后,无线终端使用辅助数据来获取和处理一个或多个GPS信号,并且导出证明无线终端的位置的信息。 然后将GPS导出的位置信息与非GPS导出的位置相结合,以形成无线终端位置的估计,该估计优于单独导出的。 当无线终端只能获取一个或两个GPS信号时,GPS导出和非GPS技术的这种组合是特别有用的,因为不可能仅仅使用两个GPS信号来确定无线终端的位置。

    Estimating the location of a wireless terminal in wireless telecommunications systems that comprise distributed and/or repeater antennas
    9.
    发明授权
    Estimating the location of a wireless terminal in wireless telecommunications systems that comprise distributed and/or repeater antennas 有权
    估计无线终端在包括分布式和/或中继器天线的无线电信系统中的位置

    公开(公告)号:US08838137B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-16

    申请号:US13598668

    申请日:2012-08-30

    IPC分类号: H04W24/00

    CPC分类号: H04W64/00 G01S5/0273

    摘要: A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are location-dependent traits of electromagnetic signals. In environments where multiple antennas are radiating the same signal, as in the case of distributed antennas or host-repeater configurations, one or more possible locations of the wireless terminal can be designated as improbable based on i) a measure of the propagation delay of a signal traveling between a) a base station and b) the wireless terminal or an infrastructure antenna, or ii) the maximum distance at which a signal is detectable by the wireless terminal. Additionally, the applicable set of values for the location-dependent traits is selected based on similar criteria.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于估计地理区域中的未知位置处的无线终端的位置的技术。 该技术基于认识到电磁信号存在位置相关性状。 在多个天线辐射相同信号的环境中,如在分布式天线或主机 - 中继器配置的情况下,无线终端的一个或多个可能的位置可以被指定为不可能的,其基于i) 信号在a)基站和b)无线终端或基础设施天线之间传播,或ii)无线终端可以检测信号的最大距离。 另外,基于类似的标准来选择针对位置相关性状的适用的一组值。