公开(公告)号：US20180007508A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-04

申请号：US15293588

申请日：2016-10-14

Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.

Inventor： Tien-Chin FANG ,  Chen-Chung LEE ,  Chih-Ling LIU ,  Ching-Wen LIN ,  Ming-Jen CHEN ,  Chia-Hung LIN

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04W4/00

CPC classification number: H04W4/023 ,  H04W4/043 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: An indoor positioning method for use in an indoor positioning system is provided. The indoor positioning system includes beacon devices, a mobile device, and a positioning server. The method includes the steps of: utilizing the mobile device to receive a positioning signal from each beacon device and determine distance information between the mobile device and each beacon device; determining a specific primary region in which the mobile device is located according to the distance information between the mobile device and the top beacon devices; determining a precise location in the specific primary region according to the distance information between the mobile device and the planar beacon devices corresponding to the specific primary region; and reporting the precise location to the mobile device, so that the precise location is illustrated on a plan view of the indoor space displayed on the mobile device.