Determining the geographic location of a portable electronic device

    公开(公告)号:US10652695B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-12

    申请号:US16421976

    申请日:2019-05-24

    申请人: SONY CORPORATION

    摘要: Determining the geographic location of a portable electronic device (100) in a radio communications network, by transmitting radio signals from a plurality of first network transmitters (200, 300, 400); receiving, in the network, a measurement signal from the portable electronic device, which measurement signal comprises, for each transmitted radio signal, a plurality of data samples obtained in the electronic device from the respective transmitted signal at different time points during a measurement period with movement of the portable electronic device (100), and local position data associated to each data sample obtained from a local positioning unit in the electronic device, so as to form a synthetic antenna array; obtaining, a direction measurement between the electronic device and the first network transmitter from the synthetic antenna array; obtaining geographic location data for the first network transmitter; and identifying geographic location data of the portable electronic device based on the direction measurement and the geographic location data for the first network transmitter.

    Determining the geographic location of a portable electronic device

    公开(公告)号:US10306405B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US14696964

    申请日:2015-04-27

    申请人: Sony Corporation

    摘要: Determining the geographic location of a portable electronic device (100) in a radio communications network, by transmitting radio signals from a plurality of first network transmitters (200, 300, 400); receiving, in the network, a measurement signal from the portable electronic device, which measurement signal comprises, for each transmitted radio signal, a plurality of data samples obtained in the electronic device from the respective transmitted signal at different time points during a measurement period with movement of the portable electronic device (100), and local position data associated to each data sample obtained from a local positioning unit in the electronic device, so as to form a synthetic antenna array; obtaining, a direction measurement between the electronic device and the first network transmitter from the synthetic antenna array; obtaining geographic location data for the first network transmitter; and identifying geographic location data of the portable electronic device based on the direction measurement and the geographic location data for the first network transmitter.

    Wearable and/or hand-held mobile electronic device and method for directional proximity detection

    公开(公告)号:US10051453B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-14

    申请号:US14535645

    申请日:2014-11-07

    申请人: Sony Corporation

    IPC分类号: H04W24/00 H04W8/00 H04W4/02

    摘要: This disclosure concerns wearable and/or handheld mobile electronic devices and methods for directional proximity detection of other wearable and/or handheld mobile electronic devices. A first wearable and/or handheld mobile electronic device (1) for directional proximity detection comprises a signal transceiver configured for wireless communication, and a control unit for the wireless communication. The control unit is operatively connected to the signal transceiver and configured to receive at least one wireless signal from a second wearable and/or handheld mobile electronic device (2), calculate spatial information regarding the second wearable and/or handheld mobile electronic device by means of the signal/-s transmitted from the second wearable and/or handheld mobile electronic device to the first wearable and/or handheld mobile electronic device, and configure a notification for the user of the first wearable and/or handheld mobile electronic device based on at least the spatial information regarding the second wearable and/or handheld mobile electronic device.

    APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE NETWORK POSITIONING OF MTC DEVICES USING COMMON REFERENCE OR SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS
    6.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE NETWORK POSITIONING OF MTC DEVICES USING COMMON REFERENCE OR SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS 有权
    使用通用参考或同步信号的MTC设备的移动网络定位的装置,系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160295374A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-06

    申请号:US14806091

    申请日:2015-07-22

    申请人: Sony Corporation

    摘要: Embodiments improve User Equipment (UE) positioning accuracy in a mobile communication system by providing for a UE configured to listen for Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) transmissions within an operating bandwidth around Direct Current (DC) sub-carrier and at least one non-PRS transmission including, for example, a CRS or PSS/SSS; receiving, at the UE, PRS and non-PRS(s) transmissions transmitted from base stations within the operating bandwidth; performing, at the UE, Time of Arrival (TOA) measurements for each of the plurality of base stations, wherein the TOA measurements are determined based on the at least one non-PRS transmission; obtaining Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA) measurements by subtracting TOA for the plurality of base stations from a TOA for a reference base station, and transmitting, from the UE to a Location Server (LS), the OTDOA measurements, wherein the LS performs a positioning estimation of the UE based on the OTDOA measurements.

    摘要翻译: 实施例通过提供被配置为监听围绕直流(DC)子载波和至少一个非PRS的工作带宽内的定位参考信号(PRS)传输的UE来提高移动通信系统中的用户设备(UE)定位精度 传输包括例如CRS或PSS / SSS; 在所述UE处接收在所述工作带宽内从基站发送的PRS和非PRS传输; 在所述UE处执行所述多个基站中的每一个的到达时间(TOA)测量,其中,基于所述至少一个非PRS传输来确定所述TOA测量; 通过从用于参考基站的TOA减去多个基站的TOA并从UE向位置服务器(LS)发送OTDOA测量,从而获得观察到的到达时间差(OTDOA)测量值,其中LS执行 基于OTDOA测量的UE的定位估计。

    Fingerprint matching in massive MIMO systems

    公开(公告)号:US09860705B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-02

    申请号:US14804575

    申请日:2015-07-21

    申请人: Sony Corporation

    摘要: The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for determining a location of a device on a massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) network. An exemplary method comprises receiving, from a device, a first signal and a second signal at a base station; measuring a first signal characteristic for the first signal and a second signal characteristic for the second signal; comparing and matching the first measured signal characteristic to a first reference signal characteristic for a first reference signal and the second measured signal characteristic to a second reference signal characteristic for a second reference signal; and determining a location of the device based on the first measured signal characteristic and the second measured signal characteristic.

    Peak current handler
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09600052B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-21

    申请号:US14660117

    申请日:2015-03-17

    申请人: Sony Corporation

    IPC分类号: G06F1/32

    摘要: A device and method for limiting peak current draw in an electronic device includes identifying an operational state of the electronic device, and accessing data stored in the electronic device, the data including possible operational states of the electronic device and respective configuration data for maintaining an electric current consumption of the electronic device below a prescribed threshold. Operational parameters of the electronic device are modified based on the data obtained from memory to maintain the electric current consumption of the electronic device below the prescribed threshold.

    METHOD FOR IMPROVED INDOOR POSITIONING AND CROWD SOURCING USING PDR
    10.
    发明申请
    METHOD FOR IMPROVED INDOOR POSITIONING AND CROWD SOURCING USING PDR 有权
    使用PDR改善室内定位和打底采用的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160278039A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-22

    申请号:US14409044

    申请日:2014-02-05

    申请人: SONY CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: H04W64/00 G01S5/02

    摘要: The invention is directed to determining a position of a mobile device. An exemplary method comprises scanning a wireless signal associated with the mobile device; measuring a signal strength associated with the wireless signal; determining a timestamp associated with the measurement; and determining a position of the mobile device based on the signal strength measurement and the timestamp. The present invention is useful for both positioning a user of the mobile device and for locating an access point.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及确定移动设备的位置。 一种示例性方法包括扫描与移动设备相关联的无线信号; 测量与无线信号相关联的信号强度; 确定与测量相关联的时间戳; 以及基于所述信号强度测量和所述时间戳来确定所述移动设备的位置。 本发明对于定位移动设备的用户和定位接入点都是有用的。