Method of determining a geolocation of an electronic device

• US 10,175,052 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2015
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Direct Cursus Technology LLC
• Original Assignee: Yandex Europe AG (Yandex N.V.)
• Inventors: Ponomarev, Aleksandr Gennadievich
• Primary Examiner(s): Ingram, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US15/511,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20170248429A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,295 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/30 Map- or contour-matching
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/48 by combining or switching between position solutions derived from the satellite radio beacon positioning system and position solutions derived from a further system
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/485 whereby the further system is an optical system or imaging system
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/49 whereby the further system is an inertial position system, e.g. loosely-coupled

Abstract

There is disclosed a method of determining a geolocation of an electronic device having a first and second sensor, executable at a server, comprising acquiring route information from a first geo-point to a second geo-point; determining a plurality of route points along the route and receiving, from the first sensor a state indicative of the geo-position; determining the geo-location of one of the plurality of route points; receiving, from the second device sensor a state associated with a specific geo-maneuver at the given route point; comparing the second sensor state to a predetermined second sensor state for the given route point and for the specific geo-maneuver; determining that the device has deviated from the route at the route point; generating revised route information based on a difference of the second sensor state and the geo-position of the first sensor state; sending the revised route to the device.

Claims

1. A method of determining a geolocation of an electronic device, the electronic device having a first sensor and a second sensor, the method executable at a server, the server being in communication with the electronic device via a communications network, the method comprising:

acquiring a route information associated with a route for the electronic device, the route information being a path from a first geo-point to a second geo-point;

determining a plurality of route points along the route, each route point being a point potentially associated with a deviation from the route information;

for a given one of the plurality of route points;

receiving, from the first sensor, a first sensor state, the first sensor state indicative of the electronic device geo-position, wherein the first sensor is one of a GPS module and a global navigation satellite system (GLONASS) module;

based on the electronic device geo-position, determining the geo-location of the given one of the plurality of route points;

receiving, from the second device sensor, a second sensor state associated with a specific geo-maneuver at the given route point;

comparing the second sensor state to a predetermined second sensor state for the given route point and for the specific geo-maneuver;

responsive to the second sensor state being indicative of a variance from the predetermined second sensor state, determining that the electronic device has deviated from the route at the given route point;

generating a revised route information, including a revised geo-position of the electronic device in association with the given route point, the generating being based on a difference of the second sensor state and the electronic device geo-position generated based on the first sensor state;

sending the revised route information to the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second sensor comprises a sensor different from the GPS module and the GLONASS module.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second sensor comprises at least one of:

an accelerometer,

an ambient temperature measurement device,

a device for measuring the force of gravity,

a gyroscope,

a device for measuring ambient light,

a device for measuring acceleration force,

a device for measuring ambient geomagnetic field,

a device for measuring a degree of rotation,

a device for measuring ambient air pressure,

a device for measuring relative ambient humidity,

a device for measuring device orientation,

a device for measuring temperature of the device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to the acquiring the route information, generating the predetermined second sensor state.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the generating the predetermined second sensor state comprises:

acquiring, from a plurality of electronic devices, a plurality of indications of a previous second sensor states, each of the plurality of indications of a previous second sensor state associated with a previous second device sensor, the previous second sensor being of a same type as the second device sensor, a respective indication of the previous second sensor state being generated during a previous geo-maneuver, the previous geo-maneuver being of a same type as the specific geo-maneuver;

analyzing the plurality of indications of a previous second sensor state to render a statistical maneuver pattern;

assigning the statistical maneuver pattern as the predetermined second sensor state for the specific geo-maneuver.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein analyzing the plurality of indications comprises calculating a statistical average of the previous second sensor state.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the calculating statistical average comprises assigning an impact score to each of the plurality of indications of a previous second sensor state.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising prior to the acquiring a route information associated with a route for the electronic device, defining plurality of route points along the route, the route being one of a plurality of routes.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the defining a plurality of route points comprises receiving an indication of the plurality of route points along the route from an operator.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the defining a plurality of route points is based on a pre-determined rule.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is one of a plurality of electronic devices, the second sensor is one of a plurality of second sensors respectively associated with the plurality of electronic devices and the second sensor state is one of a plurality of second sensor states respectively generated by the plurality of second device sensors, the method further comprising:

in response to the plurality of second sensor states being indicative of the deviation from the route information, determining that there is a route problem associated with the route information at the given one of the plurality of route points.

12. A server comprising:

a communication interface for communication with an electronic device via a communication network,

a memory module;

a processor operationally connected with the communication interface and the memory module, the processor configured to determine a geolocation of an electronic device, the electronic device having a first sensor and a second sensor, the processor being further configured to;

acquiring a route information associated with a route for the electronic device, the route information being a path from a first geo-point to a second geo-point;

determine a plurality of route points along the route, each route point being a point potentially associated with a deviation from the route information;

for a given one of the plurality of route points;

receive, from the first sensor, a first sensor state, the first sensor state indicative of the electronic device geo-position wherein the first sensor is one of a GPS module and a global navigation satellite system (GLONASS) module;

based on the electronic device geo-position, determine the geo-location of the given one of the plurality of route points;

receive, from the second device sensor, a second sensor state associated with a specific geo-maneuver at the given route point;

compare the second sensor state to a predetermined second sensor state for the given route point and for the specific geo-maneuver;

responsive to the second sensor state being indicative of a variance from the predetermined second sensor state, determine that the electronic device has deviated from the route at the given route point;

generate a revised route information, including a revised geo-position of the electronic device in association with the given route point, the generating being based on a difference of the second sensor state and the electronic device geo-position generated based on the first sensor state;

send the revised route information to the electronic device.

13. The server of claim 12, wherein the second sensor comprises a sensor different from the GPS module and GLONASS module.

14. The server of claim 13, wherein the second sensor comprises at least one of:

an accelerometer,

an ambient temperature measurement device,

a device for measuring the force of gravity,

a gyroscope,

a device for measuring ambient light,

a device for measuring acceleration force,

a device for measuring ambient geomagnetic field,

a device for measuring a degree of rotation,

a device for measuring ambient air pressure,

a device for measuring relative ambient humidity,

a device for measuring device orientation,

a device for measuring temperature of the device.

15. The server of claim 12, the processor being further configured, prior to the acquiring the route information, to generate the predetermined second sensor state.

16. The server of claim 15, wherein to generate the predetermined second sensor state, the processor is configured to:

acquire, from a plurality of electronic devices, a plurality of indications of a previous second sensor states, each of the plurality of indications of a previous second sensor state associated with a previous second device sensor, the previous second sensor being of a same type as the second device sensor, a respective indication of the previous second sensor state being generated during a previous geo-maneuver, the previous geo-maneuver being of a same type as the specific geo-maneuver;

analyze the plurality of indications of a previous second sensor state to render a statistical maneuver pattern;

assign the statistical maneuver pattern as the predetermined second sensor state for the specific geo-maneuver.

17. The server of claim 16, wherein to analyze the plurality of indications, the processor is configured to calculate a statistical average of the previous second sensor state.

18. The server of claim 17, wherein to calculate statistical average, the processor is configured to assign an impact score to each of the plurality of indications of a previous second sensor state.