Position information processing method and electronic device

• US 10,299,075 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2016
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Gao, Tian, Zhang, Liuxin, Yang, Qichuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Wyche, Myron
• Application Number:
  US15/394,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20170195840A1
• Time in Patent Office: 873 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information

Abstract

An embodiment provides an electronic device, including: a wireless communication unit; and a processor operatively coupled to the wireless communication unit; and a memory that stores instructions executable by the processor to: scan and acquire wireless device signal data; determine, based on the wireless device signal data, that the electronic device is within a preset range of a wireless device; and determine a geographic position of the electronic device based on the electronic device being within the preset range. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a wireless communication unit; and

a processor operatively coupled to the wireless communication unit; and

a memory that stores instructions executable by the processor to;

scan and acquire wireless device signal data;

determine, based on the wireless device signal data, that the electronic device is within a preset range of a wireless device;

determine, based on the determining and without using auxiliary sensors, a geographic position of the electronic device based on the electronic device being within the preset range; and

instruct, responsive to determining the geographic position, at least one other device to perform a function.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a collection unit that acquires motion state data of the electronic device, wherein the processing unit executes instructions to detect that the electronic device is within the preset range at least based on the motion state data.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, further comprising a sensor;

wherein the processor executes instructions to;

detect a change in motion state data using inputs from the sensor;

associate the change in motion state data with the wireless device signal data; and

thereafter resolve the geographic position of the electronic device based on the wireless device signal data and the change in motion state data.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor executes instructions to:

perform positioning using global positioning satellite (GPS) data.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein scanning and acquiring of the wireless device signal data is conditioned on the GPS data.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the processor executes instructions to enable the scanning and acquiring of wireless device signal data in response to detecting a predetermined geographic location using the GPS data.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the processor executes instructions to disable use of GPS data in response to enabling the scanning and acquiring of wireless device signal data.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the wireless device signal data is selected from the group consisting of media access control (MAC) address data, signal set identifier (SSID) data, and wireless signal strength data of a wireless hotspot device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the wireless device signal data is selected by a user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the wireless signal data includes wireless signal data of one or more home devices of the user.

19. The method of claim 8, wherein the wireless device signal data is selected by a user.

11. A method, comprising:

scanning and acquiring wireless device signal data using a mobile device;

determining, based on the wireless device signal data, that the mobile device is within a preset range of a wireless device;

determining, based on the determining and without using auxiliary sensors, a geographic position of the mobile device based on the mobile device being within the preset range; and

instruct, responsive to determining the geographic position at least one other device to perform a function.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

acquiring motion state data of the mobile device, wherein the detecting that the mobile device is within the preset range at least based on the motion state data.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

detecting a change in motion state data using inputs from a sensor of the mobile device;

associating the change in motion state data with the wireless device signal data; and

thereafter resolving the geographic position of the mobile device based on the wireless device signal data and the change in motion state data.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising performing positioning using global positioning satellite (GPS) data.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the scanning and acquiring of the wireless device signal data is conditioned on the GPS data.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising enabling the scanning and acquiring of wireless device signal data in response to detecting a predetermined geographic location using the GPS data.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising disabling use of GPS data in response to enabling the scanning and acquiring of wireless device signal data.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the wireless device signal data is selected from the group consisting of media access control (MAC) address data, signal set identifier (SSID) data, and wireless signal strength data of a wireless hotspot device.

20. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable storage device comprising code that is executable by a processor, the code comprising;

code that scans and acquires wireless device signal data using a mobile device;

code that determines, based on the wireless device signal data, that the mobile device is within a preset range of a wireless device;

code that determines, based on the code that determines and without using auxiliary sensor data, a geographic position of the mobile device based on the mobile device being within the preset range; and

code that instructions, responsive to determining the geographic position, at least one other device to perform a function.