Horizontal position estimate based on interfloor connectors

• US 10,542,386 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2017
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Ivanov, Pavel, Wirola, Lauri Aarne Johannes, Syrjarinne, Jari Tapani, Khan, Muhammad Irshan
• Primary Examiner(s): Sabouri, Mazda
• Application Number:
  US15/448,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20180255434A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,054 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 5/06 by using barometric means
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• 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 19/50 whereby the position solution is constrained to lie upon a particular curve or surface, e.g. for locomotives on railway tracks
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/012 Identifying whether indoors or outdoors
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings

Abstract

The disclosure inter alia relates to method, performed by at least one apparatus. The method includes obtaining information indicative of a use of an interfloor connector by a user of a mobile device; determining one or multiple potentially used interfloor connectors; and determining a horizontal position estimate of said mobile device at least based on one or multiple horizontal positions of said one or multiple determined potentially used interfloor connectors. The disclosure also relates to an apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause an apparatus at least to perform the method.

Claims

1. A method, performed by at least one apparatus, said method comprising:

obtaining information indicative of a use of an interfloor connector by a user of a mobile device;

obtaining one or multiple previous and/or current horizontal position estimates of said mobile device;

determining multiple potentially used interfloor connectors within a predetermined radius of the one or multiple previous and/or current horizontal position estimates of said mobile device, corresponding to horizontal positions; and

determining a horizontal position estimate of said mobile device at least based on an average of (i) one or multiple previous and/or current horizontal position estimates and (ii) the horizontal positions of said multiple determined potentially used interfloor connectors.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said information indicative of a use of an interfloor connector by said user of said mobile device is indicative of an at least partially vertical movement of said mobile device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said information indicative of a use of an interfloor connector by said user of said mobile device is pressure information representative of pressure at said mobile device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said horizontal positions of said multiple determined potentially used interfloor connectors are weighted based on said one or multiple previous and/or current horizontal position estimates of said mobile device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said one or multiple previous and/or current horizontal position estimates of said mobile device are weighted based on said horizontal positions of said multiple determined potentially used interfloor connectors.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said one or multiple previous and/or current horizontal position estimates of said mobile device are intermittent position estimates of said mobile device for the same time.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said determining of multiple potentially used interfloor connector comprises determining a type of said interfloor connector used by said user of said mobile device at least based on said obtained information indicative of a use of an interfloor connector by said user of said mobile device.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said method further comprises:

determining a start of use and/or an end of use of said interfloor connector used by said user of said mobile device, wherein said horizontal position estimate of said mobile device is determined for a time corresponding to said start of use and/or said end of use.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said method further comprises:

updating a previous and/or current horizontal position estimate based on said determined horizontal position estimate of said mobile device.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor causing an apparatus to perform the actions of a method, said method comprising:

obtaining information indicative of a use of an interfloor connector by a user of a mobile device;

identifying a previous position estimate of the mobile device;

determining multiple potentially used interfloor connectors within a predetermined distance of the previous position estimate of the mobile device; and

determining a horizontal position estimate of said mobile device at least based on an average of (i) the previous position estimate of the mobile device and (ii) multiple horizontal positions of said multiple determined potentially used interfloor connectors.

11. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause an apparatus at least to perform a method, said method comprising:

obtaining information indicative of a use of an interfloor connector by a user of a mobile device;

obtaining one or multiple previous and/or current horizontal position estimates of said mobile device;

determining multiple potentially used interfloor connectors within a predetermined distance of the one or multiple previous and/or current horizontal position estimates of said mobile device; and

calculating a horizontal position estimate of said mobile device at least based on an average of (i) the one or multiple previous and/or current horizontal position estimates of said mobile device and (ii) horizontal positions of said multiple determined potentially used interfloor connectors.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said information indicative of a use of an interfloor connector by said user of said mobile device is indicative of an at least partially vertical movement of said mobile device.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said information indicative of a use of an interfloor connector by said user of said mobile device is pressure information representative of pressure at said mobile device.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said horizontal positions of said multiple determined potentially used interfloor connectors are weighted based on said one or multiple previous and/or current horizontal position estimates of said mobile device.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said one or multiple previous and/or current horizontal position estimates of said mobile device are weighted based on said horizontal positions of said multiple determined potentially used interfloor connectors.

16. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said one or multiple previous and/or current horizontal position estimates of said mobile device are intermittent position estimates of said mobile device for the same time.

17. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said determining of multiple potentially used interfloor connector comprises determining a type of said interfloor connector used by said user of said mobile device at least based on said obtained information indicative of a use of an interfloor connector by said user of said mobile device.

18. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said method further comprises:

determining a start of use and/or an end of use of said interfloor connector used by said user of said mobile device, wherein said horizontal position estimate of said mobile device is determined for a time corresponding to said start of use and/or said end of use.

19. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said method further comprises:

updating a previous and/or current horizontal position estimate based on said determined horizontal position estimate of said mobile device.

20. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the apparatus is:

a module for a mobile device;

or

a mobile device;

or

a module for a server;

or

a server.