LOCATING AN OBJECT

• US 20100265060A1
• Filed: 12/03/2008
• Published: 10/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Watt, Idy
• Application Number:
  US12/745,713
• Publication Number:
  US 20100265060A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.130
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0263 by combining or switching between positions derived from two or more separate positioning systems

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of locating an object capable of being located by at least one location unit. The invention comprises a step of selecting at least one location unit as a function of the locale in which the object is situated.

Claims

1. A method of locating an object capable of being located by at least one location unit, the method comprising a step of selecting at least one location unit as a function of the locale in which the object is situated.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selection step is preceded by a step of establishing a correspondence between at least one locale and at least one respective location unit to be used and in that the choice of the location unit to be used when locating the object is a function of this correspondence.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein if the current position corresponds to a coordinate point in a first zone a probability weighting is assigned to at least one coordinate point situated near the current position and switching from first location unit to second location unit associated with a second zone takes place when the point having the highest probability is in the second zone.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein weightings are assigned when the current position of the object is such that a move from a first zone to a second zone is probable.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the probability weighting is a function of the context.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein selection takes into account the environment of the locale.

7. The method according to claim 3, wherein the context includes contextual information on the object and/or the user.

10. A computer program comprising code instructions that, when it is executed by a data processing device, execute the steps of the method according to claim 1.

11. A storage medium readable by a data processing device storing a computer program comprising code instructions for executing the steps of the method according to claim 1.

8. An object capable of being located in a locale by at least one location unit, the object comprising means able to select a location unit as a function of the locale in which the object is situated.

9. A device able to locate an object via at least one location unit, the device comprising selection means able to select a location unit to locate the object as a function of the locale in which the object is situated.