INDOOR/OUTDOOR DECISION APPARATUS AND INDOOR/OUTDOOR DECISION METHOD
First Claim
1. An indoor/outdoor decision apparatus for making an indoor/outdoor decision on whether a mobile communication terminal is located indoors or outdoors, comprising:
- communication information acquiring unit which acquires communication information about wireless communication at the mobile communication terminal;
environment information acquiring unit which acquires environment information indicative of an environment associated with the mobile communication terminal;
criterion setting unit which sets a criterion for the indoor/outdoor decision, according to the environment information acquired by the environment information acquiring unit; and
deciding unit which makes the indoor/outdoor decision with reference to the communication information acquired by the communication information acquiring unit, based on the criterion set by the criterion setting unit.
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Abstract
An appropriate indoor/outdoor decision is made for a mobile communication terminal in accordance with a purpose of selection of a positioning method or the like. A positioning server 10 is an indoor/outdoor decision apparatus for making an indoor/outdoor decision on whether a mobile communication terminal 20 is located indoors or outdoors, which has: a communication information acquiring unit 11 which acquires communication information about wireless communication at the mobile communication terminal 20; an environment information acquiring unit 12 which acquires environment information indicative of an environment associated with the mobile communication terminal 20; a criterion setting unit 13 which sets a criterion for the indoor/outdoor decision according to the environment information; and a deciding unit 14 which makes the indoor/outdoor decision with reference to the communication information on the basis of the set criterion.
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6 Claims
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1. An indoor/outdoor decision apparatus for making an indoor/outdoor decision on whether a mobile communication terminal is located indoors or outdoors, comprising:
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communication information acquiring unit which acquires communication information about wireless communication at the mobile communication terminal; environment information acquiring unit which acquires environment information indicative of an environment associated with the mobile communication terminal; criterion setting unit which sets a criterion for the indoor/outdoor decision, according to the environment information acquired by the environment information acquiring unit; and deciding unit which makes the indoor/outdoor decision with reference to the communication information acquired by the communication information acquiring unit, based on the criterion set by the criterion setting unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An indoor/outdoor decision method for making an indoor/outdoor decision on whether a mobile communication terminal is located indoors or outdoors, comprising:
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a communication information acquiring step of acquiring communication information about wireless communication at the mobile communication terminal; an environment information acquiring step of acquiring environment information indicative of an environment associated with the mobile communication terminal; a criterion setting step of setting a criterion for the indoor/outdoor decision, according to the environment information acquired in the environment information acquiring step; and a deciding step of making the indoor/outdoor decision with reference to the communication information acquired in the communication information acquiring step, based on the criterion set in the criterion setting step.
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