APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING INDOOR COLLECTION POINTS AND COLLECTING HETEROGENEOUS INFRASTRUCTURE MEASUREMENT INFORMATION

• US 20130197799A1
• Filed: 01/31/2013
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: CHO, Young-Su, JI, Myung-In, PARK, Sang-Joon
• Granted Patent: US 9,116,006 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/430
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3407 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0249 Determining position using measurements made by a non-stationary device other than the device whose position is being determined

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for determining indoor collection points and collecting heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information. The apparatus includes a sensor module unit for sensing a motion and a location. An indoor map DB includes attribute information of an indoor space and an indoor map. A collection route generation unit generates a collection route on the indoor map depending on collection conditions. A collection point determination unit determines a collection point from which the heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information is to be collected on the collection route while moving, based on information of the sensor module unit and the indoor map DB. A heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information collection unit collects heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information from the collection point. An information combination unit generates results of collection by combining the collection point with the heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information at the collection point.

Claims

1. An apparatus for determining indoor collection points and collecting heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information, comprising:

a sensor module unit for sensing a motion and a location;

an indoor map database (DB) including attribute information of an indoor space and an indoor map;

a collection route generation unit for generating a collection route on the indoor map depending on collection conditions;

a collection point determination unit for determining a collection point from which the heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information is to be collected on the collection route while moving, based on information of the sensor module unit and the indoor map DB;

a heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information collection unit for collecting heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information from the collection point; and

an information combination unit for generating results of collection by combining the collection point with the heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information at the collection point

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sensor module unit comprises one or more of an acceleration sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, a gyro sensor, an altimeter, and a camera.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the collection route comprises a collection start point and a collection end point.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the collection route further comprises an intermediate point.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information comprises measurement information for positioning.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the collection point determination unit determines a movement direction and a variation in the collection point of the apparatus based on sensing information output from the sensor module unit, and determines a collection point subsequent to a current collection point mapped to the collection route using the movement direction and the point variation.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the collection point determination unit further comprises a route tracking unit for checking whether the determined collection point has comedy tracked the collection route.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the collection point determination unit re-sets the collection route if the determined collection point has deviated from the collection route.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an information transmission unit for transmitting the results of the collection obtained by the information combination unit to a server.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a combined information database for storing the results of the collection obtained by the information combination unit.

11. A method of determining indoor collection points and collecting heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information, comprising:

generating, by a collection route generation unit, a collection route on an indoor map of a target area in which heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information is to be collected, depending on collection collections;

determining, by a collection point determination unit, a collection point from which the heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information is to be collected on the collection route while moving;

collecting, by a heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information collection unit, heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information from the collection point; and

generating, by an information combination unit, results of collection by combining the collection point with the heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information at the collection point.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the collection route comprises a collection start point and a collection end point.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the collection route further comprises an intermediate point.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the heterogeneous infrastructure measurement information comprises measurement information for positioning.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein determining the collection point comprises:

determining a movement direction and a variation in a collection point based on sensing information output from a sensor module unit; and

determining a collection point subsequent to a current collection point mapped to the collection route using the movement direction and the collection point variation.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

checking, by the collection point determination unit, whether the determined collection point has correctly tracked the collection route.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein checking whether the determined collection point has correctly tracked the collection route is configured to re-set the collection route if the determined collection point has deviated from the collection route.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

storing, by the information combination unit, the results of the collection in a combined information database.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting, by an information transmission unit, the results of the collection to a server.