COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH STRUCTURE VERTICAL-TIER MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

• US 20170184405A1
• Filed: 12/29/2015
• Published: 06/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Rachuri, Kiran K, Singh, Shalinder S, Hirase, Yoshiya
• Granted Patent: US 9,726,504 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/383 Indoor data
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3844 Data obtained from position sensors only, e.g. from inertial navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/03 Cooperating elements; Interaction or communication between different cooperating elements or between cooperating elements and receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/015 between indoor and outdoor environments
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A computing system includes: a control circuit configured to: determine environment measurements representing conditions measured about a building structure located at a geographic location; generate a map based on the environment measurements for mapping a tier of the building structure along a vertical direction; and a storage circuit, coupled to the control circuit, configured to store the map for representing the building structure.

Claims

1. A computing system comprising:

a control circuit configured to;

determine environment measurements representing conditions measured about a building structure located at a geographic location;

normalize a device altitude, calculated from the environment measurements, by removing inconsistencies in the device altitude due to differences in weather conditions;

generate a map based on the environment measurements for mapping a tier of the building structure along a vertical direction, including identifying an existence and a vertical location of the tier within the building structure; and

a storage circuit, coupled to the control circuit, configured to store the map for representing the building structure.

2. The computing system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuit is configured to:

determine a tier-change access location based on the environment measurements, the tier-change access location for representing a location providing a vertical connection to or from the tier of the building structure; and

generate the map including the tier-change access location for locating the tier-change access location on the tier.

3. The computing system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuit is configured to:

determine relative altitudes for representing the environment measurements corresponding to the device altitude relative to an entry-exit altitude; and

generate the map based on the relative altitudes representing the environment measurements.

4. The computing system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuit is configured to:

determine relative altitudes based on a device adjustment measure for calibrating the environment measurements relative to a calibration location; and

generate the map based on the relative altitudes representing the environment measurements.

5. The computing system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuit is configured to:

identify a relative vertical cluster based on the environment measurements for representing locations along the vertical direction;

identify the tier based on the relative vertical cluster; and

generate the map including mapping of the tier.

6. The computing system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuit is configured to:

determine the environment measurements based on receiving relative altitudes representing the environment measurements including pressure measurement, movement measurement, or a combination thereof measured following a vertical movement event; and

generate the map based on the relative altitudes using an unsupervised mechanism without utilizing a direct user input and without utilizing a structural base-information.

7. The computing system as claimed in claim 6 wherein the control circuit is configured to:

determine a tier-change type corresponding to a tier-change access location based on the environment measurements, wherein the tier-change type is for representing a vertical path, an escalator, an elevator, or a combination thereof within the building structure; and

generate the map including the tier-change type at the tier-change access location for identifying the tier-change access location on the tier.

8. The computing system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuit is configured to determine relative altitudes for normalizing the environment measurements across a first device and a further device sourcing the environment measurements.

9. The computing system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuit is configured to determine relative altitudes for normalizing the environment measurements corresponding to different time stamps.

10. The computing system as claimed in claim 6 wherein the control circuit is configured to generate the map for vertically locating a user on the tier within the building structure.

11. A method of operation of a computing system comprising:

determining environment measurements representing conditions measured about a building structure located at a geographic location; and

normalizing a device altitude, calculated from the environment measurements, by removing inconsistencies in the device altitude due to differences in weather conditions;

generating with a control circuit a map based on the environment measurements for mapping a tier of the building structure along a vertical direction, including identifying an existence and a vertical location of the tier within the building structure.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein:

determining the environment measurements includes determining one or more of the environment measurements based on detecting a vertical movement event of a device;

further comprising

calculating a relative altitude based on the one or more of the environment measurements from the device for normalizing the one or more of the environment measurements to locate the device along the vertical direction using the map of the building structure.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 further comprising:

determining movement measurement with the device;

detecting with a low-power circuit of the device a vertical change trigger based on monitoring the movement measurement of the device; and

detecting with a higher-powered circuit of the device the vertical movement event based on the vertical change trigger using the movement measurement, the one or more of the environment measurements from the device, or a combination thereof.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 further comprising:

determining a device location for locating the device outside of the building structure;

identifying a calibration location based on the device location;

determining a calibration event based on comparing the calibration location and the device location; and

wherein;

determining the environment measurements includes determining the one or more of the environment measurements from the device based on the calibration event for calculating a device adjustment measure associated with the environment measurements from the device.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

determining a device location for locating the device outside of the building structure;

determining an entry-exit event based on the device location; and

wherein;

determining the environment measurements includes determining the environment measurement based on the entry-exit event for calculating an entry-exit altitude.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executable by a control circuit for a computing system, the instructions comprising:

determining environment measurements representing conditions measured about a building structure located at a geographic location; and

normalizing a device altitude, calculated from the environment measurements, by removing inconsistencies in the device altitude due to differences in weather conditions;

generating a map based on the environment measurements for mapping a tier of the building structure along a vertical direction, including identifying an existence and a vertical location of the tier within the building structure.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16, wherein the instructions include:

determining the environment measurements includes determining one or more of the environment measurements using a device based on detecting a vertical movement event corresponding to the device; and

calculating a relative altitude based on the one or more of the environment measurements from the device for normalizing the one or more of the environment measurements to locate the device along the vertical direction using the map of the building structure.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16, wherein the instructions include:

determining a tier-change access location based on the environment measurements, the tier-change access location for providing a vertical connection to or from the tier of the building structure; and

wherein;

generating the map includes generating the map including the tier-change access location for locating the tier-change access location on the tier.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16, wherein the instructions include:

determining relative altitudes for representing the environment measurements corresponding to the device altitude relative to an entry-exit altitude; and

wherein;

generating the map includes generating the map based on the relative altitudes representing the environment measurements.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16, wherein the instructions include:

determining relative altitudes based on a device adjustment measure for calibrating the environment measurements relative to a calibration location; and

wherein;

generating the map includes generating the map based on the relative altitudes representing the environment measurements.