Method, device, and system for obtaining a mobile computing device location
First Claim
1. A mobile computing device comprising,a microphone adapted to receive at least one audio signal from one or more audio signal emitters;
- memory components adapted to store,a receiving time that the at least one audio signal was received at the mobile computing device, anda temperature reading;
a wireless receiver adapted to receive a sending time for the one or more audio signals;
processing components adapted to,calculate a difference between the receiving time and the sending time, anduse the temperature reading and the difference between the receiving time and the sending time to determine a location of the mobile computing device.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention comprises a method of determining a mobile computing device location. The method may comprise emitting at least one audio signal from at least one audio signal emitter and determining a sending time of the at least one audio signal. The method further comprises receiving the at least one audio signal at the mobile computing device and determining a receiving time of the at least one audio signal. A difference between the receiving time and the sending time is calculated and this difference is used to determine a distance from the at least one audio signal emitter to the mobile computing device. The distance is then used to obtain a location of the mobile computing device.
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22 Claims
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1. A mobile computing device comprising,
a microphone adapted to receive at least one audio signal from one or more audio signal emitters; -
memory components adapted to store, a receiving time that the at least one audio signal was received at the mobile computing device, and a temperature reading; a wireless receiver adapted to receive a sending time for the one or more audio signals; processing components adapted to, calculate a difference between the receiving time and the sending time, and use the temperature reading and the difference between the receiving time and the sending time to determine a location of the mobile computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 21)
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6. A method of determining a mobile computing device location comprising,
emitting at least one audio signal from at least one audio signal emitter; -
determining a sending time of the at least one audio signal, the sending time comprising a time the at least one audio signal was emitted from the at least one audio signal emitter; receiving the at least one audio signal at the mobile computing device; determining a receiving time of the at least one audio signal, the receiving time comprising a time the at least one audio signal was received at the mobile computing device; calculating a difference between the receiving time and the sending time; obtaining at least one air temperature reading; using the at least one air temperature reading and the difference between the receiving time and the sending time to determine a distance from the at least one audio signal emitter to the mobile computing device; and using the distance from the at least one audio signal emitter to obtain a location of the mobile computing device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device-location system comprising,
at least one signal emitting device; -
a mobile computing device adapted to receive a signal comprising a sending signal timestamp emitted from the at least one signal emitting device, and obtain a receiving timestamp for the signal emitted from the at least one signal emitting device; a server in communication with the at least one signal emitting device and the mobile computing device; and
wherein,at least one of the at least one signal emitting device, mobile computing device, and server is adapted to use a the .signal sending timestamp and a the signal receiving timestamp to determine the distance between the at least one signal emitting device and the mobile computing device; and wherein, the distance from the at least one signal emitting device and the mobile computing device is further determined from, at least one of a signal emitting device temperature reading and a mobile computing device temperature reading. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22)
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17. A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable storage medium, encoded with processor-readable instructions to perform a method of obtaining a location of a mobile computing device, the method comprising,
determining a first difference between a sending timestamp for a first audio signal emitted from a first audio signal emitter and a receiving timestamp for the first audio signal received by the mobile computing device; -
determining a second difference between a sending timestamp for a second audio signal is emitted from a second audio signal emitter and a receiving timestamp for the second audio signal-is received by the mobile computing device; determining a third difference between a sending timestamp for a third audio signal is emitted from a third audio signal emitter and a receiving timestamp for the third audio signal received by the mobile computing device; determining an air temperature; and using the air temperature, the first difference, the second difference, and the third difference to obtain the location of the mobile computing device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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