Extended fingerprint generation
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1. A method, comprising:
- determining in an apparatus whether to initiate information sensing at an instance in time, wherein information sensing at the instance in time comprises;
performing at least two of;
(1) sensing the motion of the apparatus and recording the sensed motion information;
(2) sensing visual information corresponding to a location, extracting visual elements from the sensed visual information and recording the extracted visual elements; and
(3) sensing at least one of electromagnetic signal and magnetic field information and recording the at least one of sensed signal and field information;
correlating at least two of the sensed motion information, the extracted visual elements and the at least one of sensed signal and field information to generate correlated sensed information corresponding to the instance in time; and
storing the correlated sensed information corresponding to the instance in time in association with stored correlated sensed information corresponding to previous instances in time.
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Abstract
A system for creating a representation of a location based on information sensed at the location. For example, apparatuses may comprise various sensors that sense apparatus-related information (e.g., motion, direction, etc.) while also visual, signal, field, etc. information pertaining to a location. Apparatuses may store sensed information about the apparatus while at a particular location, and about the particular location itself, in a mapping database, which may then associate the various types of sensed information with information already stored in the database in order to create a representation of the location.
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1. A method, comprising:
determining in an apparatus whether to initiate information sensing at an instance in time, wherein information sensing at the instance in time comprises; performing at least two of;
(1) sensing the motion of the apparatus and recording the sensed motion information;
(2) sensing visual information corresponding to a location, extracting visual elements from the sensed visual information and recording the extracted visual elements; and
(3) sensing at least one of electromagnetic signal and magnetic field information and recording the at least one of sensed signal and field information;correlating at least two of the sensed motion information, the extracted visual elements and the at least one of sensed signal and field information to generate correlated sensed information corresponding to the instance in time; and storing the correlated sensed information corresponding to the instance in time in association with stored correlated sensed information corresponding to previous instances in time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer executable program code comprising:
code configured to cause an apparatus to determine whether to initiate information sensing at an instance in time, wherein code for causing the apparatus to perform information sensing at the instance in time further comprises; code configured to cause the apparatus to perform at least two of;
(1) sensing the motion of the apparatus and recording the sensed motion information;
(2) sensing visual information corresponding to a location, extracting visual elements from the sensed visual information and recording the extracted visual elements; and
(3) sensing at least one of electromagnetic signal and magnetic field information and recording the at least one of sensed signal and field information;code configured to cause the apparatus to correlate at least two of the sensed motion information, the extracted visual elements and the at least one of sensed signal and field information to generate correlated sensed information corresponding to the instance in time; and code configured to cause the apparatus to store the correlated sensed information corresponding to the instance in time in association with stored correlated sensed information corresponding to previous instances in time. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including executable instructions, the at least one memory and the executable instructions being configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following; determine whether to initiate information sensing at an instance in time, wherein information sensing at the instance in time comprises; performing at least two of;
(1) sensing the motion of the apparatus and recording the sensed motion information;
(2) sensing visual information corresponding to a location, extracting visual elements from the sensed visual information and recording the extracted visual elements; and
(3) sensing at least one of electromagnetic signal and magnetic field information and recording the at least one of sensed signal and field information;correlate at least two of the sensed motion information, the extracted visual elements and the at least one of sensed signal and field information to generated correlated sensed information corresponding to the instance in time; and store the correlated sensed information corresponding to the instance in time in association with stored correlated sensed information corresponding to previous instances in time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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