Mobile device, positioning method and non-transitor computer-readable recording medium

• US 9,402,162 B1
• Filed: 03/05/2015
• Issued: 07/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Liao, Chi-Yi
• Primary Examiner(s): Singh, Hirdepal
• Application Number:
  US14/639,135
• Time in Patent Office: 509 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A mobile device, a positioning method and a computer-readable recording medium are provided. The mobile device includes a display, a sensor unit, a transceiver unit, and a processor. The sensor unit provides internal sensor data. The transceiver unit receives at least one external positioning data. The processor calculates a position of the mobile device based on the internal sensor data. The processor obtains a position corresponding to each of the external positioning data based on each of the external positioning data and controls the display to display multiple representative objects. Each of the representative objects is corresponding to one of the positions of the mobile device or the at least one external positioning data.

Claims

1. A mobile device, comprising:

a display;

a sensor unit, providing internal sensor data;

a transceiver unit, receiving at least one external positioning data and comprising a local area transceiver; and

a processor, coupled to the display, the sensor unit and the transceiver unit, and configured to set a start point in response to execute a pairing procedure through the local area transceiver, calculate a position of the mobile device according to the internal sensor data, obtain the position corresponding to the external positioning data according to each of the external positioning data, and control the display to display a plurality of representative objects, wherein each of the representative objects is corresponding to one of the positions of the mobile device and the at least one external positioning data,

wherein the processor calculates motion track of the mobile device started from the start point according to the internal sensor data in order to calculate the position of the mobile device, and the processor controls the display to display another representative object, and the another representative object is corresponding to the position of the start point.

2. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein each of the external positioning data comprises the position corresponding to the external positioning data, and the processor directly obtains the position from the external positioning data.

3. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein each of the external positioning data comprises external sensor data, and the processor calculates the position corresponding to the external positioning data according to the external sensor data.

4. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the processor calculates at least one distance between the positions according to the positions of the mobile device and the at least one external positioning data, and controls the display to display the at least one distance.

5. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein each of the representative objects comprises a height corresponding to the position.

6. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the processor executes the pairing procedure to obtain a user name corresponding to each of the external positioning data, and each of the representative objects comprises the user name of the mobile device or the user name corresponding to one of the at least one external positioning data.

7. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the processor controls the display to represent each of the representative objects in different colors.

8. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the processor calculates at least one distance between the start point and the positions according to the positions of the mobile device and the at least one external positioning data, and controls the display to display the at least one distance.

9. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the processor further controls the display to display a plane digital map of a region where the positions of the mobile device and the at least one external positioning data are located.

10. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the processor further controls the display to display a vertical digital map of a region where the positions of the mobile device and the at least one external positioning data are located.

11. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the processor controls the transceiver unit to transmit internal positioning data, and the internal positioning data comprises the position of the mobile device.

12. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the processor controls the transceiver unit to transmit internal positioning data, and the internal positioning data comprises the internal sensor data.

13. A positioning method of a mobile device, comprising:

setting a start point in response to execute a pairing procedure through a local area transceiver;

providing internal sensor data;

calculating motion track of the mobile device started from the start point according to the internal sensor data in order to calculate a position of the mobile device;

calculating the position of the mobile device according to the internal sensor data;

receiving at least one external positioning data;

obtaining the position corresponding to the external positioning data according to each of the external positioning data;

displaying a plurality of representative objects, wherein each of the representative objects is corresponding to one of the positions of the mobile device and the at least one external positioning data; and

displaying another representative object, wherein the another representative object is corresponding to the position of the start point.

14. The positioning method according to claim 13, wherein each of the external positioning data comprises the position corresponding to the external positioning data.

15. The positioning method according to claim 13, wherein each of the external positioning data comprises external sensor data, and the step of obtaining the position corresponding to the external positioning data comprises:

calculating the position corresponding to the external positioning data according to the external sensor data.

16. The positioning method according to claim 13, further comprising:

calculating at least one distance between the positions according to the positions of the mobile device and the at least one external positioning data; and

displaying the at least one distance.

17. The positioning method according to claim 13, wherein each of the representative objects comprises a height corresponding to the position.

18. The positioning method according to claim 13, further comprising:

executing the pairing procedure to obtain a user name corresponding to each of the external positioning data, wherein each of the representative objects comprises the user name of the mobile device or the user name corresponding to one of the at least one external positioning data.

19. The positioning method according to claim 13, further comprising:

representing each of the representative objects in different colors.

20. The positioning method according to claim 13, further comprising:

calculating at least one distance between the start point and the positions according to the positions of the mobile device and the at least one external positioning data; and

displaying the at least one distance.

21. The positioning method according to claim 13, further comprising:

displaying a plane digital map of a region where the positions of the mobile device and the at least one external positioning data are located.

22. The positioning method according to claim 13, further comprising:

displaying a vertical digital map of a region where the positions of the mobile device and the at least one external positioning data are located.

23. The positioning method according to claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting internal positioning data, wherein the internal positioning data comprises the position of the mobile device.

24. The positioning method according to claim 13, further comprising:

transmitting internal positioning data, wherein the internal positioning data comprises the internal sensor data.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, stored with a computer program, and capable of completing the positioning method of claim 13 after the computer program is loaded and executed by the mobile device.