Testing apparatus and method for testing a location-based application on a mobile device

• US 10,620,013 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2017
• Issued: 04/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SITA Information Networking Computing USA Incorporated (Société Internationale de Télécom Aeronautiques (Switzerland))
• Original Assignee: SITA Information Networking Computing USA Incorporated (Société Internationale de Télécom Aeronautiques (Switzerland))
• Inventors: Zeephat, Jerry James
• Primary Examiner(s): Raevis, Robert R
• Application Number:
  US15/454,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20180259358A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,132 Days
• Field of Search: 73 179, 738658, 738659, 734321, 348 61, 348 64, 348113, 348118, 348125, 348126, 348129, 348135, 348142, 348143, 348158
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 25/00 Manufacturing, calibrating, cleaning, or repairing instruments or devices referred to in the other groups of this subclass testing, calibrating or compensating compasses G01C17/38
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/36 Preventing errors by testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/12 Details of acquisition arrangements; Constructional details thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/24 Arrangements for testing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports

Abstract

A testing apparatus (1) for testing a location-based application on a mobile device (14). The apparatus comprises a first platform (10) having a support portion (12) for supporting at least one test mobile device (14); and a support element (20) spaced from the first platform (10). The support element (20) is configured to support a recording device (24) and permit a camera lens on the recording device (24) to view the support portion (12) of the first platform (10).

Claims

1. A system for testing a location-based software application running on a mobile device, the system comprising:

a first platform having a support portion for supporting at least one mobile device under test running a location-based software application; and

a support element spaced from the first platform and held in a fixed position relative to the first platform, the support element being a second platform configured to support a recording device in a fixed position relative to the first platform and permit a camera lens on the recording device to view the support portion of the first platform, wherein the system is sized and shaped for transportation by a test person around a test site,

wherein the second platform comprises a viewing port for enabling the camera lens on the recording device to view the support portion of the first platform, and/or wherein at least a portion of the second platform is substantially transparent.

2. A system according to claim 1, further comprising a mechanism for attaching the recording device to the support element.

3. A system according to claim 1, further comprising a mechanism for attaching the at least one test mobile device to the first platform.

4. A system according to claim 1, further comprising one or more support rods for securing the first platform relative to the support element.

5. A system according to claim 1, further comprising a mechanism for attaching the system to a trolley.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein the system is sized and shaped for transportation by the person around the test site via a harness.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein one or more holes are provided on the first platform proximate to the support portion of the first platform.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one mirror affixed to the first platform at a position proximate to the support portion and at an angle of about 45 degrees from the first platform.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein a surface of a camera lens on the recording device is oriented parallel to the first platform to permit view of the at least one mirror and the at least one test mobile device by the camera lens.

10. A system for testing a location-based software application running on a mobile device, the system comprising:

a first platform having a support portion for supporting at least one mobile device under test running a location-based software application;

a support element spaced from the first platform and held in a fixed position relative to the first platform, the support element being configured to support a recording device and permit a camera lens on the recording device to view the support portion of the first platform, wherein the system is sized and shaped for transportation by a test person around a test site, and

at least one mirror disposed between the first platform and the support element and orientated at an angle that is offset from the first platform.

11. A system according to claim 10, wherein the support element is a clamp configured to grip the recording device and hold the recording device in a fixed position relative to the first platform.

12. A system according to claim 10, wherein the at least one mirror is a first planar mirror disposed between the first platform and the support element and orientated at an angle that is offset from the first platform, and the system further comprises:

a second concave mirror aligned with the first planar mirror; and

a third convex mirror aligned with the second concave mirror.

13. A system according to claim 12, wherein the second concave mirror and the third convex mirror are positioned externally to a space residing between the first platform and the support element.

14. A system according to claim 10, wherein the support element is a second platform configured to support the recording device in a fixed position relative to the first platform, and

wherein second platform comprises a viewing port for enabling the camera lens on the recording device to view the support portion of the first platform, and/or wherein at least a portion of the second platform is substantially transparent.

15. A system according to claim 10, further comprising a navigation instrument located on the first platform.

16. A system according to claim 15, wherein the support element is a second platform configured to support the recording device in a fixed position relative to the first platform, and

wherein second platform comprises a viewing port for enabling the camera lens on the recording device to view the support portion of the first platform, and/or wherein at least a portion of the second platform is substantially transparent.

17. A system according to claim 10, further comprising one or more support rods for securing the first platform relative to the support element.

18. A system for testing a location-based software application running on a mobile device, the system comprising:

a first platform having a support portion for supporting at least one mobile device under test running a location-based software application; and

a support element spaced from the first platform and held in a fixed position relative to the first platform, the support element being configured to support a recording device and permit a camera lens on the recording device to view the support portion of the first platform, wherein the system is sized and shaped for transportation by a test person around a test site, and

a navigation instrument located on the first platform.

19. A system according to claim 18, wherein the support element is a second platform configured to support the recording device in a fixed position relative to the first platform, and

wherein second platform comprises a viewing port for enabling the camera lens on the recording device to view the support portion of the first platform, and/or wherein at least a portion of the second platform is substantially transparent.

20. A method for testing a location-based software application running on a mobile device, the method comprising:

supporting, via a first platform having a support portion, at least one mobile device under test running the location-based software application;

supporting, via a support element spaced from the first platform and held in a fixed position relative to the first platform, a recording device;

permitting a camera lens on the recording device to view the support portion of the first platform; and

orienting at least one mirror disposed between the first platform and the support element at an angle that is offset from the first platform, wherein a structure comprises the first platform, the support element, the camera lens, and the at least one mirror and the structure is sized and shaped for transportation by a test person around a test site.