METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED DETECTION OF THE LOCAL POSITION OF A PERSON

• US 20130281124A1
• Filed: 03/08/2013
• Published: 10/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH
• Original Assignee: Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH
• Inventors: MILLER, Norbert, LAUMEN, Heinz
• Application Number:
  US13/790,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20130281124A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

In order to provide a method for the automated detection of a local position, which enables a largely automated detection of the use of fee-based services and can be used as base for automated billings, a method is provided for the automated detection of a local position of a person equipped with suitable terminals and sensors, wherein at respectively comparable times geographic data as well as at least one type of acceleration information and/or surrounding field information is collected which will then be evaluated by means of memorized reference data of the geographical place, the acceleration and the surrounding field.

Claims

1. A method for the automated detection of a local position of a person equipped with a suitable terminal, comprising:

wherein at times which are respectively adjusted to each other

a) geographic data, as well as

b) acceleration information, and

c) at least one surrounding field information item of the type selected from;

local information, and/or

acoustic values, and/or

temperature values, and/or

information provided by WLAN

are collected, which are then evaluated by means of memorized reference data including acceleration and surrounding field information which are respectively characteristic of particular local positions.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein satellite signals and/or mobile radio cell information are evaluated for the collection of geographic data.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein altitude sensors are evaluated for the collection of geographic data.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein “

Local based Services”

by commercial providers are evaluated for the collection of geographic data.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein geographic data are extrapolated in case of a malfunction.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein sensors for measuring the acceleration and/or angular velocity are evaluated for detecting the acceleration.

7. The method according claim 1 wherein the reference data comprise planned information.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the reference data comprise real-time information.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the reference data are information which comes from the mobile terminal of a person who uses this service.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein a mobile terminal is used for the collection of data or information.

11. The method according to claim 1 wherein the evaluation of data comprises information about the use of means of transportation.

12. The method according to claim 1 wherein, after the evaluation of data, the person is requested to give a confirmation of the result.