LOCATION DETERMINATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20150330780A1
• Filed: 07/23/2015
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: YUZAWA, Hideto, SATO, Masahiro, TAKEUCHI, Takayuki, ICHIBOSHI, Akira, MATSUDA, Jiro, OZEKI, Shinobu
• Granted Patent: US 10,317,206 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 5/06 by using barometric means
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 13/00 Thermometers specially adapted for specific purposes

Abstract

A location determination processing device includes: an accepting section as defined herein; an atmospheric pressure information accepting section as defined herein; a computation result accepting section as defined herein; an identification result accepting section as defined herein; a detection result accepting section as defined herein; a determination result accepting section as defined herein; a correcting section as defined herein; and an outputting section as defined herein.

Claims

1. A location determination processing device comprising:

an accepting section that accepts reference information, the reference information including information related to atmospheric pressure and information related to temperature which are detected by a detection device and information related to altitude detected by the detection device;

an atmospheric pressure information accepting section that accepts information related to atmospheric pressure for a location where an information processing device that is mobile exists;

a computation result accepting section that accepts a computation result of computing an altitude on a basis of the reference information accepted by the accepting section and the information related to atmospheric pressure accepted by the atmospheric pressure information accepting section;

an identification result accepting section that accepts an identification result of identifying, from a storing section that stores a correspondence between a level and an elevation of the level, a level corresponding to the altitude accepted by the computation result accepting section;

a detection result accepting section that accepts a detection result of detecting, on a basis of a status of an owner of the mobile information processing device, a level on which the owner is located;

a determination result accepting section that accepts a determination result of determining whether a difference exists between the level obtained as the detection result accepted by the detection result accepting section and the level obtained as the identification result accepted by the identification result accepting section;

a correcting section that, if the determination result accepted by the determination result accepting section indicates that a difference exists, corrects the level accepted by the identification result accepting section, by using the level accepted by the detection result accepting section; and

an outputting section that, if the determination result accepted by the determination result accepting section indicates that a difference exists, outputs the level corrected by the correcting section.

2. The location determination processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

the correcting section corrects a function used for computation performed by a computing section that computes the computation result accepted by the computation result accepting section, if the determination result accepted by the determination result accepting section indicates that a difference exists; and

the computing section computes an altitude by using the function corrected by the correcting section.

3. The location determination processing device according to claim 1, wherein the correcting section corrects a level identified by a identifying section that identifies the identification result accepted by the identification result accepting section, to a level detected by a detecting section that detects the detection result accepted by the detection result accepting section, if the determination result accepted by the determination result accepting section indicates that a difference exists.

4. The location determination processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

a detecting section for detecting the detection result accepted by the detection result accepting section detects, after a level is output by the outputting section, whether the mobile information processing device has moved; and

a computing section that computes the computation result accepted by the computation result accepting section does not perform the computing if it is detected by the detecting section that there has been no movement.

5. The location determination processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

a detecting section that detects the detection result accepted by the detection result accepting section detects, after a level is output by the outputting section, whether the mobile information processing device has moved; and

the correcting section corrects a level identified by an identifying section that identifies the identification result accepted by the identification result accepting section, by using the level output by the outputting section, if it is detected by the detecting section that there has been no movement.

6. The location determination processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

the accepting section accepts a time at which the other detection device detects an atmospheric pressure and a temperature; and

a computing section that computes the computation result accepted by the computation result accepting section computes an altitude by using an atmospheric pressure and a temperature accepted by the accepting section which are detected at a time within a predetermined time range after a time at which an atmospheric pressure is detected by an atmospheric pressure detecting section that detects an atmospheric pressure included in the information related to atmospheric pressure accepted by the atmospheric pressure information accepting section.

7. The location determination processing device according to claim 1, wherein the detection device is an information processing device that is mobile, and an altitude of the information processing device is determined on a basis of an activity pattern of a person carrying the information processing device.

8. The location determination processing device according to claim 1, wherein the detection device is an information processing device that is mobile, and an altitude of the information processing device is determined on a basis of a schedule of a person carrying the information processing device and a time at which detection is performed.

9. The location determination processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

the detection device comprises a plurality of information processing devices that are mobile;

the accepting section accepts a plurality of atmospheric pressures, a plurality of temperatures, and a plurality of altitudes; and

a computing section that computes the computation result accepted by the computation result accepting section computes an altitude at a time when detection is performed by an atmospheric pressure detecting section that detects an atmospheric pressure included in the information related to atmospheric pressure accepted by the atmospheric pressure information accepting section, on a basis of an atmospheric pressure, a temperature, and an altitude that are respectively statistical representative values of the plurality of atmospheric pressures, the plurality of temperatures, and the plurality of altitudes accepted by the accepting section, and the atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure detecting section.

10. The location determination processing device according to claim 1, wherein the detection device is an information processing device that is mobile, and an altitude of the information processing device is determined on a basis of a result of recognizing an activity of a person carrying the information processing device.

11. The location determination processing device according to claim 1, wherein the detection device is an information processing device that is mobile, and if a person carrying the information processing device has used a stationary information processing device, an altitude of a location where the stationary information processing device is installed is determined as an altitude of the mobile information processing device, the stationary information processing device being an information processing device that is fixed in position.

12. The location determination processing device according to claim 1, wherein the detection device is an information processing device that is mobile, and if a person carrying the information processing device has passed through an entry and exit management device, an altitude of a location where the entry and exit management device is installed is determined as an altitude of the information processing device.

13. The location determination processing device according to claim 12, wherein after passage through the entry and exit management device, the detection device determines an altitude of the information processing device on a basis of a change in an atmospheric pressure detected by an atmospheric pressure detecting section provided in the mobile information processing device, and the altitude of the location where the entry and exit management device is installed.

14. A computer readable storage medium recording a location determination processing program for causing a computer to function as:

an accepting section that accepts reference information, the reference information including information related to atmospheric pressure and information related to temperature which are detected by a detection device and information related to altitude detected by the detection device;

an atmospheric pressure information accepting section that accepts information related to atmospheric pressure for a location where an information processing device that is mobile exists;

a computation result accepting section that accepts a computation result of computing an altitude on a basis of the reference information accepted by the accepting section and the information related to atmospheric pressure accepted by the atmospheric pressure information accepting section;

an identification result accepting section that accepts an identification result of identifying, from a storing section that stores a correspondence between a level and an elevation of the level, a level corresponding to the altitude accepted by the computation result accepting section;

a detection result accepting section that accepts a detection result of detecting, on a basis of a status of an owner of the mobile information processing device, a level on which the owner is located;

a determination result accepting section that accepts a determination result of determining whether a difference exists between the level obtained as the detection result accepted by the detection result accepting section and the level obtained as the identification result accepted by the identification result accepting section;

a correcting section that, if the determination result accepted by the determination result accepting section indicates that a difference exists, corrects the level accepted by the identification result accepting section, by using the level accepted by the detection result accepting section; and

an outputting section that, if the determination result accepted by the determination result accepting section indicates that a difference exists, outputs the level corrected by the correcting section.

15. A computer readable storage medium recording a mobile information processing program for causing a mobile computer to function as:

an atmospheric pressure information accepting section that accepts information related to atmospheric pressure for a location where a mobile information processing device exists, the mobile information processing device being an information processing device that is mobile;

a correcting section that, if a difference exists between a first level identified on a basis of the information related to atmospheric pressure accepted by the atmospheric pressure information accepting section, and a second level detected on a basis of a status of an owner of the information processing device and on which the owner is located, corrects the first level by using the second level; and

an outputting section that, if a difference exists between a first level identified on a basis of the information related to atmospheric pressure accepted by the atmospheric pressure information accepting section, and a second level detected on a basis of a status of an owner of the information processing device and on which the owner is located, outputs a level corrected by the correcting section.