42results about "Beacon systems" patented technology

Various embodiments herein provide techniques related to electronic device. The electronic device may be configured to store one or more broadcast audio signals received from a broadcast transmitter; identify, based on the one or more broadcast audio signals, a location of the electronic device with respect to the broadcast transmitter; and provide an indication of the location of the electronic device. Other embodiments may be described and / or claimed.

A method includes a mobile device receiving a plurality of first signals from one or more first transmitters in a network. Each first signal has first data including an associated time that is non-synchronized to the time of another first signal of the plurality of first signals. One or more processors synchronizes the associated time of each first signal to a common time scale. One or more processors determines a position of the mobile device using a common time scale of the plurality of first signals.

The present invention relates to a system (100) for determining the location of a number of animals in a group of animals, comprising a first number of first mobile devices (10A - 10C) forming anchor devices, each configured to be attached to an animal of a first subgroup of the group of animals, each first mobile device (10A - 10C) comprising a satellite positioning unit (11) for detecting a precise location of the first mobile device (10A - 10C), and a first radio frequency (RF) unit (12) for transmitting a low power RF signal, a second number of second mobile devices (20A - 20J) forming roaming devices, each configured to be attached an animal of a second subgroup of the group of animals, each second mobile device (20A - 20J) comprising a second radio frequency (RF) unit (21) for receiving one or more RF signals transmitted by the first number of first mobile devices (10A - 10C), and a second controller (22) configured to determine a location or relative location of the second mobile device (20A – 20J) based on the one or more received RF signals utilizing an RF mesh positioning technique.

A location management apparatus (LMF#1) is configured to perform at least: receiving (322), via at least one radio channel, or determining (324) at least one first motion information (MO#1) characterizing a motion of a first radio terminal (UE#1); receiving (318), via the at least one radio channel, at least one second motion information (MO#2) characterizing a motion of a second radio terminal (UE#2); receiving (318), via the at least one radio channel, at least one measurement (ME) and an associated point in time (t_ME) when the at least one measurement (ME) was performed, wherein the at least one measurement (ME) was performed by the second apparatus (UE#2), and wherein the at least one measurement (ME) characterizes a relationship between the first radio terminal (UE#1) and the second radio terminal (UE#2) in time and / or space; and determining (330) at least one delay information (DI) representing at least partly a time span between the associated point in time (t_ME) when the at least one measurement (ME) was performed and a specified point in time associated with a provision of a position information (PI) indicating a position of the first radio terminal (UE#1).

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for enhanced positioning protocol for earner aggregation beam selection are provided. A method may include receiving, from a network element, a set of carrier frequencies for a positioning reference signal transmission from a network node. The method may also include receiving a request for a beam count per carrier frequency in the set of carrier frequencies. The method may further include reporting, in response to the request, a table or indexed list including a mapping between a total number of beams and a carrier frequency of the set of carrier frequencies. In addition, the method may include receiving information about a selected transmission beam for one of the set of carrier frequencies.

A system is provided for transmitting accurate geospatial position and time using radio transmission without the use of satellite signals. The positioning and timing system uses uncorrelated standard radio broadcast signals. These radio broadcast signals are transmitted from known locations defined by latitude and longitude at assigned frequencies, respectively, and transmit modulated or unmodulated carrier signals, respectively. A reference unit at a known fixed location receives the nearby standard broadcast signal, samples the frequency and content values ​​of the signal, broadcasts the measured frequency and content data approximately simultaneously with a time mark representing the measurement time, and further broadcasts its location in latitude and longitude. A mobile unit at an unknown location to be desired receives the nearby standard broadcast signal, measures the arrival time of the broadcast, and records the time of the measurement.

Described herein are technologies relating to assigning wireless beacons to positions within a building, wherein the wireless beacons are included in an indoor positioning system. A computer-implemented floorplan representation is generated, wherein the representation includes a layout of the building and materials of structures of the building. Coverages of wireless beacons are simulated, and multiple objectives are balanced to identify a number of wireless beacons to deploy in the building and positions in the building where the wireless beacons are to be deployed.

This application relates to "systems and methods for locating wireless accessories". The embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for crowdsourcing the location of wireless devices and accessories lacking wide area network connectivity. One embodiment provides a data processing system configured to perform operations including: loading a user interface on an electronic device, the user interface enabling the determination of the location of a wireless accessory associated with the electronic device; generating a set of public keys included in a signal broadcast by the wireless accessory during a first time period; sending the set of public keys to a server and requesting the return of data corresponding to one of the public keys in the set; decrypting the location data using a private key associated with the public key; and processing the location data to determine the possible location of the wireless accessory.

A method of positioning signal processing at a user equipment includes operating the user equipment in a discontinuous reception mode, the discontinuous reception mode including time-interleaved on times of the discontinuous reception mode during which the user equipment is in an active mode of monitoring for a positioning signal measurement trigger signal and off times of the discontinuous reception mode during which the user equipment is in an inactive mode; receiving, at the user equipment, a wake-up signal; and determining, at the user equipment, whether to measure a positioning signal based on whether the wake-up signal indicates to implement the active mode during a scheduled discontinuous reception mode on time or to skip the scheduled discontinuous reception mode on time.

An apparatus and a method for providing a global localization output are provided. When the appartaus receives navigation signals, the apparatus processes the signals to determine, based on a fixed earth-centered, earth-fixed (ECEF) reference pose of a reference point in an ECEF coordinate, a new ECEF pose, and to convert the fixed ECEF reference pose to an east-north-up (ENU) reference pose in an ENU coordinate. When the apparatus determines that a jump occurs in the new ECEF pose based on a pose change between the new ECEF pose and a previous ECEF pose, the apparatus calculates a reference shift of the ENU reference pose based on the pose change to absorb the jump in the ENU coordinate, and updates the ENU reference pose based on the reference shift. Thus, a new ENU local pose may be obtained using the ENU reference pose.

A leakage apparatus, a positioning method, and an electronic device are provided. The leakage apparatus (20) includes at least one positioning module (21) and at least one non-positioning module (22), at least one positioning area being provided in the positioning module (21); where, the positioning module (21) is connected with the non-positioning module (22), the positioning area in the positioning module (21) is configured to leak a positioning signal, a range obtained by superimposing a coverage area of the positioning signal leaked by each positioning module (21) in a longitudinal direction covers an area where the leakage apparatus (20) is located, the longitudinal direction referring to an extension direction of the leakage apparatus (20). By arranging the positioning modules (21) in the leakage apparatus (20) at intervals, transmission paths of the positioning signal leaked by different positioning modules (21) are obviously different, so that accurate positioning can be performed on the basis of the characteristics of the transmission paths of the positioning signals.

We provide an improved locator service for locating devices using the device locator service. [Solution] Embodiments of a device locator application are described. In one embodiment, one or more inertial displacement measurements may be received using an inertial sensor and received camera sensor data, a trajectory may be determined based on one or more inertial displacement measurements, a beacon signal may be received from a target radio device, at least one signal intensity value may be determined from the beacon signal, at least one proximity value to the target radio device may be estimated based on at least one signal intensity value corresponding to at least one position along the trajectory, and an indicator of at least one proximity value to the target radio device along the trajectory may be presented in the user interface.

Embodiments for a device locator application are described. In an embodiment, one or more inertial displacement measurement values may be received using the inertial sensor and received camera sensor data, a trajectory based on the one or more inertial displacement measurement values may be determined, a beacon signal from a target wireless device and determine at least one signal strength value from the beacon signal may be received, at least one proximity value to the target wireless device may be estimated based on the at least one signal strength value corresponding to at least one position along the trajectory, and an indicator of the at least one proximity value to the target wireless device may be presented along the trajectory in a user interface.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) systems that support enhanced notification coexistence techniques. In a first aspect, a device includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to cause the device to receive a plurality of electronic tag (eTag) beacons at one or more wireless radios of a stocking device and to generate eTag measurement information based on the measurement of the plurality of eTag beacons. The processor is further configured to cause the device to transmit the eTag measurement information to an electronic shelf label (ESL) server, and the eTag measurement information is indicative of whether a particular eTag has been removed from the stocking device. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Various embodiments herein provide techniques related to electronic device. The electronic device may be configured to store one or more broadcast audio signals received from a broadcast transmitter; identify, based on the one or more broadcast audio signals, a location of the electronic device with respect to the broadcast transmitter; and provide an indication of the location of the electronic device. Other embodiments may be described and / or claimed.

A computer implemented method of detecting a first object in a space (500) comprises: i) receiving data about one or more detections made by at least one narrow-band infrared sensor of infrared radiation in the narrow-band coming from a first marker placed at a first point on the first object. The method then comprises ii) determining the location of the first point in the space from locations of the detected signals in the received data. The space (500) may be a factory or outdoor construction site, where a large article (512) is being manufactured. The large article (512) has a plurality of markers on its surface which emit or reflect infrared, I R, radiation. IR sensors (204) are positioned at different points in the space and send data on detections of the markers to an IR Sensor Control module (502) of a computer node (100). A Position Determining Engine (504) determines the location of each of the points corresponding to the markers in the space from locations of the detected signals in the received data. A Robot Movement Controller module (506) uses the determined locations to determine e.g. orientation and / or positioning / postural information about robots (508a, 508b, 508c) and determines actions to be performed by the robots. Markers may also be placed on the people (510) working in the space (500) to track their movements in relation to the robots. Proximity alerts can be issued if someone gets too close to the automated machinery.

A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may receive configuration information. The configuration information may indicate one or more parameters for a first type of positioning reference signals (PRSs); one or more parameters for a second type of PRSs; and / or a number of consecutive symbols configured for velocity measurements associated with the first type of PRSs. The WTRU may perform positioning measurements for each of the first type of PRSs and the second type of PRSs. The WTRU may determine an estimated velocity associated with the WTRU based on a frequency modulated (FM) noise estimation associated with the first type of PRSs over the number of consecutive symbols indicated by the configuration information. The WTRU may send a feedback report comprising the positioning measurements for each of the first type of PRSs and second type of PRSs and an indication of the estimated velocity.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) systems that support enhanced notification coexistence techniques. In a first aspect, a device includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to cause the device to receive a plurality of electronic tag (eTag) beacons at one or more wireless radios of a stocking device and to generate eTag measurement information based on the measurement of the plurality of eTag beacons. The processor is further configured to cause the device to transmit the eTag measurement information to an electronic shelf label (ESL) server, and the eTag measurement information is indicative of whether a particular eTag has been removed from the stocking device. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) may control one or more reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) according to one or more RIS schedules indicating the times when the one or more RISs are in an enabled state and the times when the one or more RISs are in a disabled state. The UE may request at least one participating UE of the one or more participating UEs to transmit at least one positioning reference signal (PRS) in a PRS resource. The UE may measure at least one PRS from the at least one participating UE according to the RIS schedule to make one or more measurements of the at least one PRS when the one or more RISs are in a disabled state and to make one or more measurements of the at least one PRS when the one or more RISs are in an enabled state.

In one aspect, a technique for wireless communications is disclosed in which a first network node receives transmitter phase information from a second network node, the transmitter phase information including one or more parameters representative of phases of a plurality of positioning reference signals (PRSs) transmitted by the at least one network node over a plurality of frequency intervals, and obtains positioning measurements of the plurality of PRSs transmitted by the at least one network node based on the one or more parameters representative of the phases of the plurality of PRSs, to enable a location of a user equipment (UE) to be determined based on at least the positioning measurements of the plurality of PRSs.

This application discloses a positioning reference signal configuration method, a communication system, and a related apparatus. In the method, an SL-PRS and data may be sent in a same slot based on a specified time-frequency mapping manner. The time-frequency mapping manner describes a time-frequency position of the SL-PRS relative to a DMRS in the data in the same slot, and the DMRS is a reference signal in a PSSCH. In this way, a device that sends the SL-PRS can configure a time-frequency position of the SL-PRS in advance, and sends the SL-PRS on the configured time-frequency position, thereby avoiding a collision between the SL-PRS and the DMRS in the PSSC.

A method of three-dimensional mapping using a projectile equipped with LIDAR, the method comprising: transmitting a signal to a light source to cause the light source to emit a plurality of light pulses, the light source being located on a spin projectile advancing along a predetermined path; receiving a plurality of reflected light pulses at the spin projectile, the plurality of reflected light pulses being responsive to the plurality of light pulses reflected from the object or terrain portion; determining a distance of the object or terrain portion from the light source; and generating a three-dimensional map of the object based on the determined distance of the object or terrain portion from the light source.

System (100), apparatus (102) and a method (300) for mapping sidelink information in a network are disclosed. The method (300) includes determining a plurality of sidelink (SL) positioning reference signal (PRS) resources for indication; generating a mapping between sidelink control information (SCI) and the plurality of SL PRS resources upon determination of the plurality of SL PRS resources for indication, the mapping including a one-to-many mapping between SCI and the plurality of SL PRS resources; generating a signal associated with locations of the plurality of SL PRS resources present in a same slot of the SCI based on the mapping; and communicating the signal to one or more user devices.

A first wireless device may receive, during a plurality of time domains, a plurality of positioning signals from a second wireless device and a third wireless device. The first wireless device may measure the plurality of positioning signals. The first wireless device may calculate, based on the measured plurality of positioning signals, a plurality of location attributes corresponding to the plurality of time domains. The first wireless device may transmit a report message including a first indicator of an irregular transmission associated with at least one of the plurality of time domains or a second indicator of the calculated plurality of location attributes corresponding to the plurality of time domains.

The location of the sensor device is identified. [Solution] The information processing system comprises one or more transmitters capable of transmitting a first signal, a plurality of sensor devices capable of receiving the first signal, each arranged at a different location, and capable of measuring a predetermined physical quantity, and an information processing device capable of acquiring from the plurality of sensor devices the physical quantity measured by each of the plurality of sensor devices and a second signal corresponding to the first signal transmitted from each of the transmitters. The information processing device comprises a memory unit that stores first correspondence information that associates the locations of the transmitters with the first signals transmitted by the transmitters and the second signals corresponding to the first signals, and an estimation unit that, based on the first correspondence information stored in the memory unit, identifies among the transmitters the transmitter that transmits a first signal corresponding to the second signal transmitted from the sensor device, and thereby estimates that a sensor device transmitting a second signal is located near that transmitter.

Sidelink positioning for wireless communications may be achieved by extending the current LoCation Services (LCS), PROximity based SErvices (ProSe), and Vehicle to Everything (V2X) architectures to include sidelink positioning during New Radio (NR) wireless communications, for example. The existing architecture infrastructures of LCS, ProSe, and V2X may be extended to include additional signaling and / or they may be modified to incorporate communication of sidelink positioning information into existing signaling and / or existing signaling may be modified to carry instructions between user equipment devices (UEs) and between UEs and associated network functions, either directly or via base stations, if applicable.

This invention is related to a novel technique for generating and processing signals that benefits instrument landing systems.