71 results about "Building Location" patented technology

A location beacon database and server, method of building location beacon database, and location based service using same. Wi-Fi access points are located in a target geographical area to build a reference database of locations of Wi-Fi access points. At least one vehicle is deployed including at least one scanning device having a GPS device and a Wi-Fi radio device and including a Wi-Fi antenna system. The target area is traversed in a programmatic route to avoid arterial bias. The programmatic route includes substantially all drivable streets in the target geographical area and solves an Eulerian cycle problem of a graph represented by said drivable streets. While traversing the target area, periodically receive the GPS coordinates of the GPS device. While traversing the target area, detecting Wi-Fi signals from Wi-Fi access points in range of the Wi-Fi device and recording identity information of the detected Wi-Fi access point in conjunction with GPS location information of the vehicle when the detection of the Wi-Fi access point was made. The location information is used to reverse triangulate the position of the detected Wi-Fi access point; and the position of the detected access point is recorded in a reference database. A user-device having a Wi-Fi radio may be located. A reference database of calculated locations of Wi-Fi access points in a target area is provided. In response to a user application request to determine a location of a user-device having a Wi-Fi radio, the Wi-Fi device is triggered to transmit a request to all Wi-Fi access points within range of the Wi-Fi device. Messages are received from the Wi-Fi access points within range of the Wi-Fi device, each message identifying the Wi-Fi access point sending the message. The signal strength of the messages received by the Wi-Fi access points is calculated. The reference database is accessed to obtain the calculated locations for the identified Wi-Fi access points. Based on the number of Wi-Fi access points identified via received messages, choosing a corresponding location-determination algorithm from a plurality of location-determination algorithms, said chosen algorithm being suited for the number of identified Wi-Fi access points. The calculated locations for the identified Wi-Fi access points and the signal strengths of said received messages and the chosen location-determination algorithm are used to determine the location of the user-device. The database may be modified with newly added position information to improve quality of previously determined positions, and error prone information is avoided.

A location beacon database and server, method of building location beacon database, and location based service using same. Wi-Fi access points are located in a target geographical area to build a reference database of locations of Wi-Fi access points. At least one vehicle is deployed including at least one scanning device having a GPS device and a Wi-Fi radio device and including a Wi-Fi antenna system. The target area is traversed in a programmatic route to avoid arterial bias. The programmatic route includes substantially all drivable streets in the target geographical area and solves an Eulerian cycle problem of a graph represented by said drivable streets. While traversing the target area, periodically receive the GPS coordinates of the GPS device. While traversing the target area, detecting Wi-Fi signals from Wi-Fi access points in range of the Wi-Fi device and recording identity information of the detected Wi-Fi access point in conjunction with GPS location information of the vehicle when the detection of the Wi-Fi access point was made. The location information is used to reverse triangulate the position of the detected Wi-Fi access point; and the position of the detected access point is recorded in a reference database. A user-device having a Wi-Fi radio may be located. A reference database of calculated locations of Wi-Fi access points in a target area is provided. In response to a user application request to determine a location of a user-device having a Wi-Fi radio, the Wi-Fi device is triggered to transmit a request to all Wi-Fi access points within range of the Wi-Fi device. Messages are received from the Wi-Fi access points within range of the Wi-Fi device, each message identifying the Wi-Fi access point sending the message. The signal strength of the messages received by the Wi-Fi access points is calculated. The reference database is accessed to obtain the calculated locations for the identified Wi-Fi access points. Based on the number of Wi-Fi access points identified via received messages, choosing a corresponding location-determination algorithm from a plurality of location-determination algorithms, said chosen algorithm being suited for the number of identified Wi-Fi access points. The calculated locations for the identified Wi-Fi access points and the signal strengths of said received messages and the chosen location-determination algorithm are used to determine the location of the user-device. The database may be modified with newly added position information to improve quality of previously determined positions, and error prone information is avoided.

A location beacon database and server, method of building location beacon database, and location based service using same. Wi-Fi access points are located in a target geographical area to build a reference database of locations of Wi-Fi access points. At least one vehicle is deployed including at least one scanning device having a GPS device and a Wi-Fi radio device and including a Wi-Fi antenna system. The target area is traversed in a programmatic route to avoid arterial bias. The programmatic route includes substantially all drivable streets in the target geographical area and solves an Eulerian cycle problem of a graph represented by said drivable streets. While traversing the target area, periodically receive the GPS coordinates of the GPS device. While traversing the target area, detecting Wi-Fi signals from Wi-Fi access points in range of the Wi-Fi device and recording identity information of the detected Wi-Fi access point in conjunction with GPS location information of the vehicle when the detection of the Wi-Fi access point was made. The location information is used to reverse triangulate the position of the detected Wi-Fi access point; and the position of the detected access point is recorded in a reference database. A user-device having a Wi-Fi radio may be located. A reference database of calculated locations of Wi-Fi access points in a target area is provided. In response to a user application request to determine a location of a user-device having a Wi-Fi radio, the Wi-Fi device is triggered to transmit a request to all Wi-Fi access points within range of the Wi-Fi device. Messages are received from the Wi-Fi access points within range of the Wi-Fi device, each message identifying the Wi-Fi access point sending the message. The signal strength of the messages received by the Wi-Fi access points is calculated. The reference database is accessed to obtain the calculated locations for the identified Wi-Fi access points. Based on the number of Wi-Fi access points identified via received messages, choosing a corresponding location-determination algorithm from a plurality of location-determination algorithms, said chosen algorithm being suited for the number of identified Wi-Fi access points. The calculated locations for the identified Wi-Fi access points and the signal strengths of said received messages and the chosen location-determination algorithm are used to determine the location of the user-device. The database may be modified with newly added position information to improve quality of previously determined positions, and error prone information is avoided.

The present invention includes methods and devices for providing. According to some implementations, radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tags are positioned at various locations throughout a building. Building locations can be determined from the RFID tags. Emergency service providers may be equipped with a portable device that includes at least one RFID reader for reading the RFID tags. Some implementations involve transmitting the RFID tag data to a control center from which the emergency services are coordinated. The emergency service workers' current and prior locations can be determined by the portable devices and / or at the control center. In preferred implementations, emergency service provider location information can be provided to control center personnel and to emergency service providers in real time.

The present invention includes methods and devices for providing. According to some implementations, radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tags are positioned at various locations throughout a building. Building locations can be determined from the RFID tags. Emergency service providers may be equipped with a portable device that includes at least one RFID reader for reading the RFID tags. Some implementations involve transmitting the RFID tag data to a control center from which the emergency services are coordinated. The emergency service workers' current and prior locations can be determined by the portable devices and / or at the control center. In preferred implementations, emergency service provider location information can be provided to control center personnel and to emergency service providers in real time.

A method and system for building a database (DB) of location information of APs and providing AP location information in a shadow area of Global Positioning System (GPS) using the DB includes acquiring a reference location during a location information acquisition mode; collecting AP information of at least one AP by a mobile terminal by scanning periodically; calculating AP scan location where AP scan is executed; calculating AP location of the at least one AP using the AP information and the AP scan location; and building the AP location information DB by listing a mapping of the AP location to AP information.

An in-building location system for detecting the location of individuals or items within a building utilizes a scanner carried by an individual or an item and RFID tags to provide fiducial points for assisting in the location process, with the tags being scanned by the scanner and in which tag proximity to a scanner provides for accurate in-building location. Accurate location of the scanner relative to multiple tags may be ascertained utilizing triangulation.

A floor-reporting computer system may determine the specific floor in a building on which a wireless mobile communication device is located. A network interface may receive device location information from a network communication system which originated from the wireless mobile communication device and which is indicative of the horizontal and vertical location of the wireless mobile communication device. A computer processing system may receive the device location information from the network interface and determine floor location information indicative of the specific floor in the building on which the wireless mobile communication device is located based on the device location information. The computer processing system may consult one or more databases when determining the floor location information, such as a building location database, a ground elevation database, a building floor height database, and / or an atmospheric air pressure database.

The invention discloses a building energy consumption prediction method and system based on depth reinforcement learning, which comprises: collecting building energy consumption historical data, simultaneously collecting building area, building permanent population quantity, building permanent population consumption level and weather condition data of building location. The collected data samplesare grouped and input into the deep reinforcement learning network model according to the obtained training samples to train and save the network model to optimize the state action value function. Finally, the prediction samples are inputted into the deep reinforcement learning network model to predict building energy consumption. The invention adopts the method of combining the convolution neuralnetwork in the depth learning and the Q learning in the reinforcement learning to realize the energy consumption prediction of the building, Compared with the traditional prediction method, the deepreinforcement learning network based on convolution neural network and Q learning algorithm can reduce the amount of data, reduce the storage requirements of data, improve the efficiency of data use and speed up the efficiency of data processing.

Locating mobile stations used for wireless communications even when the mobile station is within a building includes determining whether at least one indicator associated with a signal used by the mobile station identifies a single, known building location. Example types of indicators include a base station and sector identifier of a base station sector dedicated to a particular building, a delay associated with a radio frequency signal used by the mobile station when communicating from a particular building location or a combination of cell codes reported by a mobile station when it is within a particular building location. One or more of such indicators provides an indication of a building location from which the mobile station has placed a call. That building location can then be used as the determined mobile station location.

The present invention includes methods and devices for providing. According to some implementations, radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tags are positioned at various locations throughout a building. Building locations can be determined from the RFID tags. Emergency service providers may be equipped with a portable device that includes at least one RFID reader for reading the RFID tags. Some implementations involve transmitting the RFID tag data to a control center from which the emergency services are coordinated. The emergency service workers' current and prior locations can be determined by the portable devices and / or at the control center. In preferred implementations, emergency service provider location information can be provided to control center personnel and to emergency service providers in real time.

A transportable building system including at least partially erecting a building, transporting the at least partially erected building (6) on its side to a building location, locating the at least partially erected building on a support at the building location, and orientating the at least partially erected building so that it is correctly orientated relative to its support. Further disclosed is a transportable building, including a first structural component (51; 58), a second structural component (40;56) and a hinge (68) coupling the first and second structural components whereby the second structural component is pivotable between a folded position and an unfolded erected position of the building. The hinge is reconfigurable to allow the second structural component to be relatively displaced away from the first structural component in the unfolded erected position of the second structural component.

An emergency call handling system can route an emergency call received from a caller to an appropriate public safety answering point (PSAP) and provide the PSAP with an emergency response location (ERL) of the caller. The ERL of the caller can include, in addition to a civic address, floor, wing, sector, room, etc., information associated with the caller. The system can include a location information server (LIS) for obtaining and storing the ERLs associated with the callers. A network element, to which the caller's phone is connected, can be configured to store the location information of the caller's phone. The LIS can be configured to store a validated civic address of the network element and obtain the location information of the phone dynamically from the network element. The LIS can then combine the civic address of the network element with the location information of the network element to determine a complete ERL of the caller.

The invention discloses an urban population distribution method based on building properties. The method comprises the specific steps that all building information and building periphery interest point information in an electronic map are obtained according to an urban longitude and latitude coordinate range; the electronic map is queried targeting a certain population statistic region, coordinates of the population statistic region are determined, and the gross population in the region is queried; all buildings in the population statistic region are screened out according to building locations and boundary angle point coordinates of the population statistic region; social activity properties of the buildings are inferred; population attraction coefficients, at different time unit areas, of the buildings of different social activity property types are set, and the population in the population statistic region is distributed into each building in the region to obtain building-grade population distribution; and all population statistic regions in a city are traversed to obtain urban population distribution. The method is applied to building-grade urban population distribution, the problem of rough urban population distribution scale can be effectively solved, and population distribution timing difference is reflected.

A transportable building system including at least partially erecting a building, transporting the at least partially erected building (6) on its side to a building location, locating the at least partially erected building on a support at the building location, and orientating the at least partially erected building so that it is correctly orientated relative to its support. Further disclosed is a transportable building, including a first structural component (51; 58), a second structural component (40; 56) and a hinge (68) coupling the first and second structural components whereby the second structural component is pivotable between a folded position and an unfolded erected position of the building. The hinge is reconfigurable to allow the second structural component to be relatively displaced away from the first structural component in the unfolded erected position of the second structural component.

The invention relates to a method and a device for correcting movement track information. The method includes acquiring original movement track information of users; comparing the original movement track information to location information on electronic maps and determining whether the original movement track information is correct or not; correcting the original movement track information to obtain corrected movement track information if the original movement track information is incorrect. The acquired original movement track information of the users is recorded on the electronic maps of terminals. The location information includes at least one of feasible path location information and building location information. According to the technical scheme, the method and the device have the advantages that the accuracy of the movement track information of the users can be guaranteed, and accordingly the use experience can be enhanced for the users.

The invention relates to a zonal unequal-strength grouting reinforcement method suitable for the construction of a tunnel adjacent to a building. The method determines the range of the grouting reinforcement area according to the positional relationship between the tunnel and the building; and divides the grouting reinforcement area; Before the tunnel is excavated to the position close to the building, drill holes in the ground between the tunnel and the building and arrange multiple settlement monitoring points at the bottom of the building foundation; carry out unequal-strength grouting in the grouting reinforcement area and strengthen it in different areas ; After the grouting is completed, the excavation construction of the tunnel passing through the building is carried out, and the settlement monitoring point at the bottom of the building foundation is monitored in real time, and it is determined whether to carry out reinforcement grouting in the grouting reinforcement area according to the monitoring results; After the tunnel excavation is completed and the secondary lining is applied, the final effect of the sub-area grouting reinforcement of the tunnel adjacent to the construction of the building is judged by extracting the settlement data of the settlement monitoring points. The invention ensures uniform settlement and coordinated deformation of buildings during tunnel construction, and reduces reinforcement costs.

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for determining a building location based on a building image. In the context of a method, the method includes receiving an image including at least one building, extracting building texture features from the image, and receiving reference building texture features. The method also includes determining, using a processor, building texture features comparisons between building texture features and reference building texture features which satisfy a predetermined match threshold and determining a matching building location based upon the building texture features comparision.

The invention discloses a side protection device of external wallboard construction of a prefabricated building, and belongs to the technical field of building protection. The side protection device of the external wallboard construction of the prefabricated building comprises an external wallboard, and further comprises a clamping mechanism, a protection mechanism and a guarantee mechanism. The clamping mechanism is arranged on the top of the external wallboard and used for clamping the external wallboard. The protection mechanism is arranged at one end of the clamping mechanism and used forprotecting workers. The guarantee mechanism is arranged at the bottom end of the clamping mechanism, connected with the external wallboard in a threaded mode and used for providing the supporting force for the protection mechanism when the clamping mechanism is damaged. The external wallboard is vertically arranged. The side protection device can be integrally moved after the construction is accomplished, the repeated disassembly and assembly operation is avoided, and the time is saved. When the side protection device is installed, only the protection mechanism needs to be inserted into a through hole, the installation can be accomplished, the operation is convenient and fast, and disassembly and assembly are convenient. According to the side protection device, due to the fact that the guarantee mechanism is arranged, when the clamping mechanism is damaged, the guarantee mechanism continues to provide the supporting force, the side protection device is prevented from falling down, andthe reliability is improved.

A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model database and a processor. The processor may cooperate with the geospatial model database for extracting ground data from foliage and building data, and performing a plurality of noise filtering operations on the foliage and building data including a first loose tolerance filtering to determine an inclusive estimate of building locations and a second strict tolerance filtering to reduce false building locations. The processor may also cooperate with the geospatial model database for performing at least one edge recovery operation to compensate for noisy building perimeters, and separating foliage data from the building data based upon the noise filtering operations and the at least one edge recovery operation.

The invention discloses a real-time illegal building intelligent monitoring method and system based on a long-term air-staying platform. The monitoring system comprises the long-term air-staying platform.The photoelectric pod is used for periodically and automatically carrying out full-area image acquisition on surrounding ground objects; the ground monitoring equipment is used for acquiring imageinformation of the photoelectric pod blind area; the information database is used for receiving, storing and processing the acquired image data; the pushing module is used for pushing the building image change area to the supervision platform; the supervision platform is used for receiving the building image change area information, judging whether the building is a violation building or not, andpushing the violation building position and the corresponding image information to the law enforcement officer terminal; storing the illegal building information into an illegal building sample library; and the training module is used for finishing training of the artificial intelligence recognition program when the sample data in the illegal building sample library reaches a set value. The invention provides a continuous and effective discovery means for illegal buildings, and solves the problem of evidence loss in the law enforcement process. High timeliness.

The invention belongs to the sunshine simulation technology field and especially relates to an intelligent sunshine simulation system based on an unmanned aerial vehicle. The simulation system comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle sun simulation light source system, a work platform, intelligent terminal control equipment and a three-dimensional coordinate construction system. The unmanned aerial vehicle sun simulation light source system comprises one unmanned aerial vehicle. A sunshine simulation light source and a positioning calibration module are carried on a lower portion of the unmanned aerial vehicle. A wireless communication module and an intelligent control module are installed above the unmanned aerial vehicle. Latitude and longitude coordinates, date and time and other information of a simulation building location are input into the terminal control equipment, and a solar azimuth and a height angle at this moment can be automatically calculated. The unmanned aerial vehicle sun simulation light source system is controlled to arrive at an assigned position of an indoor three-dimensional coordinate system, and an irradiation angle of a light source is adjusted so as to realize sunshine simulation. The system is detachable and is easy to carry. Through using advantages of the unmanned aerial vehicle, construction of the system is flexible and is not limited by a place; and a sun trace is directly embodied and sunshine simulation is accurately realized. The system can be used for building energy saving research, building program designing and other fields.

The invention relates to a remote-sensing image building location detection method based on probability. The remote-sensing image building location detection method includes the steps of (1) performing smoothing filter to acquire the image 2; (2) constructing a controllable filter; (3) convoluting; (4) binaryzating; (5) extracting structure features of twelve directions; (6) classifying straight lines and curves; (7) calculating probability of central points of candidate buildings by means of probability density functions; and (8) defining thresholds to determine location of the central points of the buildings. By determining the location of the central points of the buildings according to the probability density functions, the problem of low building-location detection efficiency caused by the conventional methods which adopt modeling and classifiers and the like is solved, accuracy and efficiency of building detection are both improved, and the effect of full automation is achieved.

A cellular telephone or other wireless mobile user equipment (UE) can be located with greater than cell precision by monitoring for transmitted radio signals at landline telephone sites, such as offices in a building. At each site, a telephone instrument device not only performs functions characteristic of a conventional desktop or landline telephone instrument, but also detects radio signals emitted by any nearby UE. Any detected signals are transmitted from the landline telephone site to a central monitoring location. The central monitoring location receives some or all of the transmitted signal information as well as information identifying the landline telephone site at which radio signals emitted by a UE have been detected, such as a landline telephone number. The telephone number is then used to determine the location of the landline telephone site.

The invention provides a short-term building energy consumption interval prediction method, system, medium and device, and the method comprises the steps: selecting a building position and a prediction time period which need to be subjected to short-term energy consumption prediction, obtaining the weather condition of the prediction time period, and obtaining a time schedule of a user using a building; acquiring energy consumption data, weather conditions and building use duration as sample data; obtaining the building area, obtaining the local average outdoor air temperature within the heating time, calculating the indoor and outdoor air temperatures, obtaining the illumination model and power in the building, and calculating the building energy saving rate in the corresponding time period; the method comprises the steps of obtaining energy consumption prediction data of an expected time period, calculating a variance value of historical data of the prediction time period, and determining a prediction value estimation interval under the condition of a given confidence level by utilizing the variance and the building energy saving rate. The estimation interval of the short-time building energy consumption prediction value is further given through building energy saving rate and variance estimation while the energy consumption prediction value of the building is predicted by the support vector machine.

An architectural ornamental sculpture such as a fish head sculpture, a dragon's head sculpture or a gargoyle sculpture is adapted for use in an architectural water features such as an eave mounted gutter and includes an ornamental spout member having a sealable mating surface and a trough member carrying a mating flange. A support member is optionally provided to permit mounting of the sculpture in an architectural location not related to a gutter or other water feature. The support member carries a distal mating surface dimensioned to fit closely with the ornamental spout member's sealable mating surface, and has a proximal end adapted to be fastened to an architectural surface such as a wall or soffit.

Provided is a novel waybill information system. The system firstly generates electronic waybills, then customers print entity waybills by themselves, the electronic waybills is turned into a database for being inquired and used by all parties. Firstly, a user inputs own information into the system, in the process, the user uses the building location provided by the system and fills in other individual information to generate a personal information identification account on the system. Two different accounts stand for information of two different users, and information of a recipient and information of an addresser can be inquired and generated one time through the system by using the account of the recipient and the account of the addresser. The information is bound with waybill numbers generated by the system and is put into the database. The generation of the database means that the waybill information of the express of this time can be inquired through the waybill number, and the geographic information in the database contains electronized building codes which can be used by a downstream automatic sorting machine. Compared with a traditional method that the entity waybills are filled in manually and then information is put into computers manually, the method is quite simple and efficient. In addition, a plane waybill is further designed and is convenient to print, cost is saved, and protection on the privacy by the user is increased by being matched with an account system.

The invention provides a method for constructing a special-shaped arrangement matrix of an urban indoor three-dimensional semantic model. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps: S1, constructing a special-shaped arrangement matrix of an urban building contour semantic model; s2, constructing an indoor three-dimensional semantic model of the urban building; s3, embedding the urban building indoor three-dimensional semantic model into the corresponding urban building contour semantic model, and completing construction of the urban indoor three-dimensional semantic model. A simplified artificial intelligence network model is utilized to obtain a contour prediction model network of an urban building, an urban building contour semantic model is established, indoor three-dimensional semantics are embedded in the urban building contour semantic model, and an accurate urban three-dimensional semantic model is obtained. The method is simple in algorithm, the actual building position is accurately reflected through the construction method, and spatial distribution visualization and searchability of the urban indoor three-dimensional semantic model are achieved.

Embodiments of the invention provide a room information release method and a room information release device, and belong to the field of mobile Internet. The method comprises the following steps: receiving room characteristic information corresponding to a room to be released, wherein the room characteristic information includes building location information, floor number information and room number; receiving floor location information corresponding to the room to be released; and correspondingly storing the room characteristic information and the floor location information. According to the invention, a server can send floor room distribution information corresponding to a room query command to a client when receiving the room query command sent by the client, so the user of the client can choose a room according to the floor room distribution information. The problem that users cannot learn about the surrounding environment of a booked room and inconvenience is brought to users is improved.