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Orient a mobile device coordinate system to a vehicular coordinate system

US10168156B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 23, 2017
Grant dateJan 1, 2019
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C5/085
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An approach is provided by a mobile information handling system that includes a processor, and a gyroscope, a gravity sensor, and a memory each accessible by the processor. The approach identifies, at the mobile device that is moving with a vehicle, when a rotation of the gyroscope is at a near-zero moment, and an acceleration, wherein the acceleration is detected as being on a plane that is near-perpendicular with a gravity sensed by the gravity sensor. Then the detection is made, the approach determines a direction of the vehicle as being parallel to a direction of the detected acceleration. The approach then aligns a coordinate system used in the mobile device based on the determined direction of the vehicle.

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