Device and method for localizing terminal devices

US8320938B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Steffen Meyer · Erlangen, DE
• Juergen Hupp · Nuremberg, DE
• Thorsten Vaupel · Homberg (Efze), DE
• Karin Loidl · Senden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 14, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 27, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 27, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S5/02524
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

When localizing terminal devices an updating measure of reference ambient information allocated to surroundings of the terminal device is executed when a deviation of ambient information determined by means of the terminal device from reference ambient information allocated to a position of the terminal device is detected.