Reduction of the impact of hard limit constraints in state space models
US8996302B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S5/0294
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A location of a mobile device in a venue can be estimated by using a state space estimator to determine candidate locations of the mobile device at a first time point based on previous candidate positions conditioned upon an observation of one or more environmental variables. A second observation is received at a second time point, and the state space estimator performs a propagation step to determine the candidate locations at the second time point based on the candidate locations at the first time point and the second observation. The propagation step includes a plurality of sub-propagation steps in which a time length between the sub-propagation steps is a fraction of the time length between the first and second time points, and at each sub-propagation step each candidate location is propagated according to a stochastic process. The location of the mobile device at the second time point is determined based on the candidate locations at the second time point.
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