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Pelco, Inc.

California State University, Fresno

Barry Jon Velasquez

James G Millar

Brian Zwaschka

Because GPS does not work indoors, mobile electronics devices that use GPS for activities do not work inside a building. An embodiment of the present invention uses ultrasonic tone generators in each room. The ultrasonic tone generators can be built into cameras or separate devices. Each device may emit a unique tone that has a high enough frequency that most people cannot hear the frequency or combination of frequencies. Using a built-in microphone on a mobile device, the incoming audio may be analyzed in the frequency domain to determine the loudest tone above the human hearing threshold. This tone may be mapped to a specific room that can then be sent to the mobile electronics device to perform any location-aware actions.

Method and apparatus for mobile device localization

A training module, training system, and methods of monitoring physical activity and making a training module are disclosed. The training module includes a compressible article having a polyhedral outer surface, a motion detector that detects compressive and rotational movement of the compressible article, a controller that determines a number of compressions and a number of rotations of the compressible article, and a signal transmitter that transmits data to a mobile electronic device. The controller is in electrical communication with the motion detector and the signal transmitter. The training system and methods generally include those that embody one or more of the inventive concepts disclosed herein. The training module can improve a user's agility, endurance, speed, reflexes, and sensitivity, provide real-time and historical feedback on performance, and improve safety during training in group activities indoors and outdoors, and on a variety of surfaces, that might otherwise involve one or more spherical objects.

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Clovis, CA, United States of America

Barry Jon Velasquez