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Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2016
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Glenn Donald MacGougan, San Jose, CA (US);

Changlin Ma, Cupertino, CA (US);

Kumar Gaurav Chhokra, San Jose, CA (US);

Robert Mayor, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/027 (2013.01); H04B 1/385 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02);
Abstract

Systems, methods, devices and computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for assisted GNSS velocity estimation. In an implementation, a method comprises: obtaining, by a mobile device, a step-based speed measurement based on sensor data; obtaining, by the mobile device, a step-based speed uncertainty associated with the step-based speed measurement; determining, by the mobile device, that one or more assistance conditions are met; responsive to the determining, assisting a state estimator using the step-based speed measurement and the associated step-based speed uncertainty; and estimating at least one of the position, velocity or speed of the mobile device using the assisted state estimator.


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