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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2017
Yang LI, Georgetown, MA (US);
Christian Breuer, Dortmund, DE;
Bernhard Siessegger, Unterschleissheim, DE;
Yang Li, Georgetown, MA (US);
Christian Breuer, Dortmund, DE;
Bernhard Siessegger, Unterschleissheim, DE;
OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed herein include a method for determining the position of a computing device. The method may include obtaining, by the computing device, an image of a subset of luminaries from a plurality of luminaires located in an indoor environment, in which each subset grouping of luminaires in the plurality of luminaires is uniquely identifiable. The computing device may then compare the subset of luminaires to a database storing each uniquely identifiable subset grouping of luminaires in the plurality of luminaires, in which the database includes position information for each luminaire in the plurality of luminaires, and determine the position of the computing device based on the comparison of the subset of luminaries to the database.