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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
May. 02, 2017
Applicant:
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jong Sung Yoon, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jie Hui, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Michael Mitchell, North Bend, WA (US);
Zhuoqing Morley Mao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yunhan Jia, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Chao Kong, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignees:
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04M 1/72566 (2013.01); H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); H04M 1/72572 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/043 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for determining whether a mobile device is located indoors or outdoors. In some embodiments, a mobile device may utilize a fusion of the information from multiple sensors, such as a RGB sensor, a proximity sensor, a light intensity sensor, and a WiFi radio, to determine whether the mobile device is located indoors or outdoors.