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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Jin-Woo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Seok-Hwan Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sung-Rae Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Chae-Man Lim, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/06 (2006.01); G01S 5/14 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/0036 (2013.01); G01S 5/0242 (2013.01); G01S 5/06 (2013.01); G01S 5/14 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 64/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for estimating location of an electronic device is provided. The method includes collecting from a transmitter, transmitter information including time information that is proportional to distance between the electronic device and the transmitter; obtaining location information of the electronic device at a point where the transmitter information is collected; and transmitting the transmitter information and the location information to a server to be used to estimate the location of the transmitter.