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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vinay R. Majjigi, Mountain View, CA (US);

Suresh B. Malakar, Cupertino, CA (US);

Bharath Narasimha Rao, Mountain View, CA (US);

Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Mountain View, CA (US);

Hung A. Pham, Oakland, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/16 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G01C 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3415 (2013.01); G01C 21/16 (2013.01); G01C 22/006 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02);
Abstract

Embodiments are disclosed for indoor/outdoor detection using a mobile device, such as wearable computer (e.g., smartwatch). In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by one or more processors of a wearable computer, wireless access point (AP) scan data, global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data and inertial sensor data; determining, by the one or more processors, a first state of the wearable computer based on the wireless AP scan data; determining, by the one or more processors, a second state of the wearable computer based on a comparison of the GNSS data and the inertial sensor data; and outputting, by the one or more processors, an indoor/outdoor signal indicating that the wearable computer is indoors or outdoors based on the first and second states.


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