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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2016
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method () for indoor positioning or navigation comprises obtaining () a set of features which describe characteristics of a place in an indoor space. This obtained set of features may describe characteristics of a place at which a wireless device is located, a place targeted by a wireless device as a destination, or a place targeted by a wireless device to avoid. Regardless, the method () further comprises comparing () the obtained set of features to addresses of respective indoor blocks into which the indoor space is spatially divided. Each indoor block in this regard is identified as being located at an address formed from a set of features which describe characteristics of the indoor block. The method () also comprises determining (), based on the comparing, which of the indoor blocks corresponds to the place in the indoor space.