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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin A. Werner, San Jose, CA (US);
Brent M. Ledvina, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tunc Ertan, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments for a device locator application are described. In an embodiment, one or more inertial displacement measurement values may be received using the inertial sensor and received camera sensor data, a trajectory based on the one or more inertial displacement measurement values may be determined, a beacon signal from a target wireless device and determine at least one signal strength value from the beacon signal may be received, at least one proximity value to the target wireless device may be estimated based on the at least one signal strength value corresponding to at least one position along the trajectory, and an indicator of the at least one proximity value to the target wireless device may be presented along the trajectory in a user interface.