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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2023
Niantic, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Ben Benfold, Oxford, GB;
Niantic, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure describes a method for calibrating a magnetic sensor of a client device. The method may include receiving a set of magnetic field measurements, each of which includes a device location, an orientation of the client device, and an observed magnetic field vector measured by the magnetic sensor. The method may include computing a device correction vector for the client device based on the set of magnetic field measurements. For each magnetic field measurement, the method includes determining a world magnetic field vector at the device location of the magnetic field measurement, computing an expected measured magnetic field vector at the device location, accessing an estimated device correction vector for the client device, computing an expected adjusted vector for the client device, comparing the observed magnetic field vector associated with the magnetic field measurement and the expected adjusted vector, and computing the device correction vector based on the comparison.