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Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2024
Applicant:

Nextnav, Llc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Badrinath Nagarajan, Cupertino, CA (US);

Guiyuan Han, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael Dormody, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

NextNav, LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 5/06 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 5/06 (2013.01); G01C 21/206 (2013.01);
Abstract

Extending the spatial coverage of a reference pressure network. Particular embodiments described herein include machines that initially determine that an estimated position of a mobile device resides outside a coverage area of a network of reference pressure sensors. Reference-level pressures are determined using measurements of pressure from the network of reference pressure sensors. A time interval and a plurality of wind speeds and corresponding wind directions are used to determine an adjusted location for each reference pressure sensor of the network. The adjusted location and the reference-level pressure for each reference pressure sensor are used to determine a pressure pattern, which is used to determine a reference-level pressure value for the estimated position of the mobile device. The reference-level pressure value is used for calibrating a pressure sensor of the mobile device, or for estimating an altitude of the mobile device for emergency response or navigation.


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