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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
May. 14, 2002
Matthew R. Perkins, Sunrise, FL (US);
Robert J. O'dea, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Mark J. Johnson, Cary, IL (US);
Neal K. Patwari, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Matthew R. Perkins, Sunrise, FL (US);
Robert J. O'Dea, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Mark J. Johnson, Cary, IL (US);
Neal K. Patwari, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and method for inferring an electronic rendering () of an environment () comprises a plurality of devices (and), and a processing device. Each wireless device is capable of determining a distance between a neighboring wireless device. Moreover, each device is capable of performing at least one of the following: determining an environmental attribute of the environment, and determining a location of an object in the environment. The processing device gathers information determined from the plurality of devices and infers the electronic rendering of the environment based on the information gathered.