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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2012
Applicant:

Gen-9, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mark A. Fauci, Patchogue, NY (US);

Yinghao Ma, Potomac, MD (US);

Craig Poppe, San Mateo, CA (US);

Thung-Han Hee, Stanford, CA (US);

Rahul Agrawal, Stanford, CA (US);

Assignee:

GEN-9, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for tracking a mobile device using sensors within the device and without using external signals to determine location, velocity, or heading. According to one embodiment, locating and tracking a mobile device can comprise reading sensor data from each of a plurality of sensors within the mobile device. The sensors can provide the sensor data without relying on a signal from a device external to the mobile device. For example, the plurality of sensors can comprise a compass, a gyroscope, and an accelerometer. Motion, velocity, and heading of the mobile device can be determined based on the sensor data.


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