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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Naoyuki Hibara, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Minezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Koizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyasu Higuma, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Kushiro, Tokyo, JP;
Naoyuki Hibara, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Minezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Koizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyasu Higuma, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Kushiro, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A locating apparatus comprises a first acquirer requesting multiple installed devices installed within a given space to radio-communicate with each other so as to acquire first radio communication information representing a first physical quantity obtained for each pair of the installed devices for each of the installed devices; a storage recording the first radio communication information acquired by the first acquirer for each of the installed devices; a second acquirer requesting a terminal present within the given space and the multiple installed devices to radio-communicate with each other so as to acquire second radio communication information representing a second physical quantity obtained for each pair of the terminal and installed devices; and a detector detecting the installed device from which the first physical quantity close to the second physical quantity is obtained among the multiple installed devices.