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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Brian Stephen Smith, Campbell, CA (US);
David Benjamin Millman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert Mayor, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Vitali Lovich, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program product for location transition determination are described. A mobile device can use location fingerprint data and sensor readings to determine a transition of the mobile device into or out of a portion of a venue by using particle filters. When the mobile device determines that the mobile device is located at a first portion of the venue, e.g., on a given floor, the mobile device can introduce candidate locations, or particles, on a second portion of the venue and candidate locations outside of the venue. If estimated locations at the first portion of the venue do not converge, the mobile device can increase weight of the candidate locations that are outside of the first portion of the venue to detect possible transition to the second portion of the venue or to outside of the venue.