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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Thomas Germano O'neill, Mountain View, CA (US);
Carl Ferman Smith, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alena Fong, Fremont, CA (US);
Mohammed Waleed Kadous, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Russell Heywood, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Thomas Germano O'Neill, Mountain View, CA (US);
Carl Ferman Smith, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alena Fong, Fremont, CA (US);
Mohammed Waleed Kadous, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Russell Heywood, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for mapping an indoor environment. A client device may receive an indication of a starting point on a floor plan. The client device may prompt the user to travel in a particular direction and indicate when the user can no longer travel in that direction. As the user travels from the starting point in the designated direction, the client device may gather information about the indoor environment. For example, the client device may gather wireless signal strength data, cellular tower strength data, or video image data while the user travels in the designated direction. The client device may associate the gathered information with the path the user traveled from the starting point to the ending point. The client device may indicate the area for which valid location information is available based on the path the user traveled and the information the user collected.