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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:
Jan. 12, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2010
Applicant:

Saipradeep Venkatraman, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventor:

SaiPradeep Venkatraman, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/48 (2010.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G09B 29/10 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01S 19/46 (2010.01); G01C 21/08 (2006.01); G09B 29/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); G01C 5/06 (2006.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/10 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/48 (2013.01); G01C 5/06 (2013.01); G01C 21/08 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01C 21/206 (2013.01); G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01S 5/0045 (2013.01); G01S 5/0236 (2013.01); G01S 5/0257 (2013.01); G01S 5/0263 (2013.01); G01S 19/10 (2013.01); G01S 19/46 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); G09B 29/00 (2013.01); G09B 29/008 (2013.01); G09B 29/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pressure sensor can be implemented on a network device to minimize vertical positioning errors of the network device in an indoor environment. A reference altitude and a reference pressure associated with an access point in the indoor environment are received at the network device via a communication network. A pressure is determined at the network device in the indoor environment. An altitude of the network device associated with the pressure at the network device in the indoor environment is calculated based, at least in part, on the pressure at the network device, the reference pressure, and the reference altitude. A position of the network device in the indoor environment is determined based, at least in part, on the altitude of the navigation device and location information received from at least the access point.


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