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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2012
Krishna Chintalapudi, Bangalore, IN;
Venkata N. Padmanabhan, Bangalore, IN;
Anshul Rai, Bangalore, IN;
Rijurekha Sen, Mumbai, IN;
Gursharan Singh Sidhu, Seattle, WA (US);
Krishna Chintalapudi, Bangalore, IN;
Venkata N. Padmanabhan, Bangalore, IN;
Anshul Rai, Bangalore, IN;
Rijurekha Sen, Mumbai, IN;
Gursharan Singh Sidhu, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Inferring location of a mobile computing device in an indoor environment and crowdsourcing radio frequency data are described herein. A location of the mobile computing device in the indoor environment is inferred based upon known physical constraints of the indoor environment and data from an inertial sensor of the mobile computing device, wherein an initial location in the indoor environment of the mobile computing device is unknown, a heading offset of the mobile computing device is arbitrary, and wherein a placement of the mobile computing device on a user is arbitrary.