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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Marten Jeroen Pijl, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
There is provided a method of detecting erroneous measurements of the position of a device, the device comprising position measurement means, the method comprising determining the state of motion of a user of the device from a plurality of possible states; predicting the position of the device using a plurality of models and the determined state of motion of the user, each model corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of possible states; measuring the position of the device using the position measurement means; comparing the predicted position of the device to the measured position of the device; and determining whether the measured position of the device is erroneous based on the result of the step of comparing.