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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Abinash Mahapatra, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/10 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G01C 21/10 (2013.01); G01C 21/3605 (2013.01); G01C 21/3626 (2013.01); G01C 21/3667 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for power saving during sensor-assisted Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation using a mobile device are presented. The methods may include receiving location improvement data for a geographic location, the location improvement data including a value corresponding to improvement in accuracy for location data for the geographic location. The mobile device may utilize the location improvement data to determine whether to utilize inertial sensors in the mobile device to improve the accuracy of the position fix.