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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abhinav R. Patel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Darin Tay, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Benjamin Millman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jessica Noel Tsoong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Ding-Jiu Huang, Kingston, CA;
Robert Mayor, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Vitali Lovich, San Jose, CA (US);
Vojislav Samsalovic, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ashish Agarwal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mithilesh Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program product for generating location fingerprint data for a venue are described. A sampling device surveying a venue can move inside the venue. While the sampling device moves, the sampling device can record environmental readings including, for example, strengths of signals from multiple radio signal sources. The sampling device can take the recording at fixed or various time intervals. Meanwhile, the sampling device can determine, based on a starting point and motion sensor readings, an estimated location of the mobile device for each time the sampling device takes the recordings. The sampling device can display a motion path of the estimated locations and a user interface item for receiving a user input for correcting the estimated locations. The sample device can tag the recorded environmental readings with the corrected locations, and submit the tagged readings to a server for determining a location fingerprint for the venue.