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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Quanta Computer Inc., Taoyuan, TW;
Tien-Chin Fang, Taoyuan, TW;
Chen-Chung Lee, Taoyuan, TW;
Chih-Ling Liu, Taoyuan, TW;
Ching-Wen Lin, Taoyuan, TW;
Ming-Jen Chen, Taoyuan, TW;
Chia-Hung Lin, Taoyuan, TW;
QUANTA COMPUTER INC., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan, TW;
Abstract
An indoor positioning method for use in an indoor positioning system is provided. The indoor positioning system includes beacon devices, a mobile device, and a positioning server. The method includes the steps of: utilizing the mobile device to receive a positioning signal from each beacon device and determine distance information between the mobile device and each beacon device; determining a specific primary region in which the mobile device is located according to the distance information between the mobile device and the top beacon devices; determining a precise location in the specific primary region according to the distance information between the mobile device and the planar beacon devices corresponding to the specific primary region; and reporting the precise location to the mobile device, so that the precise location is illustrated on a plan view of the indoor space displayed on the mobile device.