- Patent Title: Unsupervised indoor localization and heading directions estimation
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Application No.: US14441284Application Date: 2013-11-08
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Publication No.: US09730029B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Romit Roy Choudhury , He Wang , Nirupam Roy , Souvik Sen , Moustafa Youssef , Ahmed Elgohary , Moustafa Farid
- Applicant: DUKE UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: US NC Durham
- Assignee: Duke University
- Current Assignee: Duke University
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Durham
- Agency: Talem IP Law, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/069178 WO 20131108
- International Announcement: WO2014/074837 WO 20140515
- Main IPC: H04W4/04
- IPC: H04W4/04 ; G01S5/02 ; G01C21/16 ; G01C21/20 ; G01C22/00 ; H04W4/00 ; H04W4/02

Abstract:
Systems and methods for unsupervised indoor localization are provided. Sensor data obtained from a device carried by a user can be used to simultaneously estimate the indoor location of a user and identify landmarks within the indoor environment based on their signatures. The landmarks can be used to reset the location estimate of the user, and the location estimate of the user can be used to improve the learned location of the landmarks. This recursive process leads to excellent accuracy in indoor localization. Systems and methods for estimating the heading direction of a user are also provided. Sensor data obtained from the user can be used to analyze the forces acting on the user in order to give an accurate heading direction estimate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150281910A1 UNSUPERVISED INDOOR LOCALIZATION AND HEADING DIRECTIONS ESTIMATION Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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