Devices and techniques for improving reception or compensating for attenuation of GNSS signals during water immersion activities

    公开(公告)号:US12259479B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-25

    申请号:US18471281

    申请日:2023-09-20

    Abstract: A wearable device that can receive a plurality of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) timing signals using an antenna, where the antenna is located in an exterior portion of the wearable device such that the antenna receives GNSS signals at the external portion of the wearable device, without the GNSS signals first passing through an air gap within a housing of the wearable device. The wearable device is configured to determine a geographic location of the wearable device based at least in part on the GNSS signals. The wearable device is configurable to perform underwater dead-reckoning procedures, measuring energy levels during dwell periods, measuring efficiency of swim strokes, sharing wearable device information with other electronic devices, calibrating the wearable device, or a combination thereof.

    Camera-based GNSS environment detector

    公开(公告)号:US11619745B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US16666848

    申请日:2019-10-29

    Abstract: Techniques for enhanced Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) position determination can include capturing an image, from a camera, of obstructions near a mobile device. Orientation information regarding the camera can is used to determine where, in the image, the horizon is situated, and which portions of the sky are blocked by the obstructions from the perspective of the mobile device. Information regarding the location of satellites in the sky is obtained, based on an estimated position of the mobile device. Obstructed satellites can then be identified by comparing the location of the satellites with the obstructed portions of the sky. In a GNSS position determination, information received from the obstructed satellites can then be disregarded or de-weighted accordingly. In some embodiments, the information regarding the blocked portions of the sky can be sent to a server and/or shared with other nearby mobile devices.

    Increased positioning resolution
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12066559B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-20

    申请号:US16668063

    申请日:2019-10-30

    Abstract: A method of determining a location of a measurement device includes determining, at a server: measurement times of first positioning signal measurements, of first positioning signals from first positioning signal sources and/or a subset of positioning signal sources of second positioning signal sources. The method includes sending at least one measurement command from the server to the measurement device to cause the measurement device to obtain the first positioning signal measurements in accordance with the measurement times and/or obtain second positioning signal measurements of second positioning signals sent from the subset of positioning signal sources. The method includes: receiving, at the server from the measurement device, measurement data corresponding to the first positioning signal measurements and/or the second positioning signal measurements; and determining, at the server, the location of the measurement device based on the measurement data.

    Precise positioning services with an Internet of Things network

    公开(公告)号:US11818626B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-14

    申请号:US17186372

    申请日:2021-02-26

    CPC classification number: H04W4/029 G16Y40/10

    Abstract: Techniques for providing positioning information to a mobile device are discussed. An example apparatus for determining a location of a mobile device includes at least one server comprising a data structure containing precise positioning subscription options associated with the mobile device, a plurality of client internet of things devices configured to communicate with the at least one server, such that at least one of the plurality of client internet of things devices is a serving internet of things device configured to provide precise positioning information to the mobile device, and such that the serving internet of things device is selected from the plurality of client internet of things devices based on the precise positioning subscription options.

    Satellite signal environment determination and/or position estimate selection

    公开(公告)号:US12219428B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US17390923

    申请日:2021-07-31

    Abstract: A method includes: receiving one or more positioning signals; determining that a UE is line-of-sight to fewer than a threshold number of positioning signal sources; determining a first position estimate hypothesis for the UE using a first position estimating process and one or more first measurements of the positioning signal(s); determining a second position estimate hypothesis for the UE using a second position estimating process and one or more second measurements of the positioning signal(s), wherein the second position estimating process uses a second parameter value of a parameter and the parameter is absent from the first position estimating process or has a first parameter value that is different from the second parameter value; and reporting a reported position estimate based on the first position estimate hypothesis or the second position estimate hypothesis in response to the UE being line-of-sight to fewer than the threshold number of positioning signal sources.

    Detecting spoofed global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals

    公开(公告)号:US12189043B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-07

    申请号:US18534325

    申请日:2023-12-08

    Abstract: In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives a spoofing alert message from either a server or an internet-of-things (IOT) device that indicates whether a spoofed Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) condition is present. Based on determining that the spoofing alert message indicates that a spoofed GNSS condition is present, the UE determines, based on the spoofing alert message, a location of a spoofer broadcasting a spoofed GNSS signal, determines, based on the location of the spoofer and a current location of the UE, that the UE is within a receiving area of the spoofed GNSS signal, and determines a position of the UE without using the spoofed GNSS signal.

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