a global leader in hyper-local and indoor positioning solutions
announced today that it has been granted key patents entitled “Assisted
Positioning” by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) and “Locating Electromagnetic Signal
Sources” in China by the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office.
sensewhere CEO Rob Palfreyman commented: “Having these key patents
granted in China and the USA re-enforces the novel automatic crowd
sourcing approach sensewhere has in delivering low cost, highly
scalable, highly accurate indoor positioning. What is especially
pleasing is that these core patents have now been granted in China and
the USA, both markets which are currently experiencing tremendous growth
for sensewhere’s location based solutions”.
“Locating Electromagnetic Signal Sources” describes a method
to map WAPs (Wireless Access Points) with position references as well as
mapping WAPs which do not have references by using location references
obtained from a user device. These location references could be GNSS,
sensor, beacon or user input, the mapped WAPs are then used to position
a user. This position information can then be used again to re-map the
WAPs based on any new data collected upon a position request. The
mapping of new WAPs with no reference such as those deep inside a
building uses the positions obtained from already mapped WAPs.
“Assisted Positioning” describes a method for a device to assist
another device to obtain a position fix. Like GPS assistance data, this
patent proposes an “extended assistance data” that includes non-GNSS
data such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Assistance data can contain position
information, signal characteristics etc. For example WAPs scanned can be
geo-tagged and sent to another user. This assistance data can be shared
between users via peer to peer network, ad-hoc or a central server
About sensewhere:
sensewhere Ltd. is a world leader in hyper-local and indoor positioning
solutions. sensewhere’s technology enables precise location information
in areas where there is no or inaccurate satellite data such as indoors
or in dense urban areas. A key aspect of the technology is that it is
based on sensewhere proprietary software and does not require hardware
installation or manual fingerprint to deliver fast accurate indoor
location information.
Contacts
sensewhere
Rob Palfreyman, CEO
Mobile: +44-7900-038555
Office:
+44-131-6295452
E-mail: info@sensewhere.com
- See more at: http://theindependent.sg/blog/2015/06/25/sensewhere-patents-granted-in-china-and-usa/#sthash.e6E5dnPw.dpuf
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