Soft information for localization-of-things

A Conti, S Mazuelas, S Bartoletti… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Location awareness is vital for emerging Internet-of-Things applications and opens a new
era for Localization-of-Things. This paper first reviews the classical localization techniques …

Network localization and navigation with scalable inference and efficient operation

B Teague, Z Liu, F Meyer, A Conti… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Location-aware networks enable new services and applications in fields such as
autonomous driving, smart cities, and the Internet-of-Things. Network localization and …

Systems and methods for identifying entities using geographical and social mapping

JP de Villiers Prichard, JCPB Shaw… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Embodiments of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for identifying one
or more entities associated with activities. In an example implementation, a method includes …

Inter-AP distance estimation using crowd sourcing

AA Emadzadeh, SP Venkatraman, W Gao - US Patent 8,818,424, 2014 - Google Patents
Techniques are provided for utilizing one or more mobile devices to estimate distances
between wireless access points (APs). Embodiments can, for example, enable mobile …

Method and apparatus for determining position of a wireless device

M Youssef, N El-Sheimy, M Fattouche - US Patent 8,792,908, 2014 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus for determining the location of a device capable of
receiving/transmitting wireless signals from/to reference stations is provided, for example …

Method and apparatus for the cooperative localization of transmitters and/or receivers on a mobile body

EB Hamida, B Denis, L Ouvry - US Patent 9,313,762, 2016 - Google Patents
A method and a device for cooperative location of a first node possessed by a first mobile
body comprising several nodes able to transmit and/or receive a signal by wireless means …

Methods and apparatus for triggering cooperative positioning or learning in a wireless network

A Jovicic, J Li, C Measson, T Richardson - US Patent 9,482,734, 2016 - Google Patents
G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR
VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE …

Method and server for estimating position of mobile node

SY Cho, Y Choi, KIM JooYoung - US Patent 8,626,188, 2014 - Google Patents
A position estimation server estimates the position of a target mobile node by using position
information of a minimum number of anchor nodes knowing their position, distance …

Factor-graph based matching systems and methods

AR Oka, CH Snow, SB Simmons - US Patent 8,909,581, 2014 - Google Patents
Systems and methods are provided for matching one or more US 2013/01 10754A1 May 2,
2013 first entities with one or more of second entities. Factor graph representations of the …

Sensors for an aircraft for locating devices

J Müller, D Glaser, U Schwark - US Patent 8,634,851, 2014 - Google Patents
The invention relates to a sensor network for determining the position of devices and gearin
an aircraft. The sensor network exhibits several sensor nodes, which have an autonomous …