Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhanced elevation detection for emergency response systems
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Application No.: US16436585Application Date: 2019-06-10
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Publication No.: US10656236B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Charles D. Wolfson , Sushain Pandit , David A. Selby , Brent Gross
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Garg Law Firm, PLLC
- Agent Rakesh Garg; Reza Sarbakhsh
- Main IPC: H04M11/04
- IPC: H04M11/04 ; G01S5/02 ; H04W4/029 ; G01C5/06 ; G06F16/29 ; H04W4/90 ; G08B25/01

Abstract:
At an emergency response system, a first location including a latitude and a longitude at which a first device is located is received. At an emergency response system, an air pressure reading measured by the first device is received. Using the air pressure reading and a mean sea-level barometric measurement, a first elevation of a device is computed. Using the first location, a corresponding street address is computed. Using the street address and the first elevation, a floor number is computed. The street address and the floor number are transmitted to a second device.
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