Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mapping positions of devices using audio
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Application No.: US14170879Application Date: 2014-02-03
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Publication No.: US09753129B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Geoffrey Allen Borggaard , Daniel George Koulomzin , Christopher Richard Wren
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
- Current Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Morris & Kamlay LLP
- Main IPC: G01S11/14
- IPC: G01S11/14 ; G01S5/18 ; G01S5/30 ; G01S15/74 ; G01S5/02

Abstract:
Disclosed are methods and systems for determining distance between two or more mobile devices utilizing a sound emitted from each device such as a chirp. Each device may determine or receive an indication of a time reference for each instance the device emits or detects a chirp. Utilizing the time reference data, the distance between the two or more devices may be determined assuming the sound travels at a constant speed of 340.29 m/s. Techniques for disambiguating orientation of the devices relative to one another rare also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150219755A1 Mapping positions of devices using audio Public/Granted day:2015-08-06
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