US Patent:
20210396619, Dec 23, 2021
Inventors:
- Cupertino CA, US
William J. Bencze - Half Moon Bay CA, US
Kumar Gaurav Chhokra - San Mateo CA, US
Fatemeh Ghafoori - Santa Clara CA, US
Stephen P. Jackson - Cupertino CA, US
Cheng Jia - Cupertino CA, US
Yi-Wen Liao - San Jose CA, US
Glenn D. Macgougan - Cupertino CA, US
Isaac T. Miller - Half Moon Bay CA, US
Alexandru Popovici - Mountain View CA, US
Christina Selle - Los Altos CA, US
Aditya Narain Srivastava - Fremont CA, US
Richard Warren - Redwood City CA, US
Michael P. Dal Santo - Cupertino CA, US
Pejman Lotfali Kazemi - Cupertino CA, US
International Classification:
G01L 27/00
H04W 4/02
H04W 4/38
H04W 4/90
Abstract:
Described herein are techniques to enable a mobile device to perform multi-source estimation of an altitude for a location. A baseline altitude may be determined at ground level for a location and used to calibrate a barometric pressure sensor on the mobile device. The calibrated barometric pressure sensor can then estimate changes in altitude relative to ground level based on detected pressure differentials, allowing a relative altitude to ground to be determined. Baseline calibration for the barometric sensor calibration can be performed to determine an ambient ground-level barometric pressure.