Portable electronic device and method of recording mobility of the portable electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9596562-B2
Application number	US-201414223975-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2014
Priority date	Feb 7, 2014
Publication date	Mar 14, 2017
Grant date	Mar 14, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to recording movement of a portable electronic device, and more particularly, to a portable electronic device and methods for recording mobility of the portable electronic device. In one embodiment, a method for recording a mobility of a portable electronic device is disclosed, comprising detecting a movement of the portable electronic device using a first sensor; when the movement exceeds a threshold level, determining velocity, a position coordinate, and a time coordinate of the portable electronic device using a second sensor, wherein the threshold level indicates a pre-configured speed and a pre-configured time period associated with the movement; and recording one or more values corresponding to the determined velocity, the position coordinate, and the time coordinate, the one or more values representing mobility of the portable electronic device.

First claim

I claim:

1. A method for recording a mobility of a portable electronic device, comprising:
detecting, by one or more hardware processors executing programmed instructions stored in a memory of the portable electronic device, a movement of the portable electronic device using a first sensor;
determining velocity, a position coordinate, and a time coordinate of the portable electronic device using a second sensor and modifying polling interval or sensing region of at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor, based on the movement exceeding a threshold level, wherein the threshold level indicates a speed and a time period associated with the movement and wherein the threshold level is dynamically changed based on the detected movement from the first sensor and the determined velocity, position coordinate, and time coordinate from the second sensor in a pre-determined duration; and
recording one or more values corresponding to the determined velocity, the position coordinate, and the time coordinate, the one or more values representing mobility of the portable electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising activating the second sensor to record the one or more values corresponding to the velocity, the position coordinate, and the time coordinate, when the movement exceeds the threshold level.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising deactivating the second sensor when the movement of the portable electronic device reduces below the threshold level.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising terminating the recording of the one or more values when the movement reduces below the threshold value.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the one or more values in the memory of the portable electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the one or more values to an external database.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the portable electronic device comprises at least one of a cellular phone, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a smart-phone, a Portable Navigation Device (PND), a mobile route guidance device, or a portable audio/video player.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first sensor comprises at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a compass, or a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) sensor.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second sensor comprises at least one of a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor, a Wi-Fi access point sensor, or a cell tower triangulation sensor.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving navigation information based on the position coordinate and the time coordinate of the portable electronic device.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving at least one of a dynamic alert based on the position coordinate and the time coordinate of the portable electronic device and risk assessment information based on the current location.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the dynamic alert comprises at least one of a weather alert, a traffic alert, and an incident information alert.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a deceleration in the movement of the portable electronic device.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising initiating a message indicating the deceleration.

15. A portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising:
a first sensor;
a second sensor;
one or more processors; and
a memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to:
detect a movement of the portable electronic device using the first sensor;
determining velocity, a position coordinate, and a time coordinate of the portable electronic device using a second sensor and modifying polling interval or sensing region of at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor, based on the movement exceeding a threshold level, wherein the threshold level indicates a speed and a time period associated with the movement and wherein the threshold level is dynamically changed based on the detected movement from the first sensor and the determined velocity, position coordinate, and time coordinate from the second sensor in a pre-determined duration; and
recording one or more values corresponding to the determined velocity, the position coordinate, and the time coordinate, the one or more values representing mobility of the portable electronic device.

16. The portable electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to transmit the one or more values to an external database or store the one or more values in the memory of the portable electronic device.

17. The portable electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the portable electronic device comprises at least one of a cellular phone, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a smart-phone, a Portable Navigation Device (PND), a mobile route guidance device, or a portable audio/video player.

18. The portable electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the first sensor comprises at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a compass, or a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) sensor.

19. The portable electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the second sensor comprises at least one of a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor, a Wi-Fi access point sensor, or a cell tower triangulation sensor.

20. The portable electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to perform at least one of:
deactivate the second sensor when the movement of the portable electronic device reduces below the threshold level; and
terminate the recording of the one or more values of the portable electronic device after deactivating the second sensor.

21. A non-transitory computer readable medium having embodied thereon computer program instructions for recording a mobility of a portable electronic device, the computer program instructions comprising instructions for configuring a processor to perform operations comprising:
detecting, by one or more hardware processors executing programmed instructions stored in a memory of the portable electronic device, a movement of the portable electronic device using a first sensor;
determining velocity, a position coordinate, and a time coordinate of the portable electronic device using a second sensor and modifying polling interval or sensing region of at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor, based on the movement exceeding a threshold level, wherein the threshold level indicates a speed and a time period associated with the movement; and
recording one or more values corresponding to the determined velocity, the position coordinate, and the time coordinate, the one or more values representing mobility of the portable electronic device.

Assignees

• Tata Consultancy Services Ltd

Inventors

• Parameshwaran Reni

Classifications

• G01S5/017 Primary

  Detecting state or type of motion · CPC title

• G01C21/20

  Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) · CPC title

• G01C19/04

  Details · CPC title

• H04W4/02 Primary

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• G01S19/34

  Power consumption · CPC title