US 11,984,034 B2
Unmanned vehicle positioning, positioning-based methods and devices therefor
Dibyendu Ghosh, Bangalore (IN); Vinayak Honkote, Bangalore (IN); Kerstin Johnsson, Palo Alto, CA (US); Venkatesan Nallampatti Ekambaram, Hillsboro, OR (US); Ganeshram Nandakumar, Bangalore (IN); Vasuki Narasimha Swamy, Santa Clara, CA (US); Karthik Narayanan, Bengalore (IN); Alexander Pyattaev, Tampere (FI); and Feng Xue, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/584,978.
Prior Publication US 2020/0043348 A1, Feb. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01); H04J 3/14 (2006.01); H04W 4/42 (2018.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/20 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01)
CPC G08G 5/0008 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01); H04J 3/14 (2013.01); H04W 4/42 (2018.02); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/20 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/102 (2023.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A location verification device, comprising:
one or more receivers, configured to receive a wireless signal from a transmitting device, wherein the wireless signal represents data from the transmitting device;
wherein the data comprise position coordinates that correspond to a reported position of the transmitting device; and
one or more processors, configured to:
determine using the received wireless signal an actual signal characteristic of the received wireless signal, wherein the actual signal characteristic of the received wireless signal comprises an actual angle of arrival, an actual received power, an actual path loss, or an actual time of flight of the received wireless signal;
determine an expected signal characteristic of the received wireless signal, wherein the expected signal characteristic of the received wireless signal comprises an expected angle of arrival, an expected received power, or an expected time of flight of a signal from the reported position to a current position of the location verification device;
compare the actual signal characteristic with the expected signal characteristic; and
accept the reported position if the comparison of the actual signal characteristic and the expected signal characteristic is within a predetermined range; and
reject the reported position if the comparison between the actual signal characteristic and the expected signal characteristic is outside the predetermined range.