US 11,743,686 B2
Aligning in-vehicle mobile device and vehicle bodies for improved global positioning
Artem Vassilyev, Tampere (FI); Pavel Ivanov, Tampere (FI); Stanislav Krainikov, Tampere (FI); and Tatiana Vyunova, Tampere (FI)
Assigned to HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by HERE Global B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Nov. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/104,140.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167121 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G01C 25/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/14 (2010.01); G01S 19/23 (2010.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G01S 19/48 (2010.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [G01C 25/005 (2013.01); G01S 19/14 (2013.01); G01S 19/235 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); G01S 19/48 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by one or more processors, an indication of user input identifying a position of a mobile device within a vehicle;
obtaining, by the one or more processors, a location of the mobile device with respect to a coordinate system that is independent of the vehicle;
determining, by the one or more processors, an offset of the mobile device from at least one of a reference point, axis, or plane of the vehicle based on the position of the mobile device within the vehicle; and
determining, by the one or more processors, a location of the vehicle with respect to the coordinate system that is independent of the vehicle by modifying the location of the mobile device with respect to the coordinate system that is independent of the vehicle based at least in part on the offset of the mobile device within the vehicle.