2253 results about "Point location" patented technology

A method for engineering management and planning for the design of a wireless communications network in three-dimensions (3-D) combines computerized organization, database fusion, and radio frequency (RF) site-specific planning models. The method enables a designer to keep track of wireless system performance throughout the process of pre-bid design, installation and maintenance of a wireless system. Using a database of information that defines the desired environment, predictions of antenna coverage, system coverage and interference, and other wireless system performance criteria, such as frame error rate and network throughput, can be made. Watch points are created to ensure, in real time, that any modifications to the design of the wireless system do not degrade the performance of the system with respect to the watch point locations.

A method of estimating a location of a WLAN-enabled user-device in a WLAN-based positioning system is provided. The WLAN-enabled device receives signals transmitted by WLAN-enabled access points in range of the WLAN-enabled user-device so that observed WLAN-enabled access points identify themselves. The method includes accessing a master database that associates WLAN-enabled access points with corresponding audited locations as determined by an audit of a relatively large geographic area and obtaining location information for any identified WLAN-enabled access point. The method includes accessing a supplemental database to obtain inferred location information corresponding to any identified WLAN-enabled access point. The supplemental database has a relatively small set of WLAN-enabled access points and corresponding inferred locations. The inferred locations are inferred based on input by a user of the WLAN-based positioning system. The method includes estimating a location of the WLAN-enabled user-device based on the audited location information and the inferred location information.

An automatic channel selection (ACS) process enables an access point to determine a best channel available, i.e., the channel with a least amount of interference, for it operation. When ACS is enabled, the access point scans frequencies for all neighboring access points and their signal strengths. Based on this data, the access point then determines which frequency is least likely to be interfered with by these other access points. The access point switches itself to this frequency and begins operation. During normal operation, the access point may periodically rescan the air space and reevaluate its current operating channel. Preferably, every neighboring access point has its own channel, and the co-channel interference levels should be low enough so that there is a maximum coverage and high throughput for the network. If these characteristics cannot be achieved, the access point may then adjust its power automatically to reduce the interference level in the network. This automatic power adjustment (APA) feature preferably operates across a set of access points, each of which has the function. In this manner, the transmitting power of the neighboring access points in the wireless network is “cooperatively” adjusted to minimize the channel interference and maximize the coverage and throughput for the network. A method of determining optimal access point locations for access points that perform the ACS and APA functions is also described.

A communications protocol in a computer readable medium of a general purpose computer system that operates as a special purpose controller when executing at least one program for broadcasting information. The communications protocol includes an access point location, an access point Internet protocol (IP) address, a media access control (MAC) address, a number of access point radios, and a radio type protocol of each access point radio.

A geo-fence is defined and established automatically based on a current location of an asset along with some range or distance, avoiding the need for a user to manually specify a location by drawing a perimeter, specifying a point location, or by any other means. Once established, the geo-fence can be activated so as to notify the owner of the asset and / or some other entity of movement of the asset beyond the boundary specified by the geo-fence. In one embodiment, the geo-fence can be automatically activated upon certain conditions, or can be manually activated, or any combination thereof.

A geo-fence is defined and established automatically based on a current location of an asset along with some range or distance, avoiding the need for a user to manually specify a location by drawing a perimeter, specifying a point location, or by any other means. Once established, the geo-fence can be activated so as to notify the owner of the asset and / or some other entity of movement of the asset beyond the boundary specified by the geo-fence. In one embodiment, the geo-fence can be automatically activated upon certain conditions, or can be manually activated, or any combination thereof.

Position sensing systems and methods for enhancing user interaction with an edge of a display. Position sensing components generate signals for determining touch point locations. A distance between the touch point and a nearest edge of the display is calculated. If the distance is not less than a threshold value, a cursor is displayed on the display at a default cursor position closely tracking the touch point. If the distance is less than the threshold value a cursor offset position is calculated and the cursor is displayed at the cursor offset position. The cursor offset position is offset in at least one dimension relative to the default cursor position and may be calculated by applying a geometric transformation to coordinates of the default cursor position. Optionally, the cursor offset position may result in the cursor being “forced” over an item displayed at the edge of the display.

Global Positioning System (GPS) route creation via server interaction or wireless terminal collection creates a GPS route data file that includes starting location GPS coordinates, ending location GPS coordinates, and at least one way point location data element. Each way point location data element includes respective way point location GPS coordinates and a respective link to a corresponding digital photograph data file. Wireless terminals having corresponding sensors collect local meteorological conditions that are associated with digital photographs and GPS coordinates at capture. The digital photographs, GPS coordinates at capture, and local meteorological conditions are used to produce local weather reports for requesting client terminals. Virtual tours could also be conducted using the captured digital photograph files.

Methods of and systems for resolving multiple location estimate conflicts in a WLAN-positioning system are provided. Disclosed are methods to quantify the probability that a particular location estimate of a mobile device made by a Wi-Fi based positioning system is correct to within an arbitrary accuracy. Implementations use observed access point cluster size, age information for access point location determination, and / or cumulative distribution functions that characterize the conditional probability that one or more access points detected by the mobile device have relocated within a specified time interval to make the probability determinations.

The invention provides a device and a method for executing a forward operation of an artificial neural network. The device comprises the components of a floating point data statistics module which is used for performing statistics analysis on varies types of required data and obtains the point location of fixed point data; a data conversion unit which is used for realizing conversion from a long-bit floating point data type to a short-bit floating point data type according to the point location of the fixed point data; and a fixed point data operation module which is used for performing artificial neural network forward operation on the short-bit floating point data. According to the device provided by the invention, through representing the data in the forward operation of the multilayer artificial neural network by short-bit fixed points, and utilizing the corresponding fixed point data operation module, forward operation for the short-bit fixed points in the artificial neural network is realized, thereby greatly improving performance-to-power ratio of hardware.

A system for determining directed media for a user is provided. The exemplary system comprises a media selection optimizer which is configured to determine a directed media component based on a user profile associated, via a device identifier, with a network access device. The media selection optimizer may also utilize access point information, historic information, and access point location-centric information in its determination of the directed media component. The directed media component may then be forward to a media server which provides the corresponding directed media to the user. The directed media may comprise advertisement, coupons, video, music, or any other media which is customizable to the user.

An automatic channel selection (ACS) process enables an access point to determine a best channel available, i.e., the channel with a least amount of interference, for it operation. When ACS is enabled, the access point scans frequencies for all neighboring access points and their signal strengths. Based on this data, the access point then determines which frequency is least likely to be interfered with by these other access points. The access point switches itself to this frequency and begins operation. During normal operation, the access point may periodically rescan the air space and reevaluate its current operating channel. Preferably, every neighboring access point has its own channel, and the co-channel interference levels should be low enough so that there is a maximum coverage and high throughput for the network. If these characteristics cannot be achieved, the access point may then adjust its power automatically to reduce the interference level in the network. This automatic power adjustment (APA) feature preferably operates across a set of access points, each of which has the function. In this manner, the transmitting power of the neighboring access points in the wireless network is “cooperatively” adjusted to minimize the channel interference and maximize the coverage and throughput for the network. A method of determining optimal access point locations for access points that perform the ACS and APA functions is also described.

Methods of and systems for estimating the probability of movement of access points in a WLAN-based positioning system are provided. Disclosed are methods to quantify the probability that a particular location estimate of a mobile device made by a Wi-Fi based positioning system is correct to within an arbitrary accuracy. Implementations use observed access point cluster size, age information for access point location determination, and / or the probability that one or more access points detected by the mobile device have relocated based on historic information about the movement of a collection of access points to make the probability determinations.

The invention provides a global path planning method of a moving robot under a dynamic and complicated environment. The method includes the steps of building a global environment map according to an actual environment, building a dynamic barrier environment, obtaining a grid map by means of a grid method, converting a barrier distribution map obtained in the grid method into an empowered adjacent matrix of the map, carrying out global path planning on the environment by means of an ant colony algorithm, processing trap problems in the environment in a regressing method, judging whether a current position of a path is a target point, repeating the preceding steps if the answer is negative, and ending if the current position is the designated target point. The method is simple and easy to achieve, and the path planning effect is good.

An automated system and method of geometric 3D point location. The invention teaches a system design for translating a CAD model into real spatial locations at a construction site, interior environment, or other workspace. Specified points are materialized by intersecting two visible pencil light beams there, each beam under the control of its own robotic ray-steering beam source. Practicability requires each beam source to know its precise location and rotational orientation in the CAD-based coordinate system. As an enabling sub-invention, therefore, an automated system and method for self-location and self-orientation of a polar-angle-sensing device is specified, based on its observation of three (3) known reference points. Two such devices, under the control of a handheld unit downloaded with the CAD model or pointlist, are sufficient to orchestrate the arbitrary point location of the invention, by the following method: Three CAD-specified reference points are optically defined by emplacing a spot retroreflector at each. The user then situates the two beam source devices at unspecified locations and orientations. The user then trains each beam source on each reference point, enabling the beam source to compute its location and orientation, using the algorithm of the sub-invention. The user then may select a CAD-specified design point using the handheld controller, and in response, the handheld instructs the two beam sources to radiate toward the currently selected point P. Each beam source independently transforms P into a direction vector from self, applies a 3×3 matrix rotator that corrects for its arbitrary rotational orientation, and instructs its robotics to assume the resultant beam direction. In consummation of the inventive thread, the pair of light beams form an intersection at the specified point P, giving the worker visual cues to precisely position materials there. This design posits significant ease-of-use advantages over construction point location using a single-beam total station. The invention locates the point effortlessly and with dispatch compared to the total station method of iterative manual search maneuvering a prism into place. Speed enables building features on top of point location, such as metered plumb and edge traversal, and graphical point selection. The invention eliminates the need for a receiving device to occupy space at the specified point, leaving it free to be occupied by building materials. The invention's beam intersection creates a pattern of instantaneous visual feedback signifying correct emplacement of such building materials. Unlike surveying instruments, the invention's freedom to situate its two ray-steering devices at arbitrary locations and orientations, and its reliance instead on the staking of 3 reference points, eliminates the need for specialized surveying skill to set up and operate the system, widening access to builders, engineers, and craftspeople.

In some embodiments, a method of optimizing operating parameters of an analytical instrument (e.g. lens voltages of a mass spectrometer) includes steps taken to minimize the method duration in the presence of substantial instrument noise and / or drift. Some methods include selecting a best point between a default instrument parameter set (vector) and a most-recent optimum parameter set; building a starting simplex at the selected best point location in parameter-space; and advancing the simplex to find an optimal parameter vector. The best simplex points are periodically re-measured, and the resulting readings are used to replace and / or average previous readings. The algorithm convergence speed may be adjusted by reducing simplex contractions gradually. The method may operate using all-integer parameter values, recognize parameter values that are out of an instrument range, and operate under the control of the instrument itself rather than an associated control computer.

A method of coronary vessel segmentation and visualization includes providing a digitized coronary image, placing a plurality of seed points along an estimated centerline of a coronary vessel, selecting a seed point and constructing a cyclic graph around the seed point in a plane perpendicular to the centerline at the seed point, performing a multi-scale-mean shift filtering in the perpendicular plane to estimate image gradient values, detecting a vessel boundary using a minimum-mean-cycle optimization that minimizes a ratio of a cost of a cycle to a length of a cycle, constructing a sub-voxel accurate vessel boundary about a point on the centerline, and refining the location of the centerline point from the sub-voxel accurate boundary, where the steps of constructing a sub-voxel accurate vessel boundary and refining the centerline point location are repeated until convergence.

Aspects for validating access point locations in a wireless network are described. The aspects include performing a scan in a validating access point for another access point in the wireless network. Location data of a detected access point is utilized in the validating access point to direct self-correction of current location data of the validating access point.

The invention relates to a method for analyzing facial expressions on the basis of motion tracking, in particular to a technique for face multi-feature tracking and expression recognition. The method comprises the following steps: pre-processing an inputted video image, and carrying out the face detection and face principle point location to determine and normalize the position of the face; modeling the face and expressions by using a three-dimensional parametric face mesh model, extracting the robust features and tracking the positions, gestures and expressions of the face in the inputted video image by combining the online learning method, so as to achieve the rapid and effective face multi-feature tracking; and taking the tracked expression parameters as the features for expression analysis; and carrying out the expression analysis by using an improved fuzzy clustering algorithm based on Gaussian distance measurement, so as to provide the fuzzy description of the expression.

The invention discloses an online milling deformation measurement and complementation machining method for a thin-walled part. The online milling deformation measurement and complementation machining method for the thin-walled part comprises the steps that 1, a three-dimensional model of the thin-walled part is established, and a numerical control code is obtained; 2, measurement point locations are extracted from the three-dimensional model; 3, based on the model, a measurement path is planned; 4, rough machining and semi-precise machining are conducted on a workpiece blank; 5, online measurement is conducted, and the coordinate values of all the planed measurement point locations are obtained; 6, the obtained coordinate values of the planed measurement point locations are compared with those of the corresponding point locations on the three-dimensional model of the thin-walled part, and the difference between the coordinates of each point location of the actually machined workpiece and those of the corresponding point location on the three-dimensional model is calculated; 7, according to the machining differences, a complementation factor optimal machining path is generated according to the machining differences, precise machining is conducted according to the path, and then the final deformation deviation and the compensation values are obtained. By the adoption of the online milling deformation measurement and complementation machining method, semi-precise machining and precise machining are adopted, the identical machining parameters are adopted by the semi-precise machining and the precise machining, and the best precise machining compensation effect of the thin-walled parts which are made of the same materials and have the same characteristics can be achieved to the greatest extent through only one group of tests.

A system for determining directed media for a user is provided. The exemplary system comprises a media selection optimizer which is configured to determine a directed media component based on a user profile associated, via a device identifier, with a network access device. The media selection optimizer may also utilize access point information, historic information, and access point location-centric information in its determination of the directed media component. The directed media component may then be forward to a media server which provides the corresponding directed media to the user. The directed media may comprise advertisement, coupons, video, music, or any other media which is customizable to the user.

A control system enables a user to control an electronic device by moving parts of the face, including the eyes. Optical emitters and optical detectors are used to reflect light from the relevant parts of the user's face. Pattern matching or approximation of a pointing location are used to define the control input to the electronic device based on the user's motions. Visual feedback is optionally provided to the user during the controller's actions. Additional sensor elements are optionally provided to improve performance of the system. Hardware and software elements are combined to provide for the specified control actions.

The invention discloses an inspection system and an implementation method for the electrical equipment of an unmanned aerial vehicle photovoltaic power station. The inspection system includes an airborne terminal, a ground terminal, and a wireless communication module. The camera or monitoring equipment collects the image data of the electrical equipment of the photovoltaic power station, and at the same time receives the control commands sent from the ground terminal to the airborne terminal; the ground terminal is set on the ground platform to process the data collected and sent back by the airborne terminal , to control the flight and shooting operations of the unmanned aerial vehicle on the ground; the wireless communication module completes the functions of transmitting flight control instructions, flight status data, and video return data between the airborne terminal and the ground terminal. The inspection system provides real-time high-definition viewing of infrared images and visible light images, which is convenient for timely resolution of faults. The images are analyzed on the ground side through pattern recognition. repair.

A method and apparatus for maintaining data accuracy in an access point (AP) location database including a plurality of stored location data are disclosed that can automatically update the AP location database meanwhile maintaining the data accuracy in the database. In some embodiments, the AP location database server receives a first set of location measurements for a first AP from a first mobile device, determines a trustworthiness of the first set of location measurements based on a first comparison between the first set of location measurements and the location data for the first AP stored in the AP location database, and selectively updates the stored location data for the first AP in the AP location database with the received first set of location measurements in response to the determined trustworthiness.

A data processing apparatus and method for converting a number between fixed-point and floating-point representations. More particularly, the data processing apparatus includes a data processing unit operable to execute instructions, with the data processing unit being responsive to a format conversion instruction to apply a format conversion operation to a number to perform a conversion between the fixed-point representation of the number and the floating-point representation of the number. Furthermore, a control field is provided which is arranged to provide a programmable value specifying a decimal point location within the fixed-point representation of the number, and the data processing unit is operable to reference the control field and to control the formal conversion operation in accordance with the programmable value. This enables a single instruction to be used to directly convert between fixed-point formats (where the position of the decimal point may be programmable varied) and floating-point representations.

The invention belongs to the field of close-range photogrammetry and relates to a detecting and identifying method for an annular coding mark point. The method includes that first, canny edge detection is conducted on a collected image, an outline centroid is closed through a series of limiting conditions and calculation, and noise and non-coding mark points are filtered; then least square ellipse fitting is adopted, coding mark point location is conducted, an ellipse fitting error is combined to judge a partition coding mark point outline, and the outline is filled; finally, ALPC transformation for transforming a local concentric ellipse into parallel straight lines is provided, the ALPC transformation is conducted on the partitioned coding mark point, and transformed image characteristics are used for decoding. By means of the detecting and identifying method, location of the coding mark point can reach a sub pixel level, local shape characteristics of a concentric ellipse are transformed into shape characteristics of parallel straight lines which are easy to detect and calculate, coding mark point identifying speed is improved, and effects of an included angle of a camera optical axis and a coding mark point normal on the coding mark point identifying accuracy can be reduced.

The invention relates to a map linear symbol drawing method and a map linear symbol drawing system based on a graphics processing unit (GPU). According to the method, under a three-dimensional rendering programmable assembly line system, a shader language is used for sending a function relation between map linear symbol coloring and linear parameters to the GPU for calculation, so that map linear symbols can be drawn with high efficiency. The method comprises the following steps of establishing a vortex array caching object by taking half-linear width as a buffering region according to a linear center line, recording xyz of the position of a vortex and transverse and longitudinal coordinate relation parameters uv of the vortex on the whole buffering zone; writing a vortex shader, sending the uv parameters into a fragment shader, and performing rasterization interpolation by using the GPU; and building a function of a fragment color and the uv in the fragment shader, and calculating pixel coloring. In an actual drawing process, the vortex caching objects are bound to be property parameters for sending; global parameters required in a shader file are set; and therefore, the linear symbols can be drawn.