IP Library Granted Patent US 11,525,890
Granted Patent B2
US 11,525,890 · App. 16/550,711 · Granted Dec 13, 2022

Cooperative target tracking and signal propagation learning using mobile sensors

Inventors: Shueng Han Gary Chan (New Territories, HK); Jiajie Tan (New Territories, HK)
Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science And Technology
G01S7/415G01S7/418G06N7/005H04B17/318
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Patent No.
US 11,525,890
App. No.
16/550,711
Granted
Dec 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An architecture is provided for cooperative target tracking and signal propagation learning using mobile sensors. A method can comprise as a function of sensing data representative of a location of a target device at a first defined moment and model data relating to a motion model representing a probability density function, determining, by a system comprising a processor, a group of locations for the target device at a second defined time point, wherein the probability density function facilitates determining, based on the location of the target device at the first defined moment, a current location of the target device at a third defined moment; and as a function of the group of locations, generating, by the system, a data structure representing a matrix of received signal strength values; and identifying, by the system, a location of the group of locations for the target device at the third defined moment based on the data structure.

Claims (31)

1. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

as a function of sensing data representative of a location of a target device at a first defined time point and model data representative of a motion model of a probability density function, determining a group of locations for the target device at a second defined time period, wherein the probability density function facilitates a determination, based on the location of the target device at the first defined time point, of a current location of the target device at a third defined time point;

generating, based on the group of locations, a data structure representing a matrix of received signal strength values representative of first values associated with the target device and second values associated with a collection of sensor devices, wherein the collection of sensor devices are distributed within an area circumscribed by a defined perimeter associated with the group of locations; and

identifying, based on the data structure, a location of the group of locations for the target device at the second defined time point.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the sensing data is received from a sensor device of the collection of sensor devices.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the sensor device is located in the area circumscribed by the defined perimeter.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein the area is partitioned into a group of cells based on a generated Voronoi diagram.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein a value associated with a count of the group of cells is used to generate the data structure.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein an entry of entries of the data structure comprises an index value.

7. The device of claim 5 , wherein an entry of entries of the data structure represents a received signal strength distribution comprising a mean of a signal strength emitted from a first cell of the group of cells and received by a second cell of the group of cells and a standard deviation of the signal strength emitted from the first cell and received by the second cell.

8. The device of claim 4 , wherein a cell of the group of cells comprises a sensor device.

9. A method, comprising:

as a function of sensing data representative of a location of a target device at a first defined moment of time and model data relating to a motion model representing a probability density function, determining, by a system comprising a processor, a group of locations for the target device at a second defined moment of time, wherein the probability density function facilitates determining, based on the location of the target device at the first defined moment of time, a current location of the target device at a third defined moment of time; and

as a function of the group of locations, generating, by the system, a data structure representing a matrix of received signal strength values representative of first values associated with the target device and second values associated with a grouping of sensor devices, wherein the grouping of sensor devices are distributed within a defined area associated with the group of locations; and

identifying, by the system, a location of the group of locations for the target device at the third defined moment of time based on the data structure.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising receiving, by the system, the sensing data from a sensor device of the grouping of sensor devices located in the defined area circumscribed by a defined boundary.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising facilitating, by the system, partitioning of the area into a grouping of cells based on a generated Voronoi diagram.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising determining, by the system, a count value for the grouping of cells, and generating, by the system, a dimension of the data structure based on the count value.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein an entry of entries of the data structure comprises an index value.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein an entry of entries of the data structure represents a received signal strength distribution comprising a mean of a signal strength emitted from a first cell of the grouping of cells and received by a second cell of the grouping of cells and a standard deviation of the signal strength emitted from the first cell and received by the second cell.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein a cell of the grouping of cells comprises a sensor device.

16. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

based on model data representative of a motion model defining a probability density function, determining a group of locations for the target device at a third defined time period, wherein the determining further facilitates determining, as a function of a location of a target device at a first defined point in time obtained from sensing data, a current location of the target device at a second defined point in time; and

based on the group of locations, generating a data structure representing a matrix of received signal strength values representative of first values associated with the target device and second values associated with a collection of sensor devices, wherein the collection of sensor devices are distributed within a defined area associated with the group of locations; and

determining a location of the group of locations for the target device at the third defined point in time based on the data structure.

17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , the operations further comprise receiving the sensing data from a sensor device of the grouping of sensor devices located in the defined area circumscribed by a defined boundary.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , the operations further comprise partitioning the defined area into a grouping of cells based on a generated Voronoi diagram.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18 , the operations further comprise determining a count value for the grouping of cells, and generating a dimension of the data structure based on the count value.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein an entry of entries of the data structure represents a received signal strength distribution comprising a mean of a signal strength emitted from a first cell of the grouping of cells and received by a second cell of the grouping of cells and a standard deviation of the signal strength emitted from the first cell and received by the second cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2019
From: CHAN, SHUENG HAN GARY; TAN, JIAJIE
To: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 050165/0235 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62765051 · Aug 27, 2018
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