IP Library Granted Patent US 12,647,938
Granted Patent B2
US 12,647,938 · App. 18/598,101 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Systems and methods for precision localization of short-range wireless beacons

Inventors: Per Skoglar (Linköping, SE); David Törnqvist (Linghem, SE); Rickard Karlsson (Linkoping, SE); Carl Martin Estgren (Linkoping, SE); Clas Veibäck (Söderköping, SE)
Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
H04W64/006H04B17/309
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Patent No.
US 12,647,938
App. No.
18/598,101
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system described herein may determine, based on wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by a first set of devices, a first reference map associated with a particular space, such as a warehouse, a facility, or the like. The system may determine, based on the first reference map and further based on wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and received by a second set of devices, a second reference map associated with the particular space; determine, based on the second reference map and further based on wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by a third set of devices and received by the second set of devices, locations within the particular space of the third set of devices; and output information indicating the locations, within the particular space, of the third set of devices.

Claims (33)

1 . A device, comprising:

one or more processors configured to:

determine, based on wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by a first set of devices, a first reference map associated with a particular space;

determine, based on the first reference map and further based on wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and received by a second set of devices, a second reference map associated with the particular space;

determine, based on the second reference map and further based on wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by a third set of devices and received by the second set of devices, locations within the particular space of the third set of devices; and

output information indicating the locations, within the particular space, of the third set of devices.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and received by a second set of devices include a signal strength, as measured by a particular device of the second set of devices, of wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and as received by the particular device of the second set of devices.

3 . The device of claim 2 , wherein the second reference map is based on the signal strength, as measured by the particular device of the second set of devices, of wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and as received by the particular device of the second set of devices.

4 . The device of claim 3 , wherein the second reference map includes one or more weighted averages that are based on the first reference map and the signal strength, as measured by the particular device of the second set of devices, of wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and as received by the particular device of the second set of devices.

5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein one or more devices, of the third set of devices, do not include a wireless receiver.

6 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first reference map represents a fingerprint of the particular space from a standpoint of the first set of devices.

7 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the second reference map represents a fingerprint of the particular space from a standpoint of the second set of devices.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing a plurality of processor-executable instructions to:

determine, based on wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by a first set of devices, a first reference map associated with a particular space;

determine, based on the first reference map and further based on wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and received by a second set of devices, a second reference map associated with the particular space;

determine, based on the second reference map and further based on wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by a third set of devices and received by the second set of devices, locations within the particular space of the third set of devices; and

output information indicating the locations, within the particular space, of the third set of devices.

9 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and received by a second set of devices include a signal strength, as measured by a particular device of the second set of devices, of wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and as received by the particular device of the second set of devices.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the second reference map is based on the signal strength, as measured by the particular device of the second set of devices, of wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and as received by the particular device of the second set of devices.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the second reference map includes one or more weighted averages that are based on the first reference map and the signal strength, as measured by the particular device of the second set of devices, of wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and as received by the particular device of the second set of devices.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein one or more devices, of the third set of devices, do not include a wireless receiver.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the first reference map represents a fingerprint of the particular space from a standpoint of the first set of devices.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the second reference map represents a fingerprint of the particular space from a standpoint of the second set of devices.

15 . A method, comprising:

determining, based on wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by a first set of devices, a first reference map associated with a particular space;

determining, based on the first reference map and further based on wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and received by a second set of devices, a second reference map associated with the particular space;

determining, based on the second reference map and further based on wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by a third set of devices and received by the second set of devices, locations within the particular space of the third set of devices; and

outputting information indicating the locations, within the particular space, of the third set of devices.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the wireless metrics associated with wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and received by a second set of devices include a signal strength, as measured by a particular device of the second set of devices, of wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and as received by the particular device of the second set of devices.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the second reference map is based on the signal strength, as measured by the particular device of the second set of devices, of wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and as received by the particular device of the second set of devices.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the second reference map includes one or more weighted averages that are based on the first reference map and the signal strength, as measured by the particular device of the second set of devices, of wireless signals transmitted by the first set of devices and as received by the particular device of the second set of devices.

19 . The method of claim 15 , wherein one or more devices, of the third set of devices, do not include a wireless receiver.

20 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the first reference map represents a fingerprint of the particular space from a standpoint of the first set of devices, and wherein the second reference map represents a fingerprint of the particular space from a standpoint of the second set of devices.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2024
From: SKOGLAR, PER; TÖRNQVIST, DAVID; KARLSSON, RICKARD; ESTGREN, CARL MARTIN; VEIBÄCK, CLAS
To: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
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