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Granted Patent B2
US 12,363,500 · App. 17/754,461 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Positioning accuracy information

Inventors: Janne Tapio Ali-Tolppa (Taufkirchen, DE); Diomidis Michalopoulos (Munich, DE); Jürgen Goerge (Neuried, DE)
Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
H04W4/02G01C21/34G01S5/0244G08G1/096805H04B17/27H04W64/006G16Y40/60
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Patent No.
US 12,363,500
App. No.
17/754,461
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive ( 600 ) an indication indicating that positioning accuracy information associated with at least one potential future position of a terminal is to be provided to; and provide ( 604 ) the positioning accuracy information associated with the at least one potential future position of the terminal.

Claims (22)

1. An autonomously guided vehicle comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code;

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the autonomously guided vehicle at least to:

provide an indication indicating that positioning accuracy information associated with at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle is to be provided, wherein the at least one potential future position comprises a position not yet occupied by the autonomously guided vehicle;

based on providing the indication, receive the positioning accuracy information associated with the at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle; and

determine a route to a target destination based on the received accuracy information associated with the at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle, wherein the determining comprises:

if the positioning accuracy information associated with the at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle indicates positioning accuracy greater than a threshold, the route is determined to comprise the at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle; or

if the positioning accuracy information associated with the at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle indicates positioning accuracy lower than the threshold, the route is determined to comprise at least one future position which does not correspond to the at least one potential future position associated with the positioning accuracy information; and

utilizing the determined route for guidance of the autonomously guided vehicle to the target destination.

2. The autonomously guided vehicle of claim 1 , wherein providing an indication indicating that positioning accuracy information associated with at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle is to be provided comprises:

subscribing to a service to be provided with location assistance data, wherein the location assistance data comprises:

positioning accuracy information associated with the at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle.

3. The autonomously guided vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the location assistance data further comprises:

positioning availability information associated with the at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle; and/or

positioning method information associated with the at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle.

4. The autonomously guided vehicle of claim 1 , wherein providing the indication indicating that positioning accuracy information associated with at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle is to be provided comprises:

subscribing to a service to be provided with the positioning accuracy information of the at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle.

5. The autonomously guided vehicle of claim 1 , wherein providing the indication indicating that positioning accuracy information associated with at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle is to be provided comprises:

sending a request to be provided with the positioning accuracy information associated with the at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle.

6. The autonomously guided vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the autonomously guided vehicle at least to:

determine and send the at least one potential future position of the autonomously guided vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2022
From: ALI-TOLPPA, JANNE TAPIO; MICHALOPOULOS, DIOMIDIS; GOERGE, JÜRGEN
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 059494/0066 →
Continuity (1)
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