Systems and methods of estimating a location of a mobile computing device are provided. For instance, acoustic signals can be received from one or more transmitting devices associated with a real-time locating system. A set of peaks can be selected from the received acoustic signals. A first set of transmitter locations can be assigned to the selected set of peaks. The first set of transmitter locations can be specified by an acoustic model specifying a plurality of transmitter locations within an acoustic environment in which the one or more transmitting devices are located. A first model path trace associated with the first set of transmitter locations can be compared to the received acoustic signals. A location of the mobile computing device can be estimated based at least in part on the comparison.

The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program each capable of measuring a position and a posture by using sound without bringing discomfort to a user. A spread code signal emitted from each of multiple sound output blocks present at known positions, shifted to a frequency band that is not easily perceivable for a human sense of hearing, and based on a spread code to which spread spectrum modulation has been applied is received. The received spread code signal of a sound signal is reversely shifted. The own absolute position and the own absolute posture are calculated on the basis of the reversely shifted spread code signal, and angular velocity and acceleration detected by an IMU. The present disclosure is applicable to a game controller and an HMD.

The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program each capable of measuring a position and a posture by using sound without bringing discomfort to a user. A spread code signal emitted from each of multiple sound output blocks present at known positions, shifted to a frequency band that is not easily perceivable for a human sense of hearing, and based on a spread code to which spread spectrum modulation has been applied is received. The received spread code signal of a sound signal is reversely shifted. The own absolute position and the own absolute posture are calculated on the basis of the reversely shifted spread code signal, and angular velocity and acceleration detected by an IMU. The present disclosure is applicable to a game controller and an HMD.

The present application provides a method, device and system for determining a relative angle between intelligent devices, and intelligent devices. The method is applicable to a first intelligent device. The first intelligent device includes a first sound detection module and a second sound detection module. The relative angle between intelligent devices can be determined quickly, simply, conveniently and accurately.

The present application provides a method, device and system for determining a relative angle between intelligent devices, and intelligent devices. The method is applicable to a first intelligent device. The first intelligent device includes a first sound detection module and a second sound detection module. The relative angle between intelligent devices can be determined quickly, simply, conveniently and accurately.

An AR/VR input device include a processor(s), an internal measurement unit (IMU), and a plurality of sensors configured to detect emissions received from a plurality of remote emitters. The processor(s) can be configured to: determine a time-of-flight (TOF) of the detected emissions, determine a first estimate of a position and orientation of the input device based on the TOF of a subset of the detected emissions and the particular locations of each of the plurality of sensors on the input device that are detecting the detected emissions, determine a second estimate of the position and orientation of the input device based on the measured acceleration and velocity from the IMU, and continuously update a calculated position and orientation of the input device within the AR/VR environment in real-time based on a Beyesian estimation (e.g., Extended Kalman filter) that utilizes the first estimate and second estimate.

A method for geolocating a mobile computing device within an indoor environment. One embodiment may comprise generating a geolocation request audio signal by a speaker of a first device starting at a first point in time, receiving, by a microphone of the first device, a reply audio signal from a second device, and extracting, by one or more processors of the first device, information encoded in the reply audio signal. The method may further comprise estimating, by the one or more processors, a receipt time by the first device for the reply audio signal and calculating a first time of flight (TOF) using the first point in time and the estimated receipt time for a second audio signal. The first device may comprise a smartphone and the second device may comprise a beacon located at a known location in an indoor environment.

Music-based positioning (MP) provides positioning service only sporadically. To continuously provide positioning service, the present invention discloses music-based positioning aided by dead reckoning (MP-DR). At each signature burst (i.e., a highly unique short musical segment suitable for positioning), sounds of a music piece or a human speech are used for positioning. Between signature bursts, dead reckoning (DR) is used.

Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with identifying a physical distance using audio channels are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a microphone associated with a first audio channel of a plurality of audio channels and a radio receiver associated with a second different audio channel of the plurality of audio channels. The apparatus may include one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry to identify an amount of time between times of receipt of first and second representations of a signal received via the microphone over the first audio channel and via the radio receiver over the second audio channel, respectively. The amount of time may be usable to identify a physical distance between references associated with a remote source of the first and second representations and the apparatus, respectively. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.

The present group of inventions relates to methods and systems for positioning underwater objects, and more particularly to methods and systems in which satellite signals are received by receivers disposed on sonar buoys, the coordinates of the sonar buoys are determined by means of computation modules on the sonar buoys, location data and identification data are transmitted in the form of sonar signals emitted by transmitters on the sonar buoys, the signals are received with the aid of a receiver disposed on an underwater object, and the coordinates of the underwater object are determined according to the time delay of receipt of the sonar signals from the sonar buoys, the location of which is known. The present solution can be used in simultaneously determining the geographical position of an unlimited number of mobile underwater objects, remotely operated underwater vehicles, divers, marine animals, etc. in motion. According to the invention, signals from the aforementioned sonar buoys are encoded in the form of periodic signals tethered to GPS/GLONASS clocks, all transmitters of the sonar signals are disposed at the same depth, and during decoding of the signals from the sonar buoys, direct signals from the sonar buoys are isolated from reflected signals. The system implements the aforementioned method. The achieved technical result is more accurate positioning of the underwater objects.