System and method for mapping an indoor environment

摘要

A system and method for mapping an indoor environment. A client device may receive an indication of a starting point on a floor plan. The client device may prompt the user to travel in a particular direction and indicate when the user can no longer travel in that direction. As the user travels from the starting point in the designated direction, the client device may gather information about the indoor environment. For example, the client device may gather wireless signal strength data, cellular tower strength data, or video image data while the user travels in the designated direction. The client device may associate the gathered information with the path the user traveled from the starting point to the ending point. The client device may indicate the area for which valid location information is available based on the path the user traveled and the information the user collected.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for mapping an indoor location, the method comprising:
providing, by one or more processors, a floor plan image corresponding to the indoor location; receiving, by the one or more processors, a first input to indicate a first location on the floor plan image; vibrating, by the one or more processors, a mobile device at a particular interval in order to establish a walking tempo for a user walking between the first location and a second location; gathering, by the one or more processors, location information as the user walks from the first location to the second location; receiving, by the one or more processors, a second input to indicate the second location on the floor plan image; determining, by the one or more processors, a path from the first location to the second location; and generating, by the one or more processors, an indoor map using the gathered location information, the indoor map identifying the first location, the second location, and the path.