Determining Indoor Location of Devices Using Reference Points and Sensors

摘要

Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for determining the indoor location of devices such as smartphones and tablet computers using reference points and sensors. According to one aspect disclosed herein, an environment analytics system can retrieve a layout of an environment and determines an absolute reference point for the layout. The environment analytics system also can determine a coordinate pair for a point associated with an area of the layout. The coordinate pair can be determined relative to the absolute reference point. The environment analytics system also can determine a coordinate pair for a beacon deployed within the area. The coordinate pair can be associated with a unique address of the beacon. The environment analytics system can update beacon data in an environment database to include the coordinate pair for the beacon and the unique address of the beacon.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
retrieving, by an environment analytics system comprising a processor, a layout of an environment; determining, by the environment analytics system, an absolute reference point for the layout of the environment; and determining, by the environment analytics system, a coordinate pair for a point associated with an area of the layout, the coordinate pair being determined relative to the absolute reference point.