SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS AND INCREMENTAL LOCATION TRACKING OF A SMARTPHONE BASED ON SITUATION-AWARE CONTROL OF THE LEVEL OF BACKGROUND SENSING

摘要

The invention comprises a method for controlling the level of background reading of the sensors of a smartphone in order to continuously and incrementally track its location in an energy-efficient manner based on the situations its user faces habitually. More specifically, the present invention can be regarded as a new approach for continuous and incremental location tracking of a personal mobile device that best balances energy consumption with location accuracy during daily routine activities of a given user.