Patent ID: 9529075
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G01S,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A device, comprising: a receiver comprising a plurality of antennas for receiving at least three signals from at least three W-Fi access points, wherein each antenna of the plurality of antennas is arranged to comprise a different receiving direction, and wherein the receiver is configured to detect signal strengths of the at least three signals received with each antenna in order to acquire a plurality of detected signal strengths for each signal of the at least three signals; an orientation determiner configured to determine an orientation of the device relative to the at least three Wi-Fi access points based on the plurality of detected signal strengths for each signal of the at least three signals and based on a Wi-Fi fingerprinting database; and a position determiner configured to determine a position of the device relative to the at least three Wi-Fi access points based on the plurality of detected signal strengths for each signal of the at least three signals and based on the Wi-Fi fingerprinting database; wherein the position determiner is configured to convert the plurality of detected signal strengths for each signal of the at least three signals into an equivalent single signal strength for each signal of the at least three signals, wherein each plurality of detected signal strengths is converted into the equivalent single signal strength such that the equivalent single signal strength corresponds to a signal strength detected with a receiver comprising a single omnidirectional antenna; and wherein the position determiner is configured to determine the position of the device based on the equivalent single signal strengths for each signal of the at least three signals.