US 8,452,273 B1
Systems and methods for determining mobile thing motion activity (MTMA) using accelerometer of wireless communication deviceGeneral
US 8,452,273 B1
Systems and methods for determining mobile thing motion activity (MTMA) using accelerometer of wireless communication device
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
Phuoc Doan
Art Unit:
2646 Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details
Inventors:
Martin Kelly Jones; Maria Khomenko; Scott Andrew Horstemeyer
Assignee:
Priority:
08/30/12
Filed:
10/23/12
Granted:
05/28/13
Expiration:
08/30/32
Abstract
Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for accurately identifying a moving thing motion activity (MTMA) associated with a mobile thing (MT) using only accelerometer data from a wireless communication device (WCD) transported by the MT so as to enable or initiate a further one or more activity based actions. One such method, among others, comprises: (a) receiving first and second data from an accelerometer associated with a wireless communication device (WCD) transported by a mobile thing (MT), the first and second data indicative of acceleration of the WCD; (b) determining reference data that defines a reference framework in two dimensions (2D) of space from the first data; (c) normalizing the second data with the reference data so that the second data can be analyzed in the 2D space; and (d) identifying a mobile thing motion activity (MTMA) associated with the MT based upon the normalized second data.