ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,513, issued on April 15.
"Method and system for positioning with improved resource conservation" was invented by Curtis James Pidgeon (Calgary, Canada), Juan Carlos Terrazas Borbon (Calgary, Canada), Zainab Fatima Syed (Calgary, Canada) and Kyle Ken Loung Chau (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A navigation solution for a vehicle is provided by obtaining motion sensor data from a sensor assembly of the vehicle, detecting a static condition for the vehicle based at least in part on the motion sensor data, selectively enabling reduced power operation and providing the navigation solution for the vehicle while reduced power ...