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https://drivepatents.com/patents/964781 · 26 May 2026
A disclosed method may include (i) detecting, from a first sensor at a first user equipment, a vertical height of the first user equipment, (ii) detecting, from the first user equipment, a request for emergency services directed to an emergency response se...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/965563 · 31 Dec 2014
Portable object equipped with a mechanism (1) for measuring atmospheric pressure, the atmospheric pressure measuring mechanism (1) comprising an atmospheric pressure sensor (2) whose geometric dimensions vary as a function of atmospheric pressure fluctuati...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/984169 · 4 Sep 2013
Systems and methods for updating a scale of a barometric altimeter on aircraft are provided. The method, for example, may include, but is not limited to, receiving, by an aircraft communication system, barometric altimeter scale data corresponding to an at...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/993534 · 23 Jan 2013
A sensor unit (2) comprising a pressure sensor (9) is worn by a person. A fall of the person causes a height change as well an orientation change of the pressure sensor. To enlarge the detectability of the fall the air pressure is positioned such that in a...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/996749 · 24 Oct 2012
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for updating application information of an application in a portable communication device. The updating involves determining the current location and the connectivity to a communication network, adaptively...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1069766 · 1 Mar 2006
It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable pressure measuring apparatus to be used as an altimeter, which can be automatically switched to an optimum sampling period in accordance with a use of the apparatus before a pressure measuremen...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1095864 · 21 May 2003
To provide a movement-detecting altimeter designed so as to be capable of avoiding excessive accumulation of errors. The movement-detecting altimeter has a movement dependent altitude updating unit which updates an indicated altitude when a moving conditio...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1100443 · 13 Nov 2002
A multi-function probe system (14, 16, 18, 50, 70) that provides redundancy for measurements and compensates for effects of sideslip of an aircraft (10) includes at least two probes (14, 16) that are symmetrically located on the opposite sides of the aircr...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1106597 · 20 Feb 2002
It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable pressure measuring apparatus to be used as an altimeter, which can be automatically switched to an optimum sampling period in accordance with a use of the apparatus before a pressure measuremen...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1109928 · 26 Sep 2001
The invention concerns a portable device (10) for determining horizontal and vertical positions. It comprises an altimeter (15) including a pressure sensor calibrated at a predetermined initial altitude, a GPS signal receiver (12) designed to receive throu...