CN115348532A

CN115348532A - Terminal device, positioning method and device

Info

Publication number: CN115348532A
Application number: CN202110528186.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 高为爱; 徐佳
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-14
Filing date: 2021-05-14
Publication date: 2022-11-15
Also published as: WO2022237396A1

Abstract

The application provides a terminal device, a positioning method and a positioning device, relates to the field of positioning, and can improve the positioning capability of the terminal device. The terminal device includes: bluetooth module, thing networking module and battery. The battery is used for supplying power to the Bluetooth module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is powered off. The Bluetooth module is used for acquiring real-time position information when the terminal equipment is powered off or is not connected with the first network. Wherein the first network comprises a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi. The internet of things module is used for acquiring real-time position information and sending the real-time position information through the internet of things. When the terminal equipment is powered off, the Bluetooth module and the Internet of things module are powered by the battery and can work, therefore, the terminal equipment can acquire real-time position information by using the Bluetooth module when the terminal equipment is powered off or is not connected with a first network, and the real-time position information is sent by using the Internet of things module through the Internet of things, so that the limitation that the terminal equipment positions and shares the position can be reduced, and the positioning capacity of the terminal equipment is improved.

Description

Terminal device, positioning method and device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of positioning, and in particular, to a terminal device, a positioning method, and an apparatus.

Background

Currently, the terminal device may be located by one or more of the following locating methods: global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning, carrier base station positioning, wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) positioning, and hybrid positioning, such as Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS) positioning. Further, the terminal equipment can also share the position information through a cellular network or Wi-Fi. For example, the location information may be sent to a cloud server, and the user may log in to the cloud server to inquire the location of the terminal device.

However, if the terminal device is powered off, the terminal device cannot perform positioning and share location information. If the terminal equipment is started but is not connected with the cellular network or the Wi-Fi, the terminal equipment can perform positioning but cannot share the position. In other words, there are more restrictions on the terminal device for positioning and sharing.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a terminal device, a positioning method and a positioning device, which can reduce the limitation of positioning and position sharing of the terminal device and improve the positioning capability of the terminal device.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme is as follows:

in a first aspect, a terminal device is provided. The terminal device includes: bluetooth module, thing networking module and battery. And the battery is used for supplying power to the Bluetooth module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is powered off. And the Bluetooth module is used for acquiring the real-time position information when the terminal equipment is powered off or is not connected with the first network. Wherein the first network comprises a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi. And the Internet of things module is used for acquiring the real-time position information and sending the real-time position information through the Internet of things.

Based on the first aspect, when the terminal device is powered off, the bluetooth module and the internet of things module are powered by the battery and can work, so that the terminal device can acquire real-time position information by using the bluetooth module when the terminal device is powered off or is not connected with a first network, and send the real-time position information by using the internet of things module through the internet of things, thereby reducing the limitation of positioning and position sharing of the terminal device, and improving the positioning capability of the terminal device.

It should be noted that the internet of things module may send the real-time location information to the positioning receiving device through the internet of things. The positioning receiving device may be a cloud server, a notebook computer, a mobile phone, or the like, and the type of the positioning receiving device is not limited in the present application.

In a possible design, the internet of things module is further configured to receive a positioning request through the internet of things. The positioning request is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information. The device sending the location request may be a location receiving device. Therefore, the terminal equipment can be triggered by the positioning receiving equipment to position and send the real-time positioning information, so that when a user needs to acquire the real-time position information of the terminal equipment, the user can trigger the terminal equipment to position in time through the positioning receiving equipment, the real-time positioning information of the terminal equipment is acquired, and the real-time positioning performance of the terminal equipment is improved.

Optionally, the internet of things module is further configured to send a positioning instruction to the bluetooth module when a positioning condition is met. Wherein, the positioning condition may include: and receiving a positioning request and/or positioning time, wherein the positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information. In this way, the terminal device performs positioning and sends the real-time positioning information, which may be triggered by the positioning receiving device or by the positioning time, for example, the terminal device may perform positioning once every 1 hour and send the real-time positioning information to the positioning receiving device. Therefore, the user can obtain the real-time position information of the terminal equipment and also obtain a plurality of position information of the terminal equipment for a period of time, so that the user can conveniently determine the current and past positions of the mobile phone, and the user experience is improved.

In a possible design, the format of the real-time location information may include one or more of the following: text, voice, picture, or video. For example, the real-time location information may be text representing longitude and latitude, a location map representing a location, voice representing longitude and latitude, or a location video representing a mobile phone location, so that the location information may be displayed to a user in multiple formats, thereby improving user experience.

In a second aspect, a terminal device is provided. The terminal device includes: wi-Fi module, thing networking module and battery. And the battery is used for supplying power to the Wi-Fi module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is turned off. And the Wi-Fi module is used for determining real-time position information according to the received Wi-Fi signal when the terminal equipment is turned off or is not connected with the first network. Wherein the first network comprises a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi. And the Internet of things module is used for sending real-time position information through the Internet of things.

Based on the terminal equipment of the second aspect, when the terminal equipment is shut down, the Wi-Fi module and the Internet of things module are powered by the battery and can work, therefore, the terminal equipment can acquire real-time position information by using the Wi-Fi module when the terminal equipment is shut down or is not connected with a first network, and send the real-time position information by using the Internet of things module through the Internet of things, so that the limitation that the terminal equipment positions and shares positions can be reduced, and the positioning capacity of the terminal equipment is improved.

In a possible design, the module of the internet of things is further configured to receive a positioning request through the internet of things. The positioning request is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information. The device sending the location request may be a location receiving device. Therefore, the terminal equipment can be triggered by the positioning receiving equipment to position and send the real-time positioning information, so that when a user needs to acquire the real-time position information of the terminal equipment, the user can trigger the terminal equipment to position in time through the positioning receiving equipment, the real-time positioning information of the terminal equipment is acquired, and the real-time positioning performance of the terminal equipment is improved.

Optionally, the internet of things module is further configured to send a positioning instruction to the Wi-Fi module when a positioning condition is met. Wherein, the positioning condition may include: and receiving a positioning request and/or positioning time, wherein the positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information. In this way, the terminal device performs positioning and sends the real-time positioning information, which may be triggered by the positioning receiving device or by the positioning time, for example, the terminal device may perform positioning once every 1 hour and send the real-time positioning information to the positioning receiving device. Therefore, the user can obtain the real-time position information of the terminal equipment and also obtain a plurality of position information of the terminal equipment for a period of time, so that the user can conveniently determine the current and past positions of the mobile phone, and the user experience is improved.

In one possible design, the format of the real-time location information may include one or more of the following: text, voice, picture, or video. For example, the real-time location information may be text representing longitude and latitude, a location map representing a location, voice representing longitude and latitude, or a location video representing a mobile phone location, so that the location information may be displayed to a user in multiple formats, thereby improving user experience.

In a third aspect, a terminal device is provided. The terminal device includes: satellite positioning module, thing networking module and battery. And the battery is used for supplying power to the satellite positioning module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is shut down. And the satellite positioning module is used for acquiring the real-time position information when the terminal equipment is powered off or is not connected with the first network. Wherein the first network comprises a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi. The satellite positioning module is used for sending real-time position information through a Beidou network, or the Internet of things module is used for sending real-time position information through the Internet of things.

Based on the terminal device in the third aspect, when the terminal device is powered off, the satellite positioning module and the internet of things module are powered by the battery and can work, so that the terminal device can acquire real-time position information by using the satellite positioning module when the terminal device is powered off or is not connected with the first network, and send the real-time position information by using the satellite positioning module or the internet of things module through the second network, thereby reducing the limitation of positioning and sharing positions of the terminal device, and improving the positioning capability of the terminal device.

Optionally, the internet of things module is further configured to send a positioning instruction to the satellite positioning module when the positioning condition is met. Wherein, the positioning condition may include: and receiving a positioning request and/or positioning time, wherein the positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information. In this way, the terminal device performs positioning and sends the real-time positioning information, which may be triggered by the positioning receiving device or by the positioning time, for example, the terminal device may perform positioning once every 1 hour and send the real-time positioning information to the positioning receiving device. Therefore, the user can obtain the real-time position information of the terminal equipment and also obtain a plurality of position information of the terminal equipment for a period of time, so that the user can conveniently determine the current and past positions of the mobile phone, and the user experience is improved.

In a possible design, the format of the real-time location information may include one or more of the following: text, voice, picture, or video. For example, the real-time location information may be text representing longitude and latitude, a positioning map representing a location, voice representing longitude and latitude, or a positioning video representing a mobile phone location, and thus, the location information may be displayed to the user in various formats, and user experience is improved.

In a fourth aspect, a positioning method is provided. The positioning method is applied to terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment comprises a Bluetooth module, an Internet of things module and a battery. The battery is used for supplying power to the Bluetooth module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is powered off. The method comprises the following steps: the Bluetooth module acquires real-time position information when the terminal equipment is powered off or is not connected with the first network. Wherein the first network comprises a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi. The Internet of things module acquires the real-time position information and sends the real-time position information through the Internet of things.

In a possible design, the positioning method according to the fourth aspect may further include: and the Internet of things module receives the positioning request through the Internet of things. The positioning request is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

Optionally, the positioning method according to the fourth aspect may further include: the Internet of things module sends a positioning instruction to the Bluetooth module when meeting the positioning condition. Wherein, the positioning condition may include: and receiving a positioning request and/or positioning time, wherein the positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

In one possible design, the format of the real-time location information may include one or more of the following: text, voice, picture, or video.

The technical effect of the positioning method according to the fourth aspect may refer to the technical effect of the terminal device according to the implementation manner in the first aspect, and is not described herein again.

In a fifth aspect, a positioning method is provided. The positioning method is applied to terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment comprises a Wi-Fi module, an Internet of things module and a battery. The battery is used for supplying power to the Wi-Fi module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is turned off. The positioning method comprises the following steps: and the Wi-Fi module determines real-time position information according to the received Wi-Fi signal when the terminal equipment is turned off or is not connected with the first network. Wherein the first network comprises a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi. And the Internet of things module sends real-time position information through the Internet of things.

In a possible design, the positioning method according to the fifth aspect may further include: and the Internet of things module receives the positioning request through the Internet of things. The positioning request is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

Optionally, the positioning method according to the fifth aspect may further include: and the Internet of things module sends a positioning instruction to the Wi-Fi module when the positioning condition is met. Wherein, the positioning condition may include: and receiving a positioning request and/or positioning time, wherein the positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

The technical effect of the positioning method according to the fifth aspect may refer to the technical effect of the terminal device according to the implementation manner in the second aspect, and is not described herein again.

In a sixth aspect, a method of positioning is provided. The positioning method is applied to terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment comprises a satellite positioning module, an Internet of things module and a battery. The battery is used for supplying power to the satellite positioning module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is powered off. The positioning method comprises the following steps: the satellite positioning module acquires real-time position information when the terminal equipment is powered off or not connected with the first network. Wherein the first network comprises a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi. The satellite positioning module sends real-time position information through a Beidou network, or the Internet of things module sends real-time position information through the Internet of things.

In a possible design, the positioning method according to the sixth aspect may further include: and the Internet of things module receives the positioning request through the Internet of things. The positioning request is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

Optionally, the positioning method according to the sixth aspect may further include: and the Internet of things module sends a positioning instruction to the satellite positioning module when the positioning condition is met. Wherein, the positioning condition may include: and receiving a positioning request and/or positioning time, wherein the positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

The technical effect of the positioning method according to the sixth aspect may refer to the technical effect of the terminal device according to the implementation manner in the third aspect, and details are not repeated here.

In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a positioning system, which includes the above terminal device and a positioning receiving device, and after the terminal device interacts with the positioning receiving device, the positioning method in any of the above aspects can be implemented.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer storage medium, which includes computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are executed on an electronic device (such as the terminal device described above), the electronic device is caused to perform the method described in the fourth aspect to the sixth aspect and any possible design manner thereof.

In a ninth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product, which when run on an electronic device (such as the above terminal device) causes the computer to execute the method according to the fourth to sixth aspects and any possible design thereof.

It is understood that the positioning system, the computer storage medium and the computer program product provided in the above aspects are all applied to the corresponding method provided above, and therefore, the beneficial effects achieved by the positioning system, the computer storage medium and the computer program product provided in the above aspects can refer to the beneficial effects in the corresponding method provided above, and are not described herein again.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a real-time positioning diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a positioning diagram of an offline mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating connection between a terminal device and a network according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a first schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a first schematic structural diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a first schematic view of a display interface of a cloud server for logging in a notebook computer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is a first schematic application scenario of a positioning method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a second schematic view of a display interface of a notebook computer logging in a cloud server according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a movement track of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic view of an application scenario of the positioning method according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a first flowchart illustrating a positioning method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 14 is a schematic view of an application scenario of the positioning method according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 15 is a second flowchart illustrating a positioning method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 16 is a third schematic flowchart of a positioning method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 17 is a fourth schematic flowchart of a positioning method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 18 is a fifth flowchart of a positioning method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 19 is a sixth schematic flowchart of a positioning method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 20 is a second schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 21 is a schematic structural diagram three of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 22 is a fourth schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

First, in order to facilitate understanding, related terms and concepts to which embodiments of the present application may relate are described below.

1. Global navigation satellite system

The global navigation satellite system generally refers to all satellite navigation systems, such as a Global Positioning System (GPS), a glonass satellite navigation system, a galileo satellite navigation system, a beidou satellite navigation system (BDS), and the like, and also includes other satellite navigation systems to be built and later built. The global navigation satellite system is a star radio navigation system which takes an artificial satellite as a navigation station and can provide all-weather and high-precision position, speed and time information for various military and civil carriers of the global land, sea, air and sky.

The Beidou satellite navigation system has short message communication capacity, namely, the terminal equipment can use the Beidou chip to send message information to the satellite and receive the message information from the satellite.

2. Internet of things (Internet of things, ioT)

The internet of things can be understood as follows: any article is connected with the Internet according to an agreed protocol to exchange and communicate information, so that the functions of intelligent identification, positioning, tracking, monitoring, management and the like are realized.

The communication technologies adopted by the current internet of things include wired communication technologies and wireless communication technologies. Wherein, the wireless communication technology that the thing networking can adopt includes: wi-Fi, zigbee protocol (Zigbee), Z-Wave, long range radio (LoRa), narrowband band Internet of things (NB-IoT), 2nd generation (2nd generation, 2G) mobile communication protocol, 3rd generation (3rd generation, 3G) mobile communication protocol, 4th generation (4th generation, 4G) mobile communication protocol, fifth generation (5th generation, 5G) mobile communication protocol, and future communication protocols such as the sixth generation (6th generation, 6G) mobile communication protocol, etc.

The mobile phone can acquire the position information of the mobile phone by using positioning modes such as GPS positioning, wi-Fi positioning and the like, and can be the real-time position information of the mobile phone. The mobile phone can also share the position information through a cellular network or Wi-Fi. For example, the location information is sent to a cloud server. Therefore, when the mobile phone is lost, the user can log in the cloud server by using a computer or any networking equipment to inquire the position information of the mobile phone. For example, after logging in the cloud server, the user may obtain the location of the mobile phone shown in fig. 1, so as to determine that the location of the mobile phone is located at "a", the update time of the location is "just", the state of the mobile phone may be "online" (that is, the mobile phone is powered on and networked), and the user may retrieve the mobile phone as soon as possible according to the information.

However, if the mobile phone is offline, the mobile phone cannot send the location information to the cloud server, so that the user cannot remotely query the location information of the mobile phone, and the mobile phone retrieving function cannot be realized. For example, when a mobile phone is offline, a user can only acquire the location map of the offline mobile phone shown in fig. 2 even if logging in a cloud server, and can only inquire that the location of the mobile phone before the offline is "B", and the time of the offline of the mobile phone is "11/2018". The mobile phone offline may include the mobile phone being powered off or the mobile phone being powered on and not being connected to a network (e.g., a cellular network or Wi-Fi). The step of turning on the mobile phone and not connecting the network may include: the handset is set to an airplane mode, the handset is located outside of a network coverage area, location-related communication modules (e.g., cellular communication module and Wi-Fi module) in the handset are turned off, etc.

Based on the above description of the device retrieving function, the current positioning means of the terminal device has the following problems: if the terminal device is turned off, the terminal device cannot perform positioning and share position information, so that a user cannot inquire the position of the terminal device, and the function of retrieving the terminal device cannot be realized. If the terminal equipment is started and is not connected with the cellular network or the Wi-Fi, the terminal equipment can be positioned but cannot share the position, so that the user cannot inquire the position of the terminal equipment, and the function of retrieving the terminal equipment cannot be realized. Therefore, the current terminal device has more limitations in positioning and sharing positions, which causes great limitations in the positioning capability of the terminal device.

In order to solve the problem of a positioning means of a terminal device, embodiments of the present application provide a terminal device, a positioning method, and a positioning device, so as to reduce the limitation of positioning and position sharing of the terminal device, and improve the positioning capability of the terminal device. It should be noted that the above positioning schemes have various defects, which are the results of the careful practical study of the inventors. Therefore, the discovery process of the above-mentioned problems and the solutions proposed by the embodiments of the present application in the following description should be considered as contributions from the inventors to the present application in the process of implementing the present application.

In the embodiment of the present application, fig. 3 is a schematic architecture diagram of a positioning system provided in the embodiment of the present application. Referring to fig. 3, the positioning system includes: terminal equipment and location receiving equipment.

The terminal device is a device capable of positioning and sharing position information, and the positioning receiving device is an electronic device capable of connecting a network. Specifically, the terminal device and the positioning receiving device in the embodiment of the present application may be: a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with a wireless transceiving function, a wearable device (such as a bluetooth headset, a smart watch, etc.), a vehicle-mounted device, a sound, a television (also referred to as a smart screen, a large screen device, etc.), an internet of things device, a server, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an Augmented Reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal in self driving (self driving), a wireless terminal in remote medical (remote medical), a wireless terminal in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal in transportation safety (transportation safety), a wireless terminal in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal in smart home (smart home), a vehicle-mounted terminal, an RSU with a terminal function, etc. The terminal device and the positioning receiving device of the present application may also be an on-board module, an on-board component, an on-board chip, or an on-board unit that is built in the vehicle as one or more components or units, and the vehicle may implement the positioning method provided by the present application through the built-in on-board module, the built-in component, the built-in chip, or the built-in unit.

And the terminal equipment is in communication connection with the positioning receiving equipment. Specifically, the terminal device and the positioning reception device may be connected by a wired communication system and/or a wireless communication system. Wherein the wireless communication system comprises one or more of: the system comprises an internet of things communication system, a Beidou satellite navigation system, a cellular communication system, a vehicle to any object (V2X) communication system, a device to device (D2D) communication system, an internet of vehicles communication system and the like. The cellular communication system may include: a 2G mobile communication system, a 3G mobile communication system, a 4G mobile communication system, such as a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) communication system, a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) system, a 5G mobile communication system, such as a New Radio (NR) system, and a future communication system, such as a 6G mobile communication system.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal equipment can be positioned and share the position to the positioning receiving equipment through the wireless communication system, so that the functions of retrieving the mobile phone and the like are realized. Specifically, the terminal device may acquire the location information and transmit the location information to the network device in the wireless communication system. After receiving the location information from the terminal device, the network device may send the location information to the positioning receiving device.

The network device is a device located on the network side of the communication system and having a wireless transceiving function or a chip system that can be installed on the device. The network devices include, but are not limited to: beidou satellite, internet of things access equipment, access Point (AP) in wireless fidelity (WiFi) system, such as home gateway, router, server, switch, bridge, etc., evolved Node B (eNB), radio Network Controller (RNC), node B (NB), base Station Controller (BSC), base Transceiver Station (BTS), home base station (e.g., home evolved Node B, or home Node B, HNB), base Band Unit (BBU), the radio relay Node, the radio backhaul Node, the transmission point (TRP or TP), etc., may also be 5G, such as a G Node B, a gNB in a New Radio (NR) system, or a transmission point (TRP or TP), one or a group (including multiple antenna panels) of antenna panels of a base station in a 5G system, or may also be a network Node forming the gNB or the transmission point, such as a baseband unit (BBU), or a Distributed Unit (DU), a Road Side Unit (RSU) with a function of a base station, etc.

Since the types of the network devices may be different in different types of communication systems, the types of the network devices are illustrated below by taking an internet of things communication system, a beidou satellite navigation system, and a 5G mobile communication system as examples.

When the communication system is a Beidou satellite navigation system, the network equipment can be a Beidou satellite. When the communication system is an internet of things communication system, the network device may be an internet of things access device. The internet of things access device can be a network side device interacting with the terminal device in the internet of things communication system. For example, in NB-IoT, the internet of things access device may be an eNB. When the communication system is a 5G mobile communication system, the network device may be a gNB.

It should be noted that the above examples of the types of network devices are all examples, and do not limit the types of network devices described in this application.

The positioning system provided by the embodiment of the present application is described above with reference to fig. 3, and the following describes in detail a terminal device in the positioning system with reference to the drawings.

In this application embodiment, the terminal device may be in communication connection with the positioning and receiving device through at least one of the internet of things, the cellular network, or the beidou network. Specifically, fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of connection between a terminal device and a network provided in the embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 4, on one hand, the terminal device may interact with an access device of the internet of things, so as to connect the internet of things. On the other hand, the terminal device can also interact with the Beidou satellite so as to be connected with a Beidou satellite communication system (also called a Beidou network). In yet another aspect, the terminal device may also be connected to a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi. The internet of things, the cellular network and the Beidou network can be connected in a pairwise mode, for example, communication connection can be established between the cellular network and the internet of things and the Beidou network based on an agreed communication protocol, and communication connection can be established between the internet of things and the Beidou network.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application. Referring to fig. 5, the terminal device includes: the mobile terminal comprises a Bluetooth module, a Wi-Fi module, a satellite positioning module, an Internet of things module and a battery. The Bluetooth module, the Wi-Fi module, the satellite positioning module, the Internet of things module and the battery are electrically connected, and for example, the Bluetooth module, the Wi-Fi module, the satellite positioning module, the Internet of things module and the battery can be connected through a bus.

The battery is used for supplying power to the Bluetooth module, the Wi-Fi module, the satellite positioning module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is started or shut down. The satellite positioning module can be connected with the Beidou net, for example, the satellite positioning module comprises a Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module, and the satellite positioning module can be connected with the Beidou net through the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module. The internet of things module can be connected with the internet of things. The terminal device may also connect to the first network using a cellular communication module and/or a Wi-Fi module. In the embodiment of the application, the first network comprises a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi, and the second network comprises an Internet of things and/or a Beidou network.

In some possible embodiments, the bluetooth module is configured to acquire the real-time location information when the terminal device is powered off or not connected to the first network. And the Internet of things module is used for acquiring the real-time position information and sending the real-time position information through the Internet of things.

In some possible embodiments, the Wi-Fi module is configured to determine the real-time location information according to the received Wi-Fi signal when the terminal device is powered off or not connected to the first network. And the Internet of things module is used for sending the real-time position information through the Internet of things.

In some possible embodiments, the satellite positioning module is configured to obtain the real-time location information when the terminal device is powered off or not connected to the first network. And the satellite positioning module is used for sending the real-time position information through the Beidou network, or the Internet of things module is used for sending the real-time position information through the Internet of things.

Based on the description, no matter whether the terminal device is turned off or not and is connected with the first network or not, the terminal device can acquire the position information by using the bluetooth module, the Wi-Fi module or the satellite positioning module, and send the position information to the positioning receiving device (such as a cloud server) by using the internet of things module or the satellite positioning module through the second network, so that the limitation that the terminal device performs positioning and shares the position can be reduced, and the positioning capability of the terminal device is improved.

It should be noted that in the process that the terminal device connects to the Wi-Fi module, scanning is first required, where scanning means that the Wi-Fi module receives Wi-Fi signals broadcast by other devices in the surrounding environment. After scanning, the terminal device needs to be authenticated, associated and the like to be connected with the Wi-Fi. Therefore, the Wi-Fi module can receive the Wi-Fi signal when the Wi-Fi module is not connected, and determine the real-time location information according to the received Wi-Fi signal, and the specific embodiment may refer to S1701-S1704 shown in fig. 17, which is not described herein again.

It should be understood that the illustrated structure of the embodiment of the present invention does not specifically limit the terminal device. In other embodiments of the present application, a terminal device may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, or some components may be split, or a different arrangement of components may be used. The illustrated components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

A mobile phone is taken as an example of the terminal device in the positioning system. Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile phone 600 according to an embodiment of the present application. Referring to fig. 6, the mobile phone 600 may include: system On Chip (SOC) 610, NC module 620, internet of things module 630, power Management Unit (PMU) 640, battery 660, audio module 660, speaker 660A, receiver 660B, microphone 660C, earphone interface 660D, internal memory 670, external memory interface 671, sensor module 672, display 673, camera 674, universal Serial Bus (USB) interface 675, antenna 1, antenna 2, cellular network communication module 680, and so forth.

The SOC610 is coupled to the audio module 660, the internal memory 670, the external memory interface 671, the sensor module 672, the display 673, the camera 674, the USB interface 675, the cellular network communication module 680, the PMU640, the NC module 620, and the internet of things module 630, respectively. The audio module 660 is coupled to the speaker 660A, the receiver 660B, the microphone 660C, and the headphone interface 660D, respectively. The NC module 620 is coupled to the PMU640, the battery 660, and the internet of things module 630, respectively.

The SOC610, the NC module 620, and the internet of things module 630 may each include a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) interface and a general purpose input/output (GPIO) interface. The UART interface is a universal serial data bus used for asynchronous communications. The bus is a bidirectional communication bus that can convert data to be transmitted between serial communication and parallel communication. The UART interface may be used to connect two different modules, for example: the SOC610 communicates with the NC module 620 through a UART interface. The GPIO interface may be configured by software, and specifically, the GPIO interface may transmit and receive control signals and may also transmit and receive data signals. The GPIO interface may be used to connect two different modules, for example: the SOC610 communicates with the NC module 620 through a GPIO interface.

It should be noted that, when the mobile phone is powered on, the PMU640 may supply power to other modules, where the other modules include: SOC610, NC module 620, audio module 660, internal memory 670, external memory interface 671, sensor module 672, display 673, camera 674, USB interface 675, cellular network communication module 680, and the like. For example, PMU640 provides power to SOC610, and SOC610 is in an operating state (which may also be referred to as a power-up state). When the mobile phone is powered off, the PMU640 no longer supplies power to other modules, for example, the PMU640 stops supplying power to the SOC610, and the SOC610 no longer operates (may also be referred to as a power-down state).

In this embodiment of the application, according to whether the mobile phone is turned on, the NC module 620 is different from the SOC610, the internet of things module 630, the PMU640, and the battery 660 in coupling manners, which may exemplarily include the following 2 coupling manners:

in the coupling mode 1, when the mobile phone is powered on, referring to fig. 6, the NC module 620 is connected to the SOC610 through the GPIO interface and the UART interface, and the power supply interface of the NC module 620 is coupled to the PMU 640. Additionally, a clock interface of NC module 620 may be coupled to a clock interface of PMU640, where PMU640 provides the clock for NC module 620.

In the coupling mode 2, referring to fig. 6, when the mobile phone is powered off, the NC module 620 is connected to the internet of things module 630 through the GPIO interface and the UART interface, and the power supply interface of the NC module 620 is coupled to the battery 660. In addition, a clock interface of NC module 620 may be coupled to a clock interface of internet of things module 630, with internet of things module 630 providing a clock for NC module 620.

Based on the two coupling manners, when the mobile phone is powered off, the PMU640 may be coupled to the battery 660, so as to supply power to the NC module 620 through the battery 660 when the mobile phone is powered off. In this way, the internet of things module 630 and the NC module can work as long as the battery 660 is charged, regardless of whether the mobile phone is powered off or not.

For example, when the SOC610 is switched from the power-on state to the power-off state, the SOC610 may control the UART interface and the GPIO interface of the NC module 620 to be connected to the UART interface and the GPIO interface of the internet of things module 630, respectively, and the power supply interface of the NC module 620 is connected to the battery 660; when the SOC610 is switched from the power-off state to the power-on state, the SOC610 may control the UART interface and the GPIO interface of the NC module 620 to be connected to the UART interface and the GPIO interface of the SOC610, respectively, and the power supply interface of the NC module 620 is connected to the PMU 640. Of course, the switching between the two coupling modes may also be controlled by the IOT module, which is not limited in this application.

In addition, the SOC610 may also be connected to the internet of things module 630 through a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus or an integrated circuit (I2C) bus, and the SOC610 may interact with the internet of things module 630 through the SPI bus or the I2C bus.

The internet of things module 630 may be referred to as an internet of things chip, for example, in NB-IoT, the internet of things chip is an NB-IoT chip. The internet of things module 630 may be disposed in the terminal device to implement a function of interacting with the internet of things. The internet of things module 630 may share an antenna of the mobile phone 600 when receiving and transmitting signals, for example, the internet of things module 630 may share the antenna 1 of the mobile phone 600.

SOC610 may include one or more processing units, such as: SOC610 may include an Application Processor (AP), a modem processor, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), an Image Signal Processor (ISP), a controller, a memory, a video codec, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural-Network Processing Unit (NPU), among others. Wherein, the different processing units may be independent devices or may be integrated in one or more processors. The SOC610 may also be referred to as a processor, a processing module, or a processing unit, which is not limited in this application.

A memory may also be provided in SOC610 for storing instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in SOC610 is a cache memory. The memory may hold instructions or data that have just been used or recycled by the SOC610. If the SOC610 needs to use the instructions or data again, it may be called directly from the memory. Avoiding repeated accesses reduces the latency of the SOC610, thereby improving system operating efficiency.

The wireless communication function of the mobile phone 600 can be realized by the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the cellular communication module 680, the nc module 620, the modem processor, the baseband processor, and the like.

The antennas 1 and 2 are used for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic wave signals. Each antenna in the handset 600 may be used to cover a single or multiple communication bands. Different antennas can also be multiplexed to improve the utilization of the antennas. For example: the antenna 1 may be multiplexed as a diversity antenna of a wireless local area network. In other embodiments, the antenna may be used in conjunction with a tuning switch.

The cellular communication module 680 may provide a solution for wireless communication including 2G/3G/4G/5G, etc. applied to the mobile phone 600. The cellular communication module 680 may include at least one filter, switch, power amplifier, low Noise Amplifier (LNA), etc. The cellular communication module 680 may receive the electromagnetic wave from the antenna 1, filter, amplify, etc. the received electromagnetic wave, and transmit the filtered electromagnetic wave to the modem for demodulation. The cellular network communication module 680 may further amplify the signal modulated by the modem processor, and convert the signal into electromagnetic wave through the antenna 1 to radiate the electromagnetic wave. In some embodiments, at least some of the functional modules of the cellular communication module 680 may be located in the SOC610. In some embodiments, at least some of the functional blocks of the cellular communication module 680 may be disposed in the same device as at least some of the blocks of the SOC610.

NC module 620 may include one or more of: a satellite positioning module, a Wi-Fi module, or a Bluetooth module. The terminal equipment can be positioned through the NC module. The satellite positioning module may be a GNSS module. The satellite positioning module may include one or more of: the positioning module comprises a Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module, a GPS positioning module, a Glonass satellite navigation system positioning module or a Galileo satellite navigation system positioning module.

The NC module 620 may provide a solution for wireless communication applied to the mobile phone 600, including Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) (e.g., wi-Fi networks), bluetooth (BT), global navigation satellite systems, frequency Modulation (FM), near Field Communication (NFC), infrared (IR), and the like. The NC module 620 may be one or more devices integrating at least one communication processing module. The NC module 620 receives electromagnetic waves via the antenna 2, performs frequency modulation and filtering processing on an electromagnetic wave signal, and transmits the processed signal to the SOC610. The NC module 620 may also receive a signal to be transmitted from the SOC610, frequency-modulate and amplify the signal, and convert the signal into electromagnetic waves via the antenna 2 to radiate the electromagnetic waves.

In some embodiments, antenna 1 of handset 600 is coupled to cellular communication module 680 and antenna 2 is coupled to NC module 620, such that handset 600 may communicate with a network and other devices via wireless communication techniques. The wireless communication technology may include global system for mobile communications (GSM), general Packet Radio Service (GPRS), code division multiple access (code division multiple access, CDMA), wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), time-division code division multiple access (time-division code division multiple access, TD-SCDMA), long Term Evolution (LTE), BT, GNSS, WLAN, NFC, FM, and/or IR technologies, etc. The GNSS may include a global satellite positioning system, a global navigation satellite system, a beidou satellite navigation system, a quasi-zenith satellite system (QZSS) and/or a Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS).

The mobile phone 600 implements a display function through the GPU, the display screen 673, and the application processor. The GPU is an image processing microprocessor connected to a display 673 and an application processor. The GPU is used to perform mathematical and geometric calculations for graphics rendering. SOC610 may include one or more GPUs that execute program instructions to generate or change display information.

The display screen 673 is used to display images, videos, and the like. The display screen 673 includes a display panel. The display panel may adopt a liquid crystal display 673 (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode, AMOLED), a flexible light-emitting diode (FLED), a miniature, a Micro-led, a quantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED), and the like. In some embodiments, the cell phone 600 may include 1 or N display screens 673, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

The mobile phone 600 may implement a shooting function through the ISP, the camera 674, the video codec, the GPU, the display 673, and the application processor, etc.

The ISP is used to process data fed back by the camera 674. For example, when taking a picture, the shutter is opened, light is transmitted to the photosensitive element of the camera 674 through the lens, the optical signal is converted into an electric signal, and the photosensitive element of the camera 674 transmits the electric signal to the ISP for processing and converting into an image visible to the naked eye. The ISP can also carry out algorithm optimization on noise, brightness and skin color of the image. The ISP can also optimize parameters such as exposure, color temperature and the like of a shooting scene. In some embodiments, the ISP may be provided in the camera 674.

The camera 674 is used to capture still images or video. The object generates an optical image through the lens and projects the optical image to the photosensitive element. The photosensitive element may be a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) phototransistor. The photosensitive element converts the optical signal into an electrical signal, and then transmits the electrical signal to the ISP to be converted into a digital image signal. And the ISP outputs the digital image signal to the DSP for processing. The DSP converts the digital image signal into an image signal in a standard RGB, YUV and other formats. In some embodiments, the cell phone 600 may include 1 or N cameras 674, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

The digital signal processor is used for processing digital signals, and can process digital image signals and other digital signals. For example, when the handset 600 selects a frequency bin, the digital signal processor is used to perform fourier transform or the like on the frequency bin energy.

Video codecs are used to compress or decompress digital video. Handset 600 may support one or more video codecs. Thus, the handset 600 can play or record video in a variety of encoding formats, such as: moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) 1, MPEG2, MPEG3, MPEG4, and the like.

The external memory interface 671 can be used for connecting an external memory card, such as a Micro SD card, to extend the memory capability of the mobile phone 600. The external memory card communicates with the SOC610 through the external memory interface 671, implementing a data storage function. For example, files such as music, video, etc. are saved in an external memory card.

Internal memory 670 may be used to store computer-executable program code, including instructions. The SOC610 executes various functional applications and data processing of the cellular phone 600 by executing instructions stored in the internal memory 670. The internal memory 670 may include a program storage area and a data storage area. The storage program area may store an operating system, an application program (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, a TCP acceleration function, and the like) required by at least one function, and the like. The data storage area can store data (such as audio data, phone book, TCP message, etc.) created during the use of the mobile phone 600. In addition, the internal memory 670 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a nonvolatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, a universal flash memory (UFS), and the like.

The mobile phone 600 can implement an audio function through the audio module 660, the speaker 660A, the receiver 660B, the microphone 660C, the earphone interface 660D, and the application processor. Such as music playing, recording, etc.

The audio module 660 is used to convert digital audio information into an analog audio signal for output, and also used to convert an analog audio input into a digital audio signal. The audio module 660 may also be used to encode and decode audio signals. In some embodiments, the audio module 660 may be disposed in the SOC610, or some functional modules of the audio module 660 may be disposed in the SOC610.

The speaker 660A, also referred to as a "horn", is used to convert electrical audio signals into sound signals. The cellular phone 600 can listen to music through the speaker 660A or listen to a hands-free call.

Receiver 660B, also referred to as a "handset," is used to convert electrical audio signals into acoustic signals. When the mobile phone 600 receives a call or voice information, the receiver 660B can be close to the ear to receive voice.

Microphone 660C, also known as a "microphone," is used to convert acoustic signals into electrical signals. When making a call or sending voice information, the user can input a voice signal into the microphone 660C by uttering a voice signal near the microphone 660C through the mouth. The handset 600 may be provided with at least one microphone 660C. In other embodiments, the mobile phone 600 may be provided with two microphones 660C, so as to achieve a noise reduction function in addition to collecting sound signals. In other embodiments, the mobile phone 600 may further include three, four, or more microphones 660C to collect sound signals, reduce noise, identify sound sources, and implement directional recording functions.

The earphone interface 660D is used to connect wired earphones. The headset interface 660D may be a USB interface 675, or may be a 3.5mm open mobile electronic device platform (OMTP) standard interface, a cellular telecommunications industry association (cellular telecommunications industry association) standard interface of the USA.

Pressure sensors, gyroscope sensors, air pressure sensors, magnetic sensors, acceleration sensors, distance sensors, proximity light sensors, fingerprint sensors, temperature sensors, touch sensors, ambient light sensors, bone conduction sensors, etc. may be included in the sensor module 672.

Certainly, the mobile phone 600 may further include a charging management module, a key, an indicator, and 1 or more SIM card interfaces, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present application further provides another structure of a mobile phone, and fig. 7 is a third schematic structural diagram of the mobile phone provided in the embodiment of the present application. Referring to fig. 7, the difference between fig. 7 and fig. 6 is: in fig. 7, the NC module 620 is coupled to the battery 660 and not to the PMU640 regardless of whether the mobile phone is turned on or off, and a clock interface of the NC module 620 is coupled to a clock interface of the internet of things module 630. In fig. 6, when the mobile phone is powered on, NC module 620 is coupled to PMU640, and the clock interface of NC module 620 is coupled to the clock interface of PMU 640; when the mobile phone is powered off, the NC module 620 is coupled to the battery 660, and a clock interface of the NC module 620 is coupled to a clock interface of the internet of things module 630.

It is to be understood that the handset 600 shown in fig. 7 can also be implemented such that the battery 660 still supplies power to the NC module 620 when the handset is powered off. Compared with the mobile phone 600 shown in fig. 6, in the mobile phone 600 shown in fig. 7, because the PMU640 may adjust the output power according to the operating state of the NC module 620, for the mobile phone shown in fig. 6, when the NC module 620 is coupled with the PMU640 and the NC module 620 is not operating, the PMU640 may reduce the power output to the NC module 620, thereby saving the electric quantity.

It is to be understood that the illustrated structure of the embodiment of the present invention does not specifically limit the mobile phone 600. In other embodiments of the present application, handset 600 may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, some components may be split, or a different arrangement of components. The illustrated components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

Fig. 4 to fig. 7 illustrate a structure of a terminal device in a positioning system by taking a mobile phone 600 as an example, and a positioning method provided in an embodiment of the present application is described below with reference to fig. 8 to fig. 19.

The positioning method provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to the terminal device in the positioning system shown in fig. 3. The following describes a positioning method provided in an embodiment of the present application, taking a terminal device as a mobile phone shown in fig. 6 and a positioning receiving device as a notebook computer as an example.

The mobile phone and the notebook computer may log in the same account (for example, hua is an account), and interact through the cloud server corresponding to the account, for example, the mobile phone may send real-time location information to the cloud server corresponding to the account, and the notebook computer may log in the cloud server corresponding to the account to obtain the real-time location information.

In the embodiment of the application, when the mobile phone is turned off or is not connected with the first network, the mobile phone can acquire the real-time position information, send the real-time position information to the second network, and then forward the real-time position information to the cloud server through the second network. For example, as can be seen from fig. 6, when the mobile phone is turned off or is not connected to the first network, the mobile phone may acquire real-time location information by using the NC module, and may connect to the second network by using the internet of things module or the beidou satellite navigation system positioning module, and send the location information to the cloud server by using the internet of things module or the beidou satellite navigation system positioning module, and the notebook computer may access to the cloud server to acquire the location information of the mobile phone.

Optionally, the mobile phone acquiring the real-time location information may be triggered by a cloud server. For example, the cloud server may send a location request to the second network, which is forwarded by the second network to the handset. The cloud server can send a positioning request to the mobile phone according to the network conditions of the Internet of things and the Beidou network, for example, when the network of the Internet of things is unobstructed, the cloud server sends the positioning request to the mobile phone through the Internet of things; when the Beidou network is unobstructed, the cloud server sends a positioning request to the mobile phone through the Beidou network. Certainly, the cloud server can send the positioning request to the mobile phone through the internet of things and also send the positioning request to the mobile phone through the Beidou network, and the method is not limited in the application. When receiving the positioning request, the mobile phone may obtain real-time location information according to the positioning request, send the real-time location information to the second network, and then forward the real-time location information to the cloud server by the second network. Certainly, when the positioning request from the cloud server is not received, the mobile phone may also obtain the real-time location information, and send the real-time location information to the cloud server through the second network. For example, the mobile phone may acquire the real-time location information 1 time every 1 hour, and send the real-time location information to the cloud server through the second network.

If the user needs to acquire the real-time position information of the mobile phone, the user can log in the cloud server by using the notebook computer to acquire the real-time position information of the mobile phone. For example, after the notebook computer logs in the cloud server, referring to fig. 8, the user may operate a touch pad or a mouse (not shown) of the notebook computer to click a "locate" button displayed on a display screen of the notebook computer. The notebook computer can respond to the operation of a user and send a position information acquisition request to the cloud server. The cloud server can feed back the real-time position information of the mobile phone to the notebook computer according to the position information acquisition request. In addition, when the cloud server does not receive the position information acquisition request, the cloud server can also feed back the position information of the mobile phone to the notebook computer, so that when a user just logs in the cloud server and does not click a positioning button, the cloud server can immediately feed back the position information of the mobile phone to the user, the user operation is reduced, the user experience is improved, and the positioning efficiency is improved.

The mobile phone can periodically feed back the real-time position information to the cloud server through the second network, that is, the cloud server stores a plurality of pieces of position information of the mobile phone. Therefore, when the real-time position information of the mobile phone is fed back to the notebook computer, the cloud server can feed back the position information with the feedback time closest to the current time in the plurality of position information to the notebook computer. For example, assuming that the cloud server stores 4 pieces of location information of the mobile phone, a (feedback time 7, 00), B (feedback time 8, 00), C (feedback time 9, 00), and D (feedback time 10, 00), and the current time is 10: a (feedback time 7) → B (feedback time 8) → C (feedback time 9) → D (feedback time 10.

In addition, when receiving the position information acquisition request, the cloud server may send a positioning request to the mobile phone through the second network to acquire real-time position information of the mobile phone. Then, the cloud server can obtain the real-time position information, and the notebook computer can access the cloud server to check the position information. Therefore, the user can obtain the real-time position information of the mobile phone, and the positioning precision is improved. If the cloud server also stores historical position information of the mobile phone, the notebook computer can access the cloud server to check the historical position information of the mobile phone. Therefore, historical position information of the mobile phone can be provided for a user, the user can conveniently determine the past position of the mobile phone, and user experience is improved.

The above positioning embodiments are further described below with reference to specific application scenarios.

For example, referring to fig. 9, the west and the west travel in a forest, in some scenes, the forest may not have a cellular network and Wi-Fi, the cell phone of the west and the west may interact with a Beidou satellite through a Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module so as to connect the Beidou network, and the east and the west are in an environment with the cellular network and are connected with the cloud server through a notebook computer. Cloud service can be connected with the big dipper net through the internet, for example, cloud server can be through internet and big dipper server interaction in the big dipper net to connect the big dipper net. When the mobile phone of the Xiaoxi is turned off or is not connected with the first network, the mobile phone of the Xiaoxi can periodically acquire the real-time position information and send the real-time position information to the cloud server through the Beidou network. If the east wants to know the location of the west in the forest, the east can log into the cloud server using a laptop. After the laptop of the east of the young is logged in the cloud server, the laptop may display an interface as shown in fig. 8. The Xiao Dong can locate the Xiao West through the cloud server by clicking a "locate" button. The notebook computer of the small east can obtain the position information recently fed back by the mobile phone of the small west through the cloud server. Or the cloud server can send a positioning request to the mobile phone of the Xiaoxi through the Beidou network to acquire the real-time position information of the mobile phone of the Xiaoxi, and then the notebook computer of the Xiaodong can acquire the real-time position information through the cloud server. After the laptop of the small east receives the position information of the small west, a positioning chart shown in fig. 10 can be displayed on the display screen, so that the small east can acquire the position of the small west (longitude is a, and latitude is b). Because the NC module in the cell phone of the Xiaoxi is still powered when the cell phone of the Xiaoxi is turned off or is not connected with the first network, and the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module in the NC module can work, the cell phone of the Xiaoxi can still acquire position information by using the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module and is connected with a Beidou network, even if the cell phone of the Xiaoxi cannot be connected with a cellular network or Wi-Fi and even the cell phone of the Xiaoxi is turned off, the Xiao east can log in a cloud server by using a notebook computer to inquire the position of the Xiaoxi.

In some possible embodiments, the notebook computer may access the cloud server to obtain a historical track including real-time location information and historical location information of the cell phone, and send the historical track to the notebook computer. The method is characterized in that the historical position information of the mobile phone comprises the following steps in chronological order: G. f, D, and B, if the real-time location information of the mobile phone is a, the cloud server may generate the historical track "G → F → D → B → a" as shown in fig. 11, and present the historical track to the user through the laptop. Therefore, the user can intuitively determine the mobile track of the mobile phone, and the user experience is improved.

In addition, if the mobile phone is in a power-on state and not connected with the first network but connected with the second network, one or more of the following control operations can be executed on the mobile phone through the cloud server and the second network: reduce display screen brightness, enter flight mode, reduce processor frequency, or shut down. Therefore, the power consumption of the mobile phone can be reduced, and the electric quantity of the mobile phone can be saved.

Based on the above embodiment of the positioning method, even if the mobile phone is powered off or not connected to the first network, the cloud server may interact with the mobile phone through the second network, and therefore, in some possible embodiments, one or more of the following interactions may be implemented between the mobile phone and the second network by using the cloud server: sending information to the mobile phone, requesting feedback information of the mobile phone, or controlling the operation of the mobile phone. Therefore, even if the mobile phone is turned off or not connected with the first network, the user can log in the cloud server by using the notebook computer to remotely control the mobile phone, so that the user can conveniently communicate with a holder of the mobile phone, acquire data (such as voice, pictures, videos and the like stored in the mobile phone) of the mobile phone and protect the privacy of the user.

For example, referring to fig. 10 again, the "take" button may implement a function of controlling a camera of the mobile phone to take a picture and feed back the picture to the cloud server, the "record" button may implement a function of controlling a microphone of the mobile phone to record a sound and feed back the sound to the cloud server, the "send" button may implement a function of sending information (such as text information and picture information input by a user) to the mobile phone, and the "erase data" button may implement a function of controlling the mobile phone to erase data (such as a picture, a video, and account information on the mobile phone).

The implementation of the function of the "take picture" button may be as follows: the notebook computer responds to the operation that the user clicks the 'photographing' button, and sends a first photographing request to the cloud server, wherein the first photographing request indicates the mobile phone to photograph and returns a photographed picture. And the cloud server sends a second photographing request to the mobile phone through a second network according to the first photographing request, and the second photographing request indicates that the photographed picture is fed back. The mobile phone controls the camera to take the picture according to the second photographing request and feeds the picture back to the cloud server. And the cloud server sends the photo to the notebook computer. In this way, the implementation manners of the buttons such as "record", "send information" and "erase data" can refer to the implementation manner of the "photograph" button, and are not described herein again.

In some possible embodiments, the format of the location information may include one or more of the following: text (e.g., text representing latitude and longitude), pictures (e.g., the location graph shown in fig. 11 above), voice (e.g., voice representing latitude and longitude), or video (e.g., location video representing the location of a cell phone). Therefore, the position information can be displayed to the user in various formats, and the user experience is improved.

In the positioning embodiment, since the satellite positioning module, the Wi-Fi module, or the bluetooth module included in the NC module in the mobile phone shown in fig. 6 can be used to acquire real-time position information, the internet of things module and the beidou satellite navigation system positioning module in the mobile phone can be respectively connected to the internet of things and the beidou network, so that real-time position information can be sent to the cloud server. Therefore, there are various positioning embodiments in which the mobile phone acquires the real-time location information by using the positioning module and sends the real-time location information to the cloud server.

In some positioning embodiments, real-time location information for representing the location of the mobile phone may be acquired by using a satellite positioning module in the NC module, and the real-time location information may be sent to the cloud server by using an internet of things module (hereinafter, the positioning embodiments are collectively referred to as positioning mode 1). The positioning method 1 is suitable for application scenes with satellite positioning signals and the internet of things, such as streets, roads, parks, amusement parks, sports grounds, scenic spots, squares and other areas with the internet of things and the sky not shielded by objects. For example, referring to the outdoor scenario shown in fig. 12, the mobile phone may receive a positioning signal transmitted by a satellite by using a satellite positioning module, and determine real-time location information of the mobile phone according to the positioning signal. The mobile phone can also be connected with the Internet of things access equipment by using the Internet of things module, so that real-time position information is sent to the cloud server through the Internet of things.

The following further describes the positioning method 1 with reference to a flowchart, and fig. 13 is a first flowchart of a positioning method provided in an embodiment of the present application. Referring to fig. 13, the positioning method 1 may include S1301-S1304:

and S1301, when the positioning condition is met, the Internet of things module sends a first positioning instruction to the satellite positioning module, and the satellite positioning module receives the first positioning instruction from the Internet of things module.

Wherein, the positioning condition may include: and receiving a positioning request or the terminal equipment reaching the positioning time. The first positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information of the mobile phone. It is noted that the terminal device reaching the positioning time may be understood as the time of the device being the positioning time, or the device being after the positioning time. The positioning time may include: a preset time point or a plurality of time points and a periodic time point. Example 1, the positioning time may be: 10, 1/10 in 2020, the positioning time instructs the mobile phone to acquire real-time position information of the mobile phone at 10. Example 2, the positioning time may be: every morning at 8. Example 3, the positioning time may be: starting from a time point (e.g., 1 month 1 day 10 00 in 2020).

For example, if the mobile phone is in the power-off state, referring to the coupling mode 2 shown in fig. 6, the internet of things module may send the first positioning instruction to the satellite positioning module through the GPIO interface. If the mobile phone is in a power-on state, referring to the coupling mode 1 shown in fig. 6, the internet of things module may interact with the satellite positioning module through the SOC, for example, the internet of things module may send a first positioning instruction to the SOC through the SPI bus, and then the SOC forwards the first positioning instruction to the satellite positioning module through the GPIO interface.

S1302, the satellite positioning module obtains real-time position information.

As can be seen from the above description of the satellite positioning module in the NC module shown in fig. 6, the satellite positioning module may include one or more of the following items: the positioning processes of the positioning modules are similar, the implementation process of the acquisition mode 1 is illustrated by the positioning module of the Beidou satellite navigation system, and the positioning processes of other positioning modules are not repeated.

Exemplarily, the big dipper satellite navigation system location module can receive the positioning signal that at least 4 big dipper satellites sent, can carry in this positioning signal: the name of the satellite, the time of transmission of the signal, and the orbital parameters of the satellite. Then, the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module can determine the real-time position information of the mobile phone according to the received positioning signals and by utilizing a Beidou satellite positioning algorithm.

And S1303, the satellite positioning module sends real-time position information to the Internet of things module, and the Internet of things module receives the real-time position information from the satellite positioning module.

For example, if the mobile phone is in the power-off state, referring to the coupling mode 2 shown in fig. 6, the satellite positioning module may send the real-time location information to the internet of things module through the UART interface. If the mobile phone is in a powered-on state, referring to the coupling mode 1 shown in fig. 6, the satellite positioning module may interact with the internet of things module through the SOC, for example, the satellite positioning module may send real-time location information to the SOC through the UART interface, and then the SOC forwards the real-time location information to the internet of things module through the SPI bus.

And S1304, the Internet of things module sends real-time position information to the cloud server.

Illustratively, since the internet of things can be accessed by interacting with the internet of things access device through the internet of things module, the internet of things module can send real-time location information to the internet of things, and then the real-time location information is forwarded to the cloud server by the internet of things.

It should be noted that, in the implementation example of the present application, the mobile phone may send the real-time location information to the cloud server by using the internet of things module, and may also send information such as text, pictures, voice, or video to the cloud server by using the internet of things module.

For example, please refer to the application scenario shown in fig. 9, xiaoshi may input "need to rescue" using a touch screen of the mobile phone, and then the mobile phone of xiaoshi may respond to the operation of xiaoshi to obtain text information representing "need to rescue". Then, the mobile phone of the west and the west can send the character information representing 'needing to be rescued' to the cloud server by using the internet of things module, and the cloud server sends the character information representing 'needing to be rescued' to the notebook computer of the east and the west so that the east and the west can timely rescue the west and the west. The mobile phone in the small west can also use a camera of the mobile phone to shoot pictures or videos of surrounding environments such as forests to obtain picture information or video information, the mobile phone in the small west can use the internet of things module to send the picture information or the video information to the cloud server, and the cloud server sends the picture information or the video information to the notebook computer in the small east. Therefore, even if the mobile phone is not connected with the first network, the mobile phone can respond to user operation and send information such as characters, pictures, voice or videos to the cloud server through the second network, so that the limitation of sending information by the terminal equipment can be reduced, and the information sending capability of the terminal equipment can be improved.

It can be understood that, by combining the 2 coupling manners shown in fig. 6 and the positioning implementation manner shown in fig. 13, when the mobile phone is powered off, the battery may still supply power to the satellite positioning module and the internet of things module, and the internet of things module may obtain the real-time location information through the satellite positioning module and send the real-time location information to the cloud server. Therefore, the mobile phone can perform positioning and send real-time position information to the cloud server no matter whether the mobile phone is powered off or not and is connected with a cellular network or Wi-Fi, so that the limitation that terminal equipment performs real-time positioning and shares positions is reduced, and the positioning capability of the mobile phone is improved. Of course, the mobile phone can also execute the positioning method 1 when the mobile phone is powered on.

In some positioning embodiments, the bluetooth module in the NC module may be used to obtain real-time location information for characterizing the location of the mobile phone, and the internet of things module may be used to send the real-time location information to the cloud server (hereinafter, the positioning embodiments are collectively referred to as positioning mode 2). The positioning mode 2 is suitable for application scenes with Bluetooth signals and the Internet of things, such as areas where the sky is shielded by objects but the Bluetooth signals and the Internet of things are indoors (shopping malls, elevators, railway station halls, airport halls, bus station halls), underground (underground parking lots, subways and air cavities), tunnels and the like. For example, referring to the underground parking lot scenario shown in fig. 14, the mobile phone may receive a bluetooth signal transmitted by at least one of the router 1, the router 2, or the car by using a bluetooth module, and determine real-time location information of the mobile phone according to the bluetooth signal. The mobile phone can also be connected with the Internet of things access equipment by using the Internet of things module so as to access the Internet of things, so that real-time position information is sent to the cloud server through the Internet of things.

Next, a positioning method 2 is further described with reference to a flowchart, and fig. 15 is a second flowchart of the positioning method provided in the embodiment of the present application. Referring to fig. 15, the positioning method 2 may include S1501 to S1504:

s1501, when the positioning condition is met, the Internet of things module sends a second positioning instruction to the Bluetooth module, and the Bluetooth module receives the second positioning instruction from the Internet of things module.

Wherein, the positioning condition may include: and receiving a positioning request or the terminal equipment reaches the positioning time. The second positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information of the mobile phone.

For example, if the mobile phone is in the power-off state, referring to the coupling mode 2 shown in fig. 6, the internet of things module may send the second positioning instruction to the bluetooth module through the GPIO interface. If the mobile phone is in a powered-on state, referring to the coupling mode 1 shown in fig. 6, the internet of things module may interact with the bluetooth module through the SOC, for example, the internet of things module may send a second positioning instruction to the SOC through the SPI bus, and then the SOC forwards the second positioning instruction to the bluetooth module through the GPIO interface.

S1502a, the Bluetooth module acquires real-time position information.

Specifically, the bluetooth module can receive bluetooth signals broadcast by other devices in the environment where the mobile phone is located. Other devices here refer to devices broadcasting bluetooth signals, for example: a mobile phone, a bracelet, a tablet, or a router, etc. The number of other devices may be one or more, for example, referring to fig. 14, the other devices broadcasting bluetooth signals in the environment where the mobile phone is located include at least one of the router 1, the router 2, or the automobile, and the bluetooth module in the mobile phone may receive bluetooth signals broadcasted by the router 1, the router 2, or the automobile. Wherein, the bluetooth signal carries the position information of other devices. Then, the bluetooth module may determine a signal strength indication (RSSI) corresponding to each bluetooth signal. Then, the bluetooth module can determine the distance between the mobile phone and other devices according to the RSSI of the bluetooth signals of other devices. Finally, the bluetooth module may determine the real-time location information of the mobile phone according to the distance between the mobile phone and the other device and the location information of the other device, for example, the bluetooth module may determine the real-time location information of the mobile phone according to a bluetooth positioning algorithm, the distance between the mobile phone and the other device, and the location information of the other device. Or the bluetooth module may send the distance between the mobile phone and the other device and the location information of the other device to the internet of things module. Then, the real-time position information of the mobile phone is determined by the internet of things module according to the Bluetooth positioning algorithm, the distance between the mobile phone and other equipment and the position information of other equipment. Because the computing power of the Internet of things module is higher than that of the Bluetooth module, the real-time position information of the mobile phone is determined by the Internet of things module, the time required by positioning can be reduced, and the positioning efficiency is improved.

S1503a, the Bluetooth module sends real-time position information to the Internet of things module, and the Internet of things module receives the real-time position information from the Bluetooth module.

For example, if the mobile phone is in a power-off state, referring to the coupling mode 2 shown in fig. 6, the bluetooth module may send the real-time location information to the internet of things module through the UART interface. If the mobile phone is in the power-on state, referring to the coupling mode 1 shown in fig. 6, the bluetooth module may interact with the internet of things module through the SOC, for example, the bluetooth module may send real-time location information to the SOC through the UART interface, and then the SOC forwards the real-time location information to the bluetooth module through the SPI bus.

In some possible embodiments, fig. 16 is a third schematic flowchart of a positioning method provided in the embodiments of the present application. After S1501, referring to fig. 16, the positioning method 2 may further include S1502b-S1503e:

s1502b, the Bluetooth module obtains Bluetooth positioning information.

The bluetooth positioning information may include identification information of other devices in the environment where the mobile phone is located and RSSI corresponding to bluetooth signals broadcast by the other devices. Other devices here refer to devices broadcasting bluetooth signals, for example: cell-phone, bracelet, flat board, or wireless router etc.. The number of other devices herein may be one or more.

Illustratively, the bluetooth module may receive bluetooth signals broadcast by other devices in the environment in which the handset is located. The bluetooth signal carries identification information of other devices, such as a Media Access Control (MAC) address. The bluetooth module may then determine the RSSI corresponding to each bluetooth signal. Finally, the bluetooth module may determine the identification information of the other devices and the RSSI corresponding to each bluetooth signal as the bluetooth positioning information.

S1503b, the Bluetooth module sends Bluetooth positioning information to the Internet of things module, and the Internet of things module receives the Bluetooth positioning information from the Bluetooth module.

It can be understood that the process of the bluetooth module sending the bluetooth positioning information to the module of the internet of things may refer to the above S1503a, which is not described herein again.

S1503c, the Internet of things module sends Bluetooth positioning information to the positioning server, and the positioning server receives the Bluetooth positioning information from the Internet of things module.

The positioning server can determine the real-time position information of the mobile phone according to the Bluetooth positioning algorithm and the Bluetooth positioning information.

Optionally, if the Wi-Fi module in the NC module is connected to Wi-Fi (for example, the Wi-Fi module of the mobile phone is connected to Wi-Fi broadcast by the router 1 shown in fig. 14), the bluetooth module may further send bluetooth positioning information to the Wi-Fi module, and the Wi-Fi module receives the bluetooth positioning information from the bluetooth module. The bluetooth location information is then sent by the Wi-Fi module to a location server.

And S1503d, the positioning server acquires real-time position information according to the Bluetooth positioning information.

For example, after receiving the bluetooth positioning information, the positioning server may determine the real-time location information of the mobile phone according to the location information (e.g., longitude and latitude) corresponding to the identification information of the other device and the RSSI corresponding to each bluetooth signal.

And S1503e, the positioning server sends the real-time position information to the Internet of things module, and the Internet of things module receives the real-time position information from the positioning server.

S1504, the internet of things module sends real-time position information to the cloud server.

The process of sending the real-time location information to the cloud server by the internet of things module may refer to S1304, which is not described herein again.

It can be understood that, by combining the 2 coupling manners shown in fig. 6 and the positioning manner 2 shown in fig. 15 and fig. 16, when the mobile phone is turned off, the battery may still supply power to the bluetooth module and the internet of things module, the internet of things module may control the bluetooth module to acquire real-time position information, and the internet of things module sends the position information to the cloud server through the internet of things. Therefore, the mobile phone can perform positioning and send real-time position information to the cloud server no matter whether the mobile phone is powered off or not and whether the mobile phone is connected with a cellular network or Wi-Fi, so that the problem that the positioning capability of the current mobile phone is limited is solved, and the positioning capability of the mobile phone is improved. Of course, the mobile phone can also execute the positioning mode 2 when the mobile phone is powered on.

In some positioning embodiments, real-time location information for representing the location of the mobile phone may be acquired by using a Wi-Fi module in the NC module, and the real-time location information may be sent to the cloud server by using the internet of things module (hereinafter, the positioning embodiments are collectively referred to as positioning mode 3). The positioning mode 3 is suitable for application scenes with Wi-Fi signals and the Internet of things, such as indoor (shopping malls, elevators, railway station halls, airport halls and bus station halls), underground (underground parking lots, subways and air cavities), tunnels and other areas with Wi-Fi signals and the Internet of things and sheltered from objects in the sky. For example, referring to the application scenario shown in fig. 14, the mobile phone may receive a Wi-Fi signal transmitted by at least one of the router 1, the router 2, or the automobile by using the Wi-Fi module, and determine real-time location information of the mobile phone according to the Wi-Fi signal. The mobile phone can also be connected with the Internet of things access equipment by using the Internet of things module so as to be connected with the Internet of things, so that real-time position information is sent to the cloud server through the Internet of things.

Next, a positioning method 3 is further described with reference to a flowchart, and fig. 17 is a third schematic flowchart of a positioning method provided in the embodiment of the present application. Referring to fig. 17, the positioning method 3 may include S1701-S1704:

s1701, when the positioning condition is met, the Internet of things module sends a third positioning instruction to the Wi-Fi module, and the Wi-Fi module receives the third positioning instruction from the Internet of things module.

Wherein, the positioning condition may include: and receiving a positioning request or the terminal equipment reaches the positioning time. The third positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

For example, if the mobile phone is in the power-off state, referring to the coupling mode 2 shown in fig. 6, the internet of things module may send the third positioning instruction to the Wi-Fi module through the GPIO interface. If the mobile phone is in a power-on state, referring to the coupling mode 1 shown in fig. 6, the internet of things module may interact with the Wi-Fi module through the SOC, for example, the internet of things module may send a third positioning instruction to the SOC through the SPI bus, and then the SOC forwards the third positioning instruction to the Wi-Fi module through the GPIO interface.

S1702a, the Wi-Fi module acquires real-time position information.

Specifically, the Wi-Fi module can receive Wi-Fi signals broadcast by other devices in the environment where the mobile phone is located. Other devices herein refer to devices that broadcast Wi-Fi signals, such as: a mobile phone, a bracelet, a tablet, or a router, etc. The number of other devices may be one or more, for example, referring to fig. 14, the other devices broadcasting Wi-Fi signals in the environment where the mobile phone is located include at least one of router 1, router 2, or car, and the Wi-Fi module in the mobile phone may receive the Wi-Fi signals broadcasted by router 1, router 2, or car. The Wi-Fi signal carries position information of other equipment. The Wi-Fi module may then determine an RSSI for each of the Wi-Fi signals. Then, the Wi-Fi module can determine the distance between the mobile phone and other devices according to the RSSI of the Wi-Fi signals of other devices. Finally, the Wi-Fi module may determine the real-time location information of the mobile phone according to the distance between the mobile phone and the other device and the location information of the other device, for example, the Wi-Fi module may determine the real-time location information of the mobile phone according to a Wi-Fi positioning algorithm, the distance between the mobile phone and the other device, and the location information of the other device. Or the Wi-Fi module can send the distances between the mobile phone and other devices and the position information of other devices to the Internet of things module. And then, the real-time position information of the mobile phone is determined by the Internet of things module according to the Wi-Fi positioning algorithm, the distance between the mobile phone and other equipment and the position information of other equipment. Because the calculation capability of the Internet of things module is higher than that of the Wi-Fi module, the real-time position information of the mobile phone is determined by the Internet of things module, so that the time required by positioning can be shortened, and the positioning efficiency is improved.

S1703a, the Wi-Fi module sends real-time position information to the Internet of things module, and the Internet of things module receives the real-time position information from the Wi-Fi module.

For example, if the mobile phone is in a power-off state, referring to the coupling mode 2 shown in fig. 6, the wi-Fi module may send real-time location information to the internet of things module through the UART interface. If the mobile phone is in the power-on state, referring to the coupling mode 1 shown in fig. 6, the Wi-Fi module may interact with the internet of things module through the SOC, for example, the Wi-Fi module may send real-time location information to the SOC through the UART interface, and then the SOC forwards the real-time location information to the Wi-Fi module through the SPI bus.

In some possible embodiments, fig. 18 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a positioning method provided in this application embodiment. After S1501, referring to fig. 18, positioning mode 3 may further include S1702b-S1703e:

s1702b, the Wi-Fi module acquires Wi-Fi positioning information.

The Wi-Fi positioning information can include identification information of other devices in the environment where the mobile phone is located and RSSI corresponding to Wi-Fi signals broadcast by the other devices. Other devices herein refer to devices that broadcast Wi-Fi signals, such as: cell-phone, bracelet, flat board, or wireless router etc.. The number of other devices herein may be one or more.

Illustratively, the Wi-Fi module can receive Wi-Fi signals broadcast by other devices in the environment in which the handset is located. The Wi-Fi signal carries identification information of other devices, such as a Media Access Control (MAC) address. The Wi-Fi module may then determine an RSSI for each of the Wi-Fi signals. Finally, the Wi-Fi module can determine the identification information of other devices and the RSSI corresponding to each Wi-Fi signal as Wi-Fi positioning information.

And S1703b, the Wi-Fi module sends Wi-Fi positioning information to the Internet of things module, and the Internet of things module receives the Wi-Fi positioning information from the Wi-Fi module.

It can be understood that the process of the Wi-Fi module sending the Wi-Fi positioning information to the internet of things module may refer to the above S1703a, which is not described herein again.

S1703c, the Internet of things module sends Wi-Fi positioning information to the positioning server, and the positioning server receives the Wi-Fi positioning information from the Internet of things module.

Optionally, if the Wi-Fi module connects to Wi-Fi (for example, the Wi-Fi module of the mobile phone connects to Wi-Fi broadcast by the router 1 shown in fig. 14), the Wi-Fi module sends Wi-Fi positioning information to the positioning server.

And S1703d, the positioning server acquires real-time position information according to the Wi-Fi positioning information.

For example, after receiving the Wi-Fi positioning information, the positioning server may determine the real-time location information of the mobile phone according to location information (e.g., longitude and latitude) corresponding to the identification information of the other device and RSSI corresponding to each Wi-Fi signal.

And S1703e, the positioning server sends real-time position information to the Internet of things module, and the Internet of things module receives the real-time position information from the positioning server.

And S1704, the Internet of things module sends real-time position information to the cloud server.

It can be understood that, by combining the 2 coupling manners shown in fig. 6 and the positioning manner 3 shown in fig. 17 and 18, when the mobile phone is turned off, the battery can still supply power to the Wi-Fi module and the internet of things module, and the internet of things module can control the Wi-Fi module to acquire real-time location information and send the real-time location information to the cloud server. Therefore, the mobile phone can perform positioning and send real-time position information to the cloud server no matter whether the mobile phone is powered off or not and whether the mobile phone is connected with a cellular network or Wi-Fi, so that the problem that the positioning capability of the current mobile phone is limited is solved, and the positioning capability of the mobile phone is improved. Of course, the mobile phone can also execute the positioning mode 3 under the condition of power-on.

In the positioning methods shown in fig. 17 and 18, when the positioning server acquires the real-time location information, the positioning server may transmit the real-time location information to the cloud server. In this way, in the process of executing the positioning method shown in fig. 17 and 18, when the positioning server determines the real-time location information of the mobile phone, the real-time location information may be immediately forwarded to the cloud server, so that the positioning efficiency is improved.

In some positioning embodiments, a satellite positioning module may be used to obtain real-time position information for representing the position of the mobile phone, and a beidou satellite navigation system positioning module may be used to send the real-time position information to a cloud server (hereinafter, the positioning embodiments are collectively referred to as positioning mode 4). The positioning mode 4 is suitable for application scenes with Beidou satellites, such as places where the sky is not sheltered by objects, wi-Fi, bluetooth and Internet of things are not available, such as forests, seas, deserts, mountains, swamps, hills and plateaus. For example, referring to the forest scene in fig. 9, the mobile phone may receive a positioning signal transmitted by a beidou satellite by using a beidou satellite navigation system positioning module, and determine real-time position information of the mobile phone according to the positioning signal. The mobile phone can also be connected with a Beidou satellite through a Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module, so that real-time position information is sent to the cloud server through a Beidou network.

The following further describes the positioning method 4 with reference to a flowchart, and fig. 19 is a fourth flowchart of the positioning method provided in the embodiment of the present application. Referring to fig. 19, the positioning method 4 may include steps S1901 to S1902:

s1901, when the positioning condition is satisfied, the satellite positioning module obtains real-time position information.

Wherein, the positioning condition may include: and receiving a positioning request or the terminal equipment reaches the positioning time.

It is to be understood that the process of the satellite positioning module obtaining the real-time position information may refer to the above S1302, which is not described herein again.

S1902, the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module sends real-time position information to the cloud server, and the cloud server receives the real-time position information from the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module.

Exemplarily, the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module can be interacted with a Beidou satellite to access a Beidou network, so that the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module can send a Beidou short message to the Beidou network, and the short message can carry real-time position information. And then the Beidou network forwards the real-time position information to a cloud server. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module not only can send real-time position information to the Beidou satellite, but also can send information such as characters, pictures or voice to the Beidou satellite. For example, when the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module sends a short message carrying real-time position information to a Beidou satellite, the short message can also carry text information such as 'rescue needed' and the like, or carry picture and voice information acquired by sensors such as a camera and a microphone of a mobile phone.

In the embodiment of the application, in the above positioning modes 2 and 3, the Beidou navigation system positioning module can also be used for sharing the real-time position. Specifically, referring to the above positioning mode 2 and S1902, after the bluetooth module acquires the real-time location information, the positioning mode 2 may further include: the Bluetooth module sends real-time position information to a positioning module of the Beidou satellite navigation system. Then, the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module sends real-time position information to the Beidou satellite, and the Beidou satellite receives the position information from the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module. The Beidou satellite can send the position information to the ground station, and the ground station forwards the position information to the cloud server. Therefore, the positioning mode of positioning by using the Bluetooth module and transmitting real-time position information by using the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module can be provided, so that the positioning means of the terminal equipment can be increased, and the positioning capability of the terminal equipment is improved.

Correspondingly, referring to the positioning mode 3 and S1902, after the Wi-Fi module acquires the real-time location information, the positioning mode 2 may further include: the Wi-Fi module sends real-time position information to a Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module. Then, the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module sends real-time position information to the Beidou satellite, and the Beidou satellite receives the real-time position information from the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module. The Beidou satellite can send the position information to the ground station, and the ground station forwards the position information to the cloud server. Therefore, a positioning mode that the Wi-Fi module is used for positioning and the Beidou navigation satellite system positioning module is used for sending real-time position information can be provided, so that the positioning means of the terminal equipment can be increased, and the positioning capability of the terminal equipment can be improved.

In addition, the positioning mode 4 may be controlled by the internet of things module or SOC. For example, the internet of things module controls the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module to position when the positioning condition (for example, the mobile phone is powered off) is met. For another example, the SOC controls the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module to perform positioning when the positioning condition (for example, the mobile phone is turned on) is met, which is not limited in the present application. When the SOC controls the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module to position, the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module can send positioning signals to the SOC, and then the SOC can determine real-time position information of the mobile phone according to the positioning signals and a Beidou satellite positioning algorithm. When internet of things module control big dipper satellite navigation system orientation module was fixed a position, big dipper satellite navigation system orientation module can send positioning signal to internet of things module, then, internet of things module can be according to this positioning signal and big dipper satellite positioning algorithm confirm the real-time positional information of cell-phone. Because the computing power of the internet of things module and the SOC is higher than that of the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module, the real-time position information of the mobile phone is determined by the internet of things module or the SOC, the time required by positioning can be reduced, and the positioning efficiency is improved.

It can be understood that, in combination with the positioning method 4 shown in fig. 19, when the mobile phone is turned off, the battery may still supply power to the beidou satellite navigation system positioning module, and the beidou satellite navigation system positioning module may acquire real-time position information and send the real-time position information to the cloud server. Therefore, the mobile phone can perform positioning and send real-time position information to the cloud server no matter whether the mobile phone is powered off or not and whether the mobile phone is connected with a cellular network or Wi-Fi, so that the problem that the positioning capability of the current mobile phone is limited is solved, and the positioning capability of the mobile phone is improved. Of course, the mobile phone can also execute the above positioning mode 4 when the mobile phone is powered on.

In the embodiment of the application, when the user remotely queries the position information of the terminal device, the user usually logs in a cloud server to perform querying, and the cloud server is usually arranged in the internet. Therefore, in the above positioning mode 1-positioning mode 4, the position information sent by the terminal device to the network device (including the beidou satellite and the access device of the internet of things) needs to be forwarded to the cloud server. If the terminal device sends the location information to the internet of things by using the internet of things module, the location information also needs to be forwarded to a cloud server in the internet by the internet of things. If the terminal equipment sends the position information to the Beidou network by using the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module, the position information also needs to be forwarded to a cloud server in the Internet by the Beidou network. If the terminal device sends the location information to the cellular network by using the mobile communication module, the location information needs to be forwarded to a cloud server in the internet by the cellular network. Therefore, communication connections can be established between the internet and the internet of things, the cellular network and the beidou network respectively, for example, the communication connections are established based on an agreed communication protocol. Of course, communication connection can also be established between the cellular network and the internet of things and between the cellular network and the internet based on an agreed communication protocol.

The implementation processes of the above positioning mode 1 to positioning mode 4 will be further described with reference to specific application scenarios.

Scene 1, environment without cellular network, wi-Fi, bluetooth, internet of things, but with satellite positioning signals, such as forest (please refer to fig. 9), sea, desert, etc. When the mobile phone is located in scene 1, if the mobile phone is in a power-on state, the mobile phone can acquire real-time position information by using the satellite positioning module. However, the mobile phone cannot send real-time position information to the cloud server through the cellular network or Wi-Fi due to the fact that the cellular network, the Wi-Fi and the Internet of things are not available. At this moment, the mobile phone can send real-time position information to the Beidou satellite by using the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module, so that the Beidou satellite forwards the real-time position information to the cloud server. If the mobile phone is in a power-off state, the mobile phone can also acquire real-time position information by using a Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module and send the real-time position information to a Beidou satellite, so that the Beidou satellite can forward the real-time position information to a cloud server. In other words, when the mobile phone is located in the scene 1, the positioning and the real-time location sharing can be realized by executing the positioning mode 4, so that the user can remotely query the real-time location of the mobile phone, and the mobile phone retrieving function is realized. Of course, if the user carries the mobile phone and is located in the scene 1, the location mode 4 may be used for location or the location of the user may be shared in the cloud server for help.

Scenario 2, environment without cellular network, without satellite positioning signal but with internet of things, with bluetooth or Wi-Fi, such as underground parking lot (please refer to fig. 14). When the mobile phone is in the scene 2, the mobile phone can acquire real-time position information by using the bluetooth module no matter the mobile phone is in a power-on state or a power-off state. Then, the mobile phone can send the real-time location information to the internet of things access device by using the internet of things module, so that the real-time location information is forwarded to the cloud server by the internet of things access device. In other words, when the mobile phone is located in the scene 2, the positioning and the sharing of the real-time position can be realized by executing the positioning mode 2 and the positioning mode 3, so that the user can remotely query the real-time position of the mobile phone, and the mobile phone retrieving function is realized.

Scene 3, environment without cellular network, wi-Fi but Internet of things, bluetooth and satellite positioning signals. When the mobile phone is located in the scene 3, the mobile phone can acquire real-time position information by using the satellite positioning module or the bluetooth module no matter the mobile phone is in the power-on state or the power-off state. Then, the mobile phone can send real-time position information to the internet of things access device by using the internet of things module so that the real-time position information can be forwarded to the cloud server by the internet of things access device, or send real-time position information to the Beidou satellite by using the Beidou satellite navigation system positioning module so that the real-time position information can be forwarded to the cloud server by the Beidou satellite. In other words, when the mobile phone is located in the scene 3, the positioning mode 1, the positioning mode 2, and the positioning mode 4 can be executed to realize positioning and sharing of the real-time position, so that the user can remotely query the real-time position of the mobile phone, and the mobile phone retrieving function is realized.

It should be noted that the above illustrations of the application scenarios of the positioning method are all examples, and do not limit the application scenarios of the positioning method in the present application.

The positioning method provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above with reference to fig. 8 to 19. A terminal device for executing the positioning method provided in the embodiment of the present application is described below with reference to fig. 20 to fig. 22.

Fig. 20 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 20, the terminal device may be a mobile phone in the above embodiment. The terminal device may specifically include: an internet of things module 2001, a battery 2002, a memory 2003, a bluetooth module 2006, one or more application programs (not shown in fig. 20), and one or more computer programs 2004. Of course, the terminal device may also include one or more processors (not shown in fig. 20). The various devices described above can be connected by one or more buses 2005. Wherein the one or more computer programs 2004 are stored in the memory 2003 described above and configured to be executed by the internet of things module 2001 or by one or more processors. The one or more computer programs 2004 include instructions that may be used to perform the relevant steps that the terminal device performs in the embodiments described above, for example, the embodiments of the positioning method shown in fig. 15 and 16 (S1501-S1504).

Fig. 21 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device provided in this embodiment. As shown in fig. 21, the terminal device may be a mobile phone in the above embodiment. The terminal device may specifically include: an internet of things module 2101, a battery 2102, a memory 2103, a wi-Fi module 2106, one or more application programs (not shown in fig. 21), and one or more computer programs 2104. Of course, the terminal device may also include one or more processors (not shown in FIG. 21) which may be connected via one or more buses 2105. Wherein the one or more computer programs 2104 are stored in the memory 2103 and configured to be executed by the internet of things module 2101 or by one or more processors. The one or more computer programs 2104 include instructions that may be used to perform relevant steps performed by the slave device in the embodiments described above, for example, the embodiments of the positioning method illustrated in fig. 17 and 18 (S1701-S1704).

Fig. 22 is a fourth schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 22, the terminal device may be a mobile phone in the above embodiment. The terminal device may specifically include: an internet of things module 2201, a battery 2202, a memory 2203, a satellite positioning module 2206, one or more application programs (not shown in fig. 22), and one or more computer programs 2204. Of course, the terminal device may also include one or more processors (not shown in fig. 22). The various devices described above may be connected by one or more buses 2205. Wherein the one or more computer programs 2204 are stored in the memory 2203 described above and configured to be executed by the internet of things module 2201 or by one or more processors. The one or more computer programs 2204 include instructions that may be used to perform relevant steps performed by the terminal device in the above-described embodiments, for example, the positioning method embodiment shown in fig. 13 (S1301-S1304).

The embodiment also provides a positioning system. The positioning method in any aspect can be realized after the terminal equipment interacts with the positioning receiving equipment.

In the description of the present application, "at least one" means one or more, "a plurality" means two or more than two, unless otherwise specified. In addition, in order to facilitate clear description of technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "first" and "second" are used to distinguish identical items or similar items with substantially identical functions and actions. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terms "first," "second," etc. do not denote any order or quantity, nor do the terms "first," "second," etc. denote any order or importance.

In addition, in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplarily", "for example", etc. are used for indicating as examples, illustrations or explanations. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the word using examples is intended to present concepts in a concrete fashion.

In the examples of this application, the subscripts are sometimes as follows ₁ It may be mistaken for a non-subscripted form such as W1, whose intended meaning is consistent when the distinction is not emphasized.

It should be understood that the processor in the embodiments of the present application may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), and the processor may also be other general purpose processors, digital Signal Processors (DSPs), application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, and the like. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

It will also be appreciated that the memory in the embodiments of the subject application can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. Volatile memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory. By way of example, but not limitation, many forms of Random Access Memory (RAM) are available, such as Static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct bus RAM (DR RAM).

The above embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware (e.g., circuitry), firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, the above-described embodiments may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions or computer programs. The procedures or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the present application are produced in whole or in part when the computer instructions or the computer program are loaded or executed on a computer. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored on a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center by wire (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, data center, etc., that contains one or more collections of available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium. The semiconductor medium may be a solid state disk.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" herein is only one kind of association relationship describing the association object, and means that there may be three kinds of relationships, for example, a and/or B, and may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone, wherein A and B can be singular or plural. In addition, the "/" in this document generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship, but may also indicate an "and/or" relationship, which may be understood with particular reference to the former and latter text.

In the present application, "at least one" means one or more, "a plurality" means two or more. "at least one of the following" or similar expressions refer to any combination of these items, including any combination of the singular or plural items. For example, at least one (one) of a, b, or c, may represent: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, wherein a, b, c may be single or multiple.

It should be understood that, in the various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the technical solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

It can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one type of logical functional division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The functions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium if they are implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as separate products. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application or portions thereof that substantially contribute to the technology may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium and including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. The terminal equipment is characterized by comprising a Bluetooth module, an Internet of things module and a battery;

the battery is used for supplying power to the Bluetooth module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is powered off;

the Bluetooth module is used for acquiring real-time position information when the terminal equipment is powered off or is not connected with a first network; the first network comprises a cellular network and/or a Wi-Fi;

and the Internet of things module is used for acquiring the real-time position information and sending the real-time position information through the Internet of things.

2. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the internet of things module is further configured to receive a location request through the internet of things; the positioning request is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the internet of things module is further configured to send a positioning instruction to the bluetooth module when a positioning condition is met; the positioning conditions include: and receiving the positioning request and/or the positioning time, wherein the positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

4. A terminal device according to any of claims 1-3, wherein the format of the real-time location information comprises one or more of: text, voice, picture, or video.

5. The terminal equipment is characterized by comprising a Wi-Fi module, an Internet of things module and a battery;

the battery is used for supplying power to the Wi-Fi module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is turned off;

the Wi-Fi module is used for determining real-time position information according to the received Wi-Fi signals when the terminal equipment is powered off or is not connected with a first network; the first network comprises a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi;

and the Internet of things module is used for sending the real-time position information through the Internet of things.

6. The terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the internet of things module is further configured to receive a location request through the internet of things, and the location request is used to instruct to obtain real-time location information.

7. The terminal device of claim 6, wherein the internet of things module is further configured to send a positioning instruction to the Wi-Fi module when a positioning condition is met; the positioning conditions include: and receiving the positioning request and/or the positioning time, wherein the positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

8. The terminal device according to any of claims 5-7, wherein the format of the real-time location information comprises one or more of: text, voice, picture, or video.

9. The terminal equipment is characterized by comprising a satellite positioning module, an Internet of things module and a battery;

the battery is used for supplying power to the satellite positioning module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is powered off;

the satellite positioning module is used for acquiring real-time position information when the terminal equipment is powered off or is not connected with a first network; the first network comprises a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi;

the satellite positioning module is used for sending the real-time position information through a Beidou network; or,

10. The terminal device of claim 9, wherein the internet of things module is further configured to receive a location request through the internet of things; the positioning request is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

11. The terminal device according to claim 10, wherein the internet of things module is further configured to send the positioning instruction to the satellite positioning module when a positioning condition is met; the positioning conditions include: and receiving the positioning request and/or the positioning time, wherein the positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

12. The terminal device according to any of claims 9-11, wherein the format of the real-time location information comprises one or more of: text, voice, picture, or video.

13. The positioning method is characterized by being applied to terminal equipment, wherein the terminal equipment comprises a Bluetooth module, an Internet of things module and a battery; the battery is used for supplying power to the Bluetooth module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is powered off;

the method comprises the following steps:

the Bluetooth module acquires real-time position information when the terminal equipment is powered off or is not connected with a first network; the first network comprises a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi;

and the Internet of things module acquires the real-time position information and sends the real-time position information through the Internet of things.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

the Internet of things module receives a positioning request through the Internet of things; the positioning request is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

the Internet of things module sends a positioning instruction to the Bluetooth module when meeting a positioning condition; the positioning conditions include: and receiving the positioning request and/or the positioning time, wherein the positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

16. The method according to any of claims 13-15, wherein the format of the real-time location information comprises one or more of: text, voice, picture, or video.

17. The positioning method is applied to terminal equipment, wherein the terminal equipment comprises a Wi-Fi module, an Internet of things module and a battery; the battery is used for supplying power to the Wi-Fi module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is powered off;

the method comprises the following steps:

the Wi-Fi module determines real-time position information according to the received Wi-Fi signal when the terminal equipment is powered off or is not connected with a first network; the first network comprises a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi;

and the Internet of things module sends the real-time position information through the Internet of things.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

the Internet of things module receives a positioning request through the Internet of things, wherein the positioning request is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

the Internet of things module sends a positioning instruction to the Wi-Fi module when meeting a positioning condition; the positioning conditions include: and receiving the positioning request and/or the positioning time, wherein the positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

20. The method according to any of claims 17-19, wherein the format of the real-time location information comprises one or more of: text, voice, picture, or video.

21. The positioning method is applied to terminal equipment, wherein the terminal equipment comprises a satellite positioning module, an Internet of things module and a battery; the battery is used for supplying power to the satellite positioning module and the Internet of things module when the terminal equipment is powered off;

the method comprises the following steps:

the satellite positioning module acquires real-time position information when the terminal equipment is powered off or is not connected with a first network; the first network comprises a cellular network and/or Wi-Fi;

the satellite positioning module sends the real-time position information through a Beidou network; or,

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

the Internet of things module sends the positioning instruction to the satellite positioning module when the positioning condition is met; the positioning conditions include: and receiving the positioning request and/or the positioning time, wherein the positioning instruction is used for indicating to acquire real-time position information.

24. The method according to any of claims 21-23, wherein the format of the real-time location information comprises one or more of: text, voice, picture, or video.

25. A computer storage medium comprising computer instructions that, when executed on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the method of any of claims 13-24.

26. A computer program product, characterized in that, when run on an electronic device, causes the electronic device to perform the method according to any of claims 13-24.