Vehicular occupancy assessment

Abstract

Systems, devices, and techniques are provided for occupancy assessment of a vehicle. For one or more occupants of the vehicle, the occupancy assessment establishes position and/or identity for some or all of the occupant(s).

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device to estimate device location, comprising:
 at least one memory having computer-executable instructions and information objects stored thereon; and   at least one processor functionally coupled to the memory and configured, by the computer-executable instructions and the information objects,
 to acquire inertial sensor information indicative of a first position within an enclosure; 
 to acquire pilot information indicative of a second position within the enclosure; and 
 to generate a device location estimate for the computing device based at least in part on at least a portion of the inertial sensor information and at least a portion of the pilot information, the device location estimate is indicative of a position within the enclosure. 
   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate at least one positioning metric based at least in part on at least the portion of the inertial sensor information and at least the portion of the pilot information, wherein each positioning metric of the at least one positioning metric is indicative of a likelihood that the computing device is at a specific position within the enclosure. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit at least a portion of the inertial sensor information to another device. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to register the device with a computing platform prior to acquisition of pilot information, wherein registration with the computing platform permits wireless communication between the computing platform and the device. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to communicate the device location estimate to the computing platform. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to communicate, to the computing platform, identification information indicative of an identity of an end-user associated with a device in a plurality of devices within the enclosure.