Automated tools for generating mapping information for buildings
US11243656B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 2, 2020 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2200/32
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations involved in analysis of images acquired in a defined area, as part of generating mapping information of the defined area for subsequent use (e.g., for controlling navigation of devices, for display on client devices in corresponding GUIs, etc.). The defined area may include an interior of a multi-room building, and the generated information including a floor map of the building, such as from an analysis of multiple 360° spherical panorama images acquired at various viewing locations within the building (e.g., using an image acquisition device with a spherical camera having one or more fisheye lenses to capture a panorama image that extends 360 degrees around a vertical axis)—the generating may be further performed without detailed information about distances from the images' viewing locations to objects in the surrounding building.
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