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Integrating visual and object information in a pervasive computing environment

US7644059B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH · DE

Inventors

Christian Goerick · Offenbach, DE
Edgar Körner · Seligenstadt, DE
Andreas Richter · Gaimersheim, DE
Bernard Sendhoff · Könnern, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 25, 2005
Grant date	Jan 5, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F18/256
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for gathering information from an environment. In a first step, visual information is gathered from the environment. In a second step, information actively transmitted by objects in the environment is received. According to one embodiment, the information actively transmitted by objects in the environment is received wirelessly. In a third step, the visual information is combined with the received information in order to recognize objects.

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