Utility pole geotagger
US8818031B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V20/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a method for determining the geographic location of an object, the method comprising retrieving at a vision system a plurality of images from a database, each image related to a respective vantage point, detecting, with the vision system, the object in at least two of the plurality of images, generating a vector in relation to the respective vantage point for each image in which the object was detected, and triangulating, based on the intersection of at least two vectors, the geographic location of the object.
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