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Image-based surface tracking

US9224208B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Trimble Navigation Limited · US

Inventors

Hongbo Teng · Fremont, US
Gregory C. Best · San Francisco, US
Sy Bor Wang · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 2010
Grant date	Dec 29, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 1, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N2013/0081
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of image-tracking by using an image capturing device (12). The method comprises: performing an image-capture of a scene (54) by using an image capturing device; and tracking movement (62) of the image capturing device (12) by analyzing a set of images by using an image processing algorithm (64).

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