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System and methods for world-scale camera pose estimation

US9324151B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cornell University · IT

Inventors

Noah Snavely · Mountain View, US
Daniel P. Huttenlocher · Ithaca, US
Yungpeng Li · Zürich, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 8, 2012
Grant date	Apr 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30244
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

System and methods for determining where a digital photograph was taken by estimating the camera pose with respect to a global scale three-dimensional database. Accurate location and orientation of the digital photograph is established through feature correspondence and geometry estimated from photograph collections.

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