Determining object volume from mobile device images
US9367921B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20072
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are described for analyzing images acquired via mobile devices in various ways, including to estimate measurements for one or more attributes of one or more objects in the images. For example, the described techniques may be used to measure the volume of a stockpile of material or other large object, based on images acquired via a mobile device that is carried by a human user as he or she passes around some or all of the object. During the acquisition of a series of digital images of an object of interest, various types of user feedback may be provided to a human user operator of the mobile device, and particular images may be selected for further analysis in various manners. Furthermore, the calculation of object volume and/or other determined object information may include generating and manipulating a computer model or other representation of the object from selected images.
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