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Object location using a mobile device

US9390346B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 10, 2015
Grant dateJul 12, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 10, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V20/66
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems and computer readable media for object location using a mobile device are described. The method can include obtaining, at a mobile device, information about a missing object and obtaining, at the mobile device, information about a background surface. The method can also include detecting, using a motion sensor in the mobile device, movement of the mobile device, and acquiring, using one or more image sensors coupled to a processor in the mobile device, one or more images. The method can further include processing the one or more images to detect any candidate objects having a similarity within a given threshold to the missing object.

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