METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HEADING ESTIMATION

Patent №

US 11,699,279

Granted

2023-07-11

Filed 2020

Owner

APPLE INC.

Lab

AI components

2

vision · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

16909014

In one implementation, a method of estimating the heading of a device is performed by the device including a processor, non-transitory memory, and an image sensor. The method includes determining a geographic location of the device. The method includes capturing, using the image sensor, an image at the geographic location. The method includes detecting one or more lines within the image. The method includes determining a heading of the device based on the one or more lines and the geographic location.

VisionAI hardwareG06V 10/44G06V 20/20G01C 21/30G06V 10/469G06V 20/10G01C 21/08

AI classification

Vision1.00
AI hardware0.62
Natural language0.36
Knowledge representation0.02
Machine learning0.01
Speech0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Planning0.00

Ownership

APPLE INC.

assignment · 530120325

Assignors

RUEPP, OLIVER THOMAS, PRAKASH, JAI, HEDBORG, JOHAN, RAGURAM, RAHUL, STOPPA, MICHELE

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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