METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION FROM IMAGES ACQUIRED OF AN ENVIRONMENT WITH AN OMNI-DIRECTIONAL CAMERA

Patent №

US 8,249,302

Granted

2012-08-21

Filed 2009

Owner

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12495655

A location and orientation in an environment is determined by first acquiring a real omni-directional image of an unknown skyline in the environment. A set of virtual omni-directional images of known skylines are synthesized from a 3D model of the environment, wherein each virtual omni-directional image is associated with a known location and orientation. The real omni-directional image with each virtual omni-directional images to determine a best matching virtual omni-directional image with the associated known location and orientation.

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AI classification

Vision1.00
Machine learning0.14
Knowledge representation0.11
Evolutionary computation0.00
AI hardware0.00
Natural language0.00
Planning0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.

assignment · 234280852

Assignors

RAMALINGAM, SRIKUMAR, BRAND, MATTHEW, BOUAZIZ, SOFIEN

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