Google Inc.

Rafael Spring

Dragomir Dimitrov Anguelov

John Patrick Flynn

Hartmut Neven

Hartwig Adam

Anand Pillai

James William Philbin

Mark Cummins

David Petrou

The present application discloses systems and methods for estimating a global pose of a device. In some implementations, a method is disclosed that includes causing a detector on a device to record an image of a view from the device, sending to a server a query based on the image, and receiving from the server an estimated global pose of the device. The method further includes determining an updated estimated global pose of the device by causing the detector to record an updated image of an updated view from the device, causing at least one sensor on the device to determine at least one sensor reading corresponding to movement of the device, determining a relative pose of the device based on the updated image and the at least one sensor reading, and, based on the relative pose and the estimated global pose, determining the updated estimated global pose.

Hybrid local and cloud based method for pose determination of a mobile device

A method and apparatus for enabling virtual tags is described. The method may include receiving a first digital image data and virtual tag data to be associated with a real-world object in the first digital image data, wherein the first digital image data is captured by a first mobile device, and the virtual tag data includes metadata received from a user of the first mobile device. The method may also include generating a first digital signature from the first digital image data that describes the real-world object, and in response to the generation, inserting in substantially real-time the first digital signature into a searchable index of digital images. The method may also include storing, in a tag database, the virtual tag data and an association between the virtual tag data and the first digital signature inserted into the index of digital images.

Method and apparatus for enabling virtual tags

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Rafael Spring