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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method comprising: obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud about an object; obtaining binary feature descriptors for feature points in a 2D image about the object; assigning a plurality of index values for each feature point as multiple bits of the corresponding binary feature descriptor; storing the binary feature descriptor in a table entry of a plurality of hash key tables of a database image; obtaining query binary feature descriptors for feature points in a query image; matching the query binary feature descriptors to the binary feature descriptors of the database image; reselecting one bit of the hash key of the matched database image; and re-indexing the feature points in the table entries of the hash key table of the database image.