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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Alan Sheridan, Apex, NC (US);
Charles Armstrong, San Jose, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure generally relate to determining the location and orientation of panoramic images by a computing apparatus. One or more computing devices may receive alignment data between a first panoramic image and second panoramic image and original location data for the first panoramic image and the second panoramic image. The one or more computing devices may determine relative orientations between the pair of panoramic images based on the alignment data and calculate a heading from the first panoramic image to the second panoramic image based on the original location data. The location data and alignment data may be optimized by the one or more computing devices based on the relative orientations between the pair of panoramic images and the original location data. The one or more computing devices may replace the original location data and relative orientations with the optimized relative orientations and optimized location data.