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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihito Seki, Kanagawa, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A movement assisting device includes an imaging unit to take first and second images of an imaging unit from first and second viewpoints; a first calculator to calculate, using the first and second images, first position and orientation of the imaging unit at the first viewpoint and calculate second position and orientation of the imaging unit at the second viewpoint; a second calculator to calculate, using the first and second positions and the first and second orientations, and calculate a first angle between a first axis based on a first optical axis of the imaging unit at the first viewpoint, and a second axis based on a second optical axis at the second viewpoint; a third calculator to calculate the next viewpoint positioned in direction of increase of the first angle; and an output unit to output information prompting movement of the imaging unit in direction of the next viewpoint.