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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2018
Zillow Group, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Alex Colburn, Seattle, WA (US);
Qi Shan, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Ramin Mehran, Kirkland, WA (US);
Li Guan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Zillow Group, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations to generate mapping information using inter-connected images of a defined area, and for using the generated mapping information in further automated manners. In at least some situations, the defined area includes an interior of a multi-room building, and the generated information includes a floor map of the building, such as from an automated analysis of multiple panorama images or other images acquired at various viewing locations within the building—in at least some such situations, the generating is further performed without having detailed information about distances from the images' viewing locations to walls or other objects in the surrounding building. The generated floor map and other mapping-related information may be used in various manners, including for controlling navigation of devices (e.g., autonomous vehicles), for display on one or more client devices in corresponding graphical user interfaces, etc.