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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2020
Deepmap Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ronghua Zhang, Campbell, CA (US);
Derik Schroeter, Fremont, CA (US);
Mengxi Wu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Di Zeng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Operations may comprise obtaining a plurality of light detection and ranging (LIDAR) scans of a region. The operations may also comprise identifying a plurality of LIDAR poses that correspond to the plurality of LIDAR scans. In addition, the operations may comprise identifying, as a plurality of keyframes, a plurality of images of the region that are captured during capturing of the plurality of LIDAR scans. The operations may also comprise determining, based on the plurality of LIDAR poses, a plurality of camera poses that correspond to the keyframes. Further, the operations may comprise identifying a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) keypoints in the keyframes. The operations also may comprise generating one or more three-dimensional (3D) keypoints based on the plurality of 2D keypoints and the respective camera poses of the plurality of keyframes.