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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Giancarlo Yerkes, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Aitor Aldoma Buchaca, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Na Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Oliver Montague Dunkley, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06T 11/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06T 11/40 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2016 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device: obtains a plurality of sets of images; synthesizes a three-dimensional point cloud for each of the plurality of sets of images; constructs planes using the respective three-dimensional point clouds; and generates a merged set of quadtrees characterizing a merged set of planes across the three-dimensional point clouds.