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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Trimble Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Trimble Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G01B 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G01B 21/16 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
Abstract
A method for positioning an augmented reality (AR) model of a building or area of construction relative to an image of the building or area of construction as displayed on a handheld device. The AR model is positioned so that vertical surfaces of the AR model are aligned with vertical surfaces of the building or area of construction and a horizontal surface of the AR model is aligned with an associated horizontal surface of the building or area of construction.