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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2023
Applicant:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Piotr Gurgul, Hergiswil, CH;

Sharon Moll, Lachen, CH;

Assignee:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G06V 40/11 (2022.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses, computer readable medium, and methods for image capturing while circumnavigating objects using mobile devices are disclosed. Example methods include capturing an image, processing the image to identify an object within the image, determining a path around the object and a number of images to capture of the object, dividing the path by the number of images to determine a number of waypoints, and navigating the mobile device to the waypoints and capturing an image of the object at each waypoint of the waypoints. Examples include a person pointing at an object and the mobile device identifying the object based on the person pointing at the object. The mobile device determines a bounding box and a geometric center of the bounding box to determine the path to circumnavigate the object. The mobile device determines a height above a ground to assist in navigation.


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