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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Anselm Grundhoefer, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Norris, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mohamed Selim Ben Himane, Milpitas, CA (US);
Paul Ewers, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott G. Wade, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shih-Sang (Carnaven) Chiu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas G. Salter, Foster City, CA (US);
Tom Sengelaub, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Viral N. Parekh, Redwood City, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine the relative positioning (e.g., offset) between a mobile electronic device and a visual marker. In some implementations, the determined relative positioning and a known position of the visual marker are used to determine a position (e.g., geo coordinates) of the mobile electronic device that is more accurate than existing techniques. In some implementations, the determined relative positioning is used with a position of the mobile electronic device to crowd source the stored position of the visual marker. In some implementations, the determined relative positioning and a position of the visual marker are used to determine a position of an object detected in an image by the mobile electronic device. In some implementations at an electronic device having a processor, locally-determined locations of a visual marker are received from mobile electronic devices that scan a visual marker.