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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:
Oct. 07, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2009
Applicants:

Xin Chen, Evanston, IL (US);

Xiangheng Yang, Glenview, IL (US);

Roger B. Hui, Northbrook, IL (US);

Narayanan Alwar, South Barrington, IL (US);

Inventors:

Xin Chen, Evanston, IL (US);

Xiangheng Yang, Glenview, IL (US);

Roger B. Hui, Northbrook, IL (US);

Narayanan Alwar, South Barrington, IL (US);

Assignee:

HERE Global B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/00 (2011.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01); G01S 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/16 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G01C 11/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, devices, features, and methods for determining geographic position information from an image are disclosed. For example, one method for determining the geographic position information is used to develop a navigation database. The method comprises capturing a plurality of images of geographic features by a camera mounted on a vehicle or a pedestrian. A single image from the plurality of images is identified or selected. A real-world ground distance between a reference ground point in the single image and a ground point corresponding to an object in the single image is determined based on determined calibration values corresponding to the camera. Real-world geographic position information, such as a latitude coordinate and a longitude coordinate, of the ground point corresponding to the object in the single image is determined based on the determined real-world ground distance.


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