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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2012
Yasutaka Furukawa, Bellevue, WA (US);
Steven Maxwell Seitz, Seattle, WA (US);
Jianxiong Xiao, Cambridge, MA (US);
Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Robert Gallup, Lynwood, WA (US);
Yasutaka Furukawa, Bellevue, WA (US);
Steven Maxwell Seitz, Seattle, WA (US);
Jianxiong Xiao, Cambridge, MA (US);
Carlos Hernandez Esteban, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Robert Gallup, Lynwood, WA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
System and methods for generating a model of an environment are provided. In some aspects, a system includes a layer module configured to identify one or more layers of the environment based on a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) points mapping the environment. The system also includes a layout module configured to generate a layout for each layer. Each layout includes a two-dimensional (2D) model of the environment. The system also includes a construction module configured to generate a 3D model of the environment based on the 2D model of each layout.