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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
David Bort, Mountain View, CA (US);
David Bort, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, computer programs, and user interfaces are provided to project, by a projection device, a pattern of invisible light onto a surface; position a vehicle at an image capture position on the surface, the vehicle including an image capture device oriented to capture an image of a view at the image capture position; capture, by an invisible light sensor connected to the vehicle, a pattern image at the image capture position, the pattern image including at least a portion of the pattern of invisible light projected onto the surface; and send the pattern image to an application server, the application server determining the image capture position relative to the projection device based on the portion of the pattern of invisible light.