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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Inventors:
Noah Snavely, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel Huttenlocher, Trumansburg, NY (US);
Yungpeng Li, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0044 (2013.01); G06F 17/30247 (2013.01); G06K 9/00664 (2013.01); G06T 7/0046 (2013.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01);
Abstract
System and methods for determining where a digital photograph was taken by estimating the camera pose with respect to a global scale three-dimensional database. Accurate location and orientation of the digital photograph is established through feature correspondence and geometry estimated from photograph collections.