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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/40 (2013.01); G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); G06K 9/6202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for determining a building location based on a building image. In the context of a method, the method includes receiving an image including at least one building, extracting building texture features from the image, and receiving reference building texture features. The method also includes determining, using a processor, building texture features comparisons between building texture features and reference building texture features which satisfy a predetermined match threshold and determining a matching building location based upon the building texture features comparison.