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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Navvis Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Munich, DE;
Anas Al-Nuaimi, Munich, DE;
Robert Huitl, Munich, DE;
Georg Schroth, Munich, DE;
Florian Schweiger, Rohrbach, DE;
Eckehard Steinbach, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
NAVVIS GMBH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2009.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30259 (2013.01); G06F 17/3028 (2013.01); G06F 17/30241 (2013.01); G06K 9/6215 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0623 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a visual localization method comprising: (a) transmitting data representative of one or more detected visual features from a mobile device to a server; (b) estimating the location of the mobile device at the server based on the visual features received from the mobile device; (c) transmitting reference data associated with the estimated location from the server to the mobile device; and (d) the mobile device determining its location based on the reference data received from the server.