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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:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Apu Kapadia, Bloomington, IN (US);
Md Zahidur Rahman, Bloomington, IN;
David Crandall, Bloominton, IN (US);
Robert E. Templeman, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignees:
Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 13/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06T 13/00 (2011.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2621 (2013.01); G06T 15/205 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and device for opportunistically collecting images of a location via a mobile device, the device including algorithms that allow the selective winnowing of collected images to facilitate the creation of a 3D model from the images while minimizing the storage needed to hold the pictures.