Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Utilizing camera to assist with indoor pedestrian navigation
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Application No.: US14939529Application Date: 2015-11-12
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Publication No.: US10012509B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Nazih Almalki , Robert George Oliver
- Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Agency: Rowand LLP
- Main IPC: G01C21/20
- IPC: G01C21/20 ; H04W4/04 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/247 ; G06T7/00 ; G06T7/20

Abstract:
A method for estimating the location of a mobile device in an indoor facility is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first sequence of image frames captured by a first camera, the first sequence of image frames being captured when the first camera is substantially faced toward a ceiling of the indoor facility; for each pair of consecutive image frames in the first sequence: identifying a transformation between the pair of image frames, and correlating the transformation with an estimated change in position of the mobile device; obtaining a first sequence of displacements based on the estimated changes in position of the mobile device for the pairs of consecutive image frames in the first sequence; and determining the current location of the mobile device within the indoor facility based on an initial location of the mobile device and the first sequence of displacements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170138740A1 UTILIZING CAMERA TO ASSIST WITH INDOOR PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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