Patents Assigned to NAVVIS GMBH
  • Patent number: 11887247
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of visual localization, comprising: generating a plurality of virtual views, wherein each of the virtual views is associated with a location; obtaining a query image; determining the location where the query image was obtained on the basis of a comparison of the query image with said virtual views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NAVVIS GMBH
    Inventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Sebastian Hilsenbeck
  • Patent number: 11803586
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: NavVis GmbH
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20230142545
    Abstract: A device and method for precise selection of a space coordinate by means of a digital image. A digital image of surface elements in a three-dimensional space and a point cloud are provided, with space coordinates allocated to the points which form the point cloud, and surface elements allocated to the points in the three-dimensional space. The surface elements in the three-dimensional space are visualised by a first display. A pixel of the digital image is tagged, and approximated space coordinates for the tagged pixel are determined, which correspond to the surface element visualised by the tagged pixel in three-dimensional space. Subsequently, a supplementary view is superimposed, which displays the points of the point cloud located within a limited three-dimensional environment of the approximate space coordinates determined for the tagged pixel in a second display. Finally, a point of the point cloud is selected in the supplementary view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NavVis GmbH
    Inventors: Fahad MANSOOR, Robert HUITL, Raphael NEBLICH, Lisa CALI, Tamino HARTMAN, Stefan ROMBERG, Georg SCHROTH
  • Publication number: 20220257001
    Abstract: A frame for a scanning device includes a supporting device for fitting and carrying the frame by a person. The supporting device has a shoulder rest for placing the frame on the person's shoulders. The frame further includes an upper frame section, to which a first holder for the scanning device is fastened, with the first holder located above the person's head when the person is carrying the frame by means of the supporting device. The frame further has a contact part which is connected via a bracket to the shoulder rest, with the contact part located at the level of the person's hip region when the person is carrying the frame by means of the supporting device. A spatial detection device includes a scanning device and a frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NavVis GmbH
    Inventors: Nils CHRISTENSEN, Prashant DOSHI, Tim HABIGT, Michael JASCHKE, Mandolin MAIDT, Malte PLISZEWSKI, Georg SCHROTH, Christian WERNER
  • Patent number: 11094123
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of visual localization, comprising: generating a plurality of virtual views, wherein each of the virtual views is associated with a location; obtaining a query image; determining the location where the query image was obtained on the basis of a comparison of the query image with said virtual views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: NAVVIS GMBH
    Inventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Sebastian Hilsenbeck
  • Publication number: 20210132195
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus for capturing an object space includes a frame and at least one single scanner mounted on the frame and a multiple scanner mounted on the frame above the single scanner. This multiple scanner has a plurality of emission units integrated in one component, a receiver for detecting reflected rays, and a scanning device for changing the emission directions of the signal beams of the emission units. Furthermore, the mobile apparatus has an evaluation device which is designed to generate and output in real time, at least from the reflected rays detected by the receiver, a graphical representation of those areas of the object space through which the mobile apparatus can be moved and/or has been moved. Finally, the mobile apparatus has a data interface designed to output data to a memory device for post-processing. A corresponding method for capturing an object space is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: NavVis GmbH
    Inventors: Mandolin MAIDT, Andreas GOEBEL, Stefan ROMBERG, Georg SCHROTH, Michael JASCHKE, Prashant DOSHI, Sarah GODOJ, Hernando Samuel PINZON HOLGUIN, Matthias WAGNER, Humberto ALVAREZ-HEREDIA, Neeti TYAGI, Paul ZELLER, Christian WERNER
  • Patent number: 10956489
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NavVis GmbH
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Patent number: 10585938
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: NavVis GmbH
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Patent number: 10319146
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of visual localization, comprising: generating a plurality of virtual views, wherein each of the virtual views is associated with a location; obtaining a query image; determining the location where the query image was obtained on the basis of a comparison of the query image with said virtual views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: NAVVIS GMBH
    Inventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Sebastian Hilsenbeck
  • Patent number: 10229136
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: NAVVIS GMBH
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Patent number: 9946733
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NAVVIS GMBH
    Inventors: Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Robert Huitl, Georg Schroth, Florian Schweiger, Eckehard Steinbach
  • Patent number: 9641981
    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 5 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: NAVVIS GMBH
    Inventors: Eckehard Steinbach, Georg Schroth, Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan, Robert Huitl, Anas Al-Nuaimi, Florian Schweiger
  • Patent number: D909896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: NavVis GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Jaschke, Andreas Goebel, Mandolin Maidt
  • Patent number: D941294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: NavVis GmbH
    Inventors: Sarah Godoj, Nils Christensen, Mandolin Maidt