Patents Assigned to NAVVIS GMBH
  • Visual localization
    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
  • Visual localisation
    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
  • Visual localisation
    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
  • Visual localization method
    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
  • Visual localization method
    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
  • Visual localization method
    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