Generating high fidelity spatial maps and pose evolutions

• Main Authors: Edmonds, Christopher Douglas, Bleyer, Michael, Price, Raymond Kirk
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.12.2021
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

Techniques for generating a unified map and for determining a pose evolution are disclosed. A HMD generates images of an environment. Feature points can be identified from those images. The images and/or the feature points are used to generate a map of a previously unmapped environment. The images a...