IMAGE-BASED SURFACE TRACKING
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1. A method of image-based positioning comprising:
- (A) performing an image-capture of a scene by using an image capturing device;
and(B) determining the position coordinates of said image capturing device by analyzing a set of images.
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Abstract
A method of image-tracking by using an image capturing device (12). The method comprises: performing an image-capture of a scene (54) by using an image capturing device; and tracking movement (62) of the image capturing device (12) by analyzing a set of images by using an image processing algorithm (64).
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1. A method of image-based positioning comprising:
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(A) performing an image-capture of a scene by using an image capturing device; and (B) determining the position coordinates of said image capturing device by analyzing a set of images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of image-tracking comprising:
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(A) performing an image-capture of a scene by using an image capturing device; (B) obtaining a set of scene depth data by using a range measurement device selected from the group consisting of;
{a point laser beam;
a sonar;
a radar;
a laser scanner; and
a depth camera};and (C) tracking movement of said image capturing device by analyzing said set of images. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An apparatus for image-tracking comprising:
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(A) an image capturing device configured to perform an image-capture of a scene; and (B) a means for tracking movement of said image capturing device by analyzing a set of images. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. An article comprising:
- a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, result in a computing platform having the capability to perform an image-tracking of an image capturing device by executing an algorithm further comprising;
(A) storing a set of image-captured data of a scene obtained by said image capturing device; and (B) tracking movement of said image capturing device by analyzing said set of image-captured data.
- a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, result in a computing platform having the capability to perform an image-tracking of an image capturing device by executing an algorithm further comprising;
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51. A method of image-based positioning comprising:
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(A) performing image-recording of a scene by using an image capturing device. (B) performing an initial image analysis to determine suitability of recorded images (C) obtaining a set of depth data of said scene by pre-surveying said scene; (D) using scene understanding techniques to discard unsuitable regions of images of broadly defined features for tracking, wherein said broadly defined features are selected from the group consisting of; points;
representations of regions; and
representations of contours;and (E) tracking movement of said image capturing device by analyzing a set of suitably recorded images. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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