Determining relative electronic device positioning based on fusing ultra-wideband data and visual data

    公开(公告)号:US12241960B1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US17008767

    申请日:2020-09-01

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine a transform relating poses of two mobile electronic devices using range date from a ultra-wideband (UWB) sensor and movement data from captured images. In some implementations, a distance is determined between a first mobile device and a second mobile device based on a UWB signal transmitted between the first mobile device and the second mobile device. In some implementations, first movement data corresponding to movement of the first mobile device and second movement data corresponding to movement of the second mobile device are received. The first movement data based on a camera or a sensor on the first mobile device. The second movement data is based on a camera or a sensor on the second mobile device. Then, a transform is determined that relates a pose of the first mobile device to a pose of the second mobile device based on the distance, the first movement data, and the second movement data.

    Methods for Camera Calibration via Bundle Adjustment

    公开(公告)号:US20240104778A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US18466426

    申请日:2023-09-13

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06T7/85 G02B27/0172 H04N13/246 G02B2027/0134

    Abstract: Methods for performing a camera calibration process for outward-facing cameras on devices such as head-mounted display devices are disclosed. Using cameras with overlapping fields of view, relative rotational parameters of the cameras with respect to one another may be determined using an optimization technique such as a two-view bundle adjustment algorithm. A statistical analysis of the relative rotational parameters of the cameras, determined for a plurality of moments in time, may then be made to provide updated relative rotational parameters for recalibration of the cameras. A camera calibration process, such as those disclosed, may not depend on tracking points of interest over multiple moments in time, but rather on a convergence of the relative rotational parameters determined for respective moments in time.

    Localized Map Generation
    15.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180283877A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-04

    申请号:US15923775

    申请日:2018-03-16

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A method of creating a local map includes: receiving, at a mobile electronic data processing apparatus, a request from a server to generate a map of a specified destination; sending to the server a message accepting the request to generate the map responsive to receiving, at a user input of the mobile electronic data processing device, a user command indicating acceptance of the request; generating, using a processor, information related to construction of the map; an transmitting, from the mobile electronic data processing apparatus, the information related to construction of the map.

    Visual Inertial Odometry Health Fitting
    20.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190164040A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-30

    申请号:US15926557

    申请日:2018-03-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media to track and estimate the accuracy of a visual inertial odometry (VIO) system. Various embodiments are able to receive one or more VIO feature measurements associated with a set of image frames from a VIO system and generate a plurality of feature models to estimate health values for the VIO system. The various embodiments determine a plurality of feature health values with the feature models based on the VIO feature measurements and compare the feature health values with ground truth health scores associated with the set of image frames to determine one or more errors. The feature model parameters are updated based on the comparison with the feature health values with ground truth health scores.

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