Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Navigating using an indoor map representation
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Application No.: US14851617Application Date: 2015-09-11
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Publication No.: US09472004B2Publication Date: 2016-10-18
- Inventor: Guanfeng Li , Faen Zhang , Feng Wang
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00 ; G06T11/40 ; G01C21/20 ; H04W4/04

Abstract:
A method and system for providing an indoor map representation are provided herein. Aspects of this disclosure provide a representation of an indoor map environment whereby navigable areas are represented by a series of convex polygons in adjacency relationships with one another. Image analysis may be performed on a floor plan image to identify navigable areas and to determine the boundaries of the polygons, such as by assigning one or more colors to navigable space and one or more colors to non-navigable space. Route-finding operations may be performed using the adjacency relationships to find a path from a source area to a destination area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160055661A1 NAVIGATING USING AN INDOOR MAP REPRESENTATION Public/Granted day:2016-02-25
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