Accounting for atmospheric and terrestrial obstacles in geographic positioning

    公开(公告)号:US12287412B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-29

    申请号:US17968398

    申请日:2022-10-18

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: A position fix identifying a geographic location of a receiver is received. The position fix was generated using signals received at the receiver from respective high-altitude signal sources (such as satellites). Imagery of a geographic area that includes the geographic location is also received. The imagery is automatically processed to determine whether one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated. In response to determining that one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated, the position fix is identified as being potentially erroneous.

    Worldwide Coordinate Frame Defined by Data Set Correspondences

    公开(公告)号:US20220244056A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17621866

    申请日:2019-06-26

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for generating a geodetic datum. The geodetic datum can establish a coordinate system and/or a set of reference points that describe the respective locations of a portion or all of Earth and/or objects located thereon. In general, a computing system can generate the geodetic datum using various sensor data from one or more sources including: satellite imagery, aerial imagery, aerial light detection and ranging data (LIDAR), ground-level imagery, ground-level LIDAR, and/or other forms of sensor data. This data can be used as a reference dataset that can be combined with additional sensor data (e.g., a second dataset) to determine correspondences between overlapping areas represented in the datasets. Continuing this process for regions that collectively cover the Earth can be used to create a geodetic datum of the entire Earth, without using a mathematic abstraction of the Earth surface.

    Accounting for Atmospheric and Terrestrial Obstacles in Geographic Positioning

    公开(公告)号:US20210063584A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US17085187

    申请日:2020-10-30

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: A position fix identifying a geographic location of a receiver is received. The position fix was generated using signals received at the receiver from respective high-altitude signal sources (such as satellites). Imagery of a geographic area that includes the geographic location is also received. The imagery is automatically processed to determine whether one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated. In response to determining that one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated, the position fix is identified as being potentially erroneous.

    Accounting for atmospheric and terrestrial obstacles in geographic positioning

    公开(公告)号:US11506795B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-22

    申请号:US17085187

    申请日:2020-10-30

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: A position fix identifying a geographic location of a receiver is received. The position fix was generated using signals received at the receiver from respective high-altitude signal sources (such as satellites). Imagery of a geographic area that includes the geographic location is also received. The imagery is automatically processed to determine whether one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated. In response to determining that one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated, the position fix is identified as being potentially erroneous.

    Worldwide coordinate frame defined by data set correspondences

    公开(公告)号:US12241747B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US17621866

    申请日:2019-06-26

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for generating a geodetic datum. The geodetic datum can establish a coordinate system and/or a set of reference points that describe the respective locations of a portion or all of Earth and/or objects located thereon. In general, a computing system can generate the geodetic datum using various sensor data from one or more sources including: satellite imagery, aerial imagery, aerial light detection and ranging data (LIDAR), ground-level imagery, ground-level LIDAR, and/or other forms of sensor data. This data can be used as a reference dataset that can be combined with additional sensor data (e.g., a second dataset) to determine correspondences between overlapping areas represented in the datasets. Continuing this process for regions that collectively cover the Earth can be used to create a geodetic datum of the entire Earth, without using a mathematic abstraction of the Earth surface.

    Accounting for Atmospheric and Terrestrial Obstacles in Geographic Positioning

    公开(公告)号:US20230040113A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17968398

    申请日:2022-10-18

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: A position fix identifying a geographic location of a receiver is received. The position fix was generated using signals received at the receiver from respective high-altitude signal sources (such as satellites). Imagery of a geographic area that includes the geographic location is also received. The imagery is automatically processed to determine whether one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated. In response to determining that one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated, the position fix is identified as being potentially erroneous.

    Image registration with device data

    公开(公告)号:US10282856B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-07

    申请号:US15714353

    申请日:2017-09-25

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: Systems and methods for image registration using data collected by an electronic device, such as a mobile device, capable of simultaneous localization and mapping are provided. An electronic device, such as a mobile device, can be can be configured to collect data using a variety of sensors as the device is carried or transported through a space. The collected data can be processed and analyzed to generate a three-dimensional representation of the space and objects in the space in near real time as the device is carried through the space. The data can be used for a variety of purposes, including registering imagery for localization and image processing.

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