US 11,727,661 B2
Method and system for determining at least one property related to at least part of a real environment
Darko Stanimirovic, Backa Topola (RS); and Daniel Kurz, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/878,296.
Application 16/878,296 is a continuation of application No. 15/516,548, granted, now 10,719,727, previously published as PCT/EP2014/071032, filed on Oct. 1, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0279121 A1, Sep. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 10/143 (2022.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 10/143 (2022.01) [G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/248 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20212 (2013.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining at least one property related to at least part of a real environment, comprising:
obtaining, from a first camera, a thermal image capturing a real environment;
identifying an object in the thermal image based on thermal properties in the thermal image corresponding to thermal properties of at least one class of real objects;
determining a region in the thermal image corresponding to the object;
obtaining, from a second camera, a visual image capturing the real environment;
extracting a set of image features from a first portion of the visual image that excludes a second portion of the visual image corresponding to the determined region in the thermal image; and
performing a computer vision operation on the visual image using the extracted image features from the first portion of the visual image.