US 12,298,768 B2
Image capturing while circumnavigating objects using mobile devices
Piotr Gurgul, Hergiswil (CH); and Sharon Moll, Lachen (CH)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/136,166.
Prior Publication US 2024/0353835 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G05D 1/0094 (2013.01) [B64U 10/14 (2023.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G06V 40/11 (2022.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An apparatus of a mobile device comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to perform operations comprising:
capturing an image using an image capturing device of the mobile device;
processing the image to identify a pointing hand depicted in the image, and to identify an object, depicted in the image, based on a direction of the pointing hand;
determining a path around the object;
determine a number of waypoints by dividing the path by a number of images to capture of the object; and
navigating the mobile device to the number of waypoints and capturing an image of the object at each waypoint of the number of waypoints.