US 12,406,440 B2
Creation and use of virtual places
Gary Stephen Shuster, Fresno, CA (US); and Brian Mark Shuster, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to PFAQUTRUMA RESEARCH LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by PFAQUTRUMA RESEARCH LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/109,165.
Application 18/109,165 is a continuation of application No. 17/216,536, filed on Mar. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,605,203.
Application 17/216,536 is a continuation of application No. 15/457,850, filed on Mar. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,984,594, issued on Apr. 20, 2021.
Application 15/457,850 is a continuation of application No. 14/247,190, filed on Apr. 7, 2014, granted, now 9,595,136, issued on Mar. 14, 2017.
Application 14/247,190 is a continuation of application No. 13/155,380, filed on Jun. 7, 2011, granted, now 8,694,553, issued on Apr. 8, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/375,394, filed on Aug. 20, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/352,071, filed on Jun. 7, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/352,237, filed on Jun. 7, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2023/0196683 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06T 15/04 (2011.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/10 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 19/003 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06T 15/04 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 17/10 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device comprising one or more processors and non-transitory memory:
obtaining, from a camera, one or more images of a physical place;
measuring a signal strength of a wireless signal at a plurality of locations in the physical place, including recording the signal strength at a plurality of locations within the physical place;
creating, in the non-transitory memory, a three-dimensional model of the physical place based on the one or more images and using the recorded signal strength, including mapping anchor points representing the recorded signal strength at the plurality of locations in the physical place in the three-dimensional model; and
providing a virtual world interactive user interface accessing the three-dimensional model of the physical place with suggestions of a placement location of an object, including using the anchor points representing the recorded signal strength in the three-dimensional model to assist a person in placing the object at the suggested placement location within the physical place.