US 12,131,501 B2
System and method for automated estimation of 3D orientation of a physical asset
Ujwal Bhate, Pune (IN); Ninad Jayant Kulkarni, Mumbai (IN); Mohammedshadab Mohammedaslam Shaikh, Ahmedabad (IN); Arnab Chakravarty, Kolkata (IN); Pratyush Choubey, Sagar (IN); Neeraj Kumar Gulia, Sonipat (IN); and Jigar Sanjay Shah, Hubli (IN)
Assigned to Infosys Limited, Bangalore (IN)
Filed by Infosys Limited, Bangalore (IN)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/394,175.
Claims priority of application No. 202141014008 (IN), filed on Mar. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0309708 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/75 (2017.01) [G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30184 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automated orientation estimation of a physical asset, comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a plurality of images of a physical asset captured from multiple view angles using an image capturing device and sensor data about the image capturing device associated with and obtained during the capture of the plurality of images;
generating, by the processor, one or more segmentation masks of the physical asset in each of the plurality of images, wherein each of the generated one or more segmentation masks in each image is indicative of each pixel in the image that belongs to the physical asset;
tracking, by the processor, the generated one or more segmentation masks of the physical asset across the plurality of images;
composing, by the processor, a 3-dimensional model of the physical asset based on the one or more segmentation masks tracked across the plurality of images; and
determining, by the processor, the orientation of the physical asset by computing a cardinal axis of the 3-dimensional model, wherein the orientation is a combination of an inclination of the physical asset and an azimuth of the physical asset.