US 12,146,761 B2
Indoor route mapping
Ryan Scott Elliott, Acworth, GA (US); John Edward Haney, Rosemount, MN (US); Kip Oliver Morgan, Atlanta, GA (US); and Andrew Michael Reusche, Roswell, GA (US)
Assigned to NCR Voyix Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by NCR Voyix Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/489,628.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099770 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/383 (2020.08) [G01C 21/3859 (2020.08); G06F 3/011 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
establishing an Augmented Reality (AR) mapping session with a user who is operating a user device that streams a video;
mapping a physical environment captured for an indoor location in the video to a data structure that comprises a grid and grid cells, wherein mapping further includes:
identifying a first anchor point for the grid from the video that is associated with an entry point object detected within the physical environment of the indoor location;
providing an AR grid object to the user device during the AR mapping session that is superimposed onto the video being viewed by the user on the user device as the data structure is being generated and as the user travels around the indoor location with the user device;
identifying items or objects within each grid cell from the video and associating the items or the objects with a corresponding grid cell within the data structure as the user travels around the indoor location with the user device, wherein identifying further includes:
instructing the user to stop at predefined distances that corresponding to each grid cell and capture specific items or specific objects located within the physical environment of the user in the video at the corresponding grid cell; and
providing the data structure for route generation of routes or paths to one or more of the items or the objects when the mapping session ends.