Landmark data collection method and landmark building modeling method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12573147-B2
Application number	US-202118251229-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2021
Priority date	Oct 29, 2020
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

A landmark data collection method includes: determining (S 100 ) a first basic collection point (A), a second basic collection point (B), and a third basic collection point (C) sequentially in an observation area of a landmark building; and collecting (S 200 ) photos of the landmark building based on each of the first basic collection point (A), the second basic collection point (B), and the third basic collection point (C) to obtain landmark data of the landmark building. A photo of the landmark building is taken by a camera at the i-th basic collection point; and a collection point is determined at every predetermined distance interval as the camera is moved in a counterclockwise direction and/or a clockwise direction, and the photo of the landmark building is taken by the camera at the collection point, until the camera is moved out of the observation area, where i=1, 2, 3.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A landmark data collection method, comprising:
determining a first basic collection point, a second basic collection point, and a third basic collection point sequentially in an observation area of a landmark building; and collecting photos of the landmark building based on each of the first basic collection point, the second basic collection point, and the third basic collection point to obtain landmark data of the landmark building, wherein when a photo of the landmark building is taken by a camera at the first basic collection point, in a camera picture, at least one of a first ratio, of a size of imaging of the landmark building in a first direction to a size of the camera picture in the first direction, or a second ratio, of a size of the imaging of the landmark building in a second direction to a size of the camera picture in the second direction, is greater than or equal to 85%, when a photo of the landmark building is taken by the camera at the second basic collection point, in the camera picture, a ratio of a size of imaging of the landmark building in the first direction to the size of the camera picture in the first direction is approximately 45% to 55% of the first ratio, and the third basic collection point is approximately a midpoint between the first basic collection point and the second basic collection point, wherein said collecting the photos of the landmark building based on the i-th basic collection point comprises: taking a photo of the landmark building by the camera at the i-th basic collection point; and moving the camera in at least one of a counterclockwise direction or a clockwise direction in the observation area, with the i-th basic collection point being a starting point; and determining a collection point at every predetermined distance interval, and taking a photo of the landmark building by the camera at the collection point, until the camera is moved out of the observation area, wherein during the movement of the camera, the camera faces the landmark building, and in the camera picture, a ratio of a size of imaging of the landmark building in the first direction to the size of the camera picture in the first direction remains substantially unchanged, where i=1, 2, 3.

2 . The collection method of claim 1 , wherein when the photo of the landmark building is taken by the camera at each of the first basic collection point, the second basic collection point, and the third basic collection point, the camera faces substantially right to a main identification part of the landmark building, and in the camera picture, the imaging of the landmark building comprises imaging of the main identification part.

3 . The collection method of claim 1 , wherein the first direction is substantially in parallel to a height direction of the imaging of the landmark building in the camera picture, and the second direction is substantially in parallel to a width direction of the imaging of the landmark building in the camera picture.

4 . The collection method of claim 3 , wherein the first direction is a vertical direction of the camera picture, and the second direction is a horizontal direction of the camera picture.

5 . The collection method of claim 1 , wherein the observation area is not a 360-degree observation area, and
said moving the camera in at least one of the counterclockwise direction or the clockwise direction in the observation area, with the i-th basic collection point being the starting point; and determining the collection point at every predetermined distance interval, and taking the photo of the landmark building by the camera at the collection point, until the camera is moved out of the observation area comprises: moving the camera in each of the counterclockwise direction and the clockwise direction in the observation area, with the i-th basic collection point being the starting point; and determining the collection point at every predetermined distance interval, and taking the photo of the landmark building by the camera at the collection point, until the camera is moved out of the observation area.

6 . The collection method of claim 1 , wherein the observation area is a 360-degree observation area, and
said moving the camera in at least one of the counterclockwise direction or the clockwise direction in the observation area, with the i-th basic collection point being the starting point; and determining the collection point at every predetermined distance interval, and taking the photo of the landmark building by the camera at the collection point, until the camera is moved out of the observation area comprises: moving the camera in the counterclockwise direction or the clockwise direction in the observation area, with the i-th basic collection point being the starting point; and determining the collection point at every predetermined distance interval, and taking the photo of the landmark building by the camera at the collection point, until the camera is moved back to the i-th basic collection point.

7 . The collection method of claim 1 , wherein in the process of collecting the photos of the landmark building based on the i-th basic collection point, photos collected at two adjacent collection points have at least an 80% overlap area between each other.

8 . The collection method of claim 1 , wherein in the process of collecting the photos of the landmark building based on the i-th basic collection point, in response to that the landmark building is unable to be captured completely in one photo taken by the camera at any collection point, a plurality of photos are taken of the landmark building by rotating the camera at the collection point to capture the landmark building completely, wherein any two consecutive photos in the plurality of photos of the landmark building have at least a 50% overlap area between each other.

9 . The collection method of claim 8 , wherein in the process of collecting the photos of the landmark building based on the i-th basic collection point, in a case where a photo X 1 of the landmark building is collected at one of two adjacent collection points, and a plurality of photos of the landmark building are collected at the other one of the two adjacent collection points, at least one photo X 2 in the plurality of photos of the landmark building collected at the other one of the two adjacent collection points has at least an 80% overlap area with the photo X 1 .

10 . The collection method of claim 8 , wherein in the process of collecting the photos of the landmark building based on the i-th basic collection point, in a case where a plurality of photos of the landmark building are collected at each of two adjacent collection points, at least one photo X 1 in the plurality of photos of the landmark building collected at one of the two adjacent collection points and at least one photo X 2 in the plurality of photos of the landmark building collected at the other one of the two adjacent collection points have at least an 80% overlap area between each other.

11 . The collection method of claim 1 , wherein in the process of collecting the photos of the landmark building based on the i-th basic collection point, the predetermined distance interval is an equal distance interval or an unequal distance interval.

12 . The collection method of claim 1 , wherein in the process of collecting the photos of the landmark building based on the i-th basic collection point, a center point of the landmark building is taken as a vertex O, and an angle ∠POQ formed by any two adjacent collection points P and Q and the vertex O ranges from 1 degree to 1.5 degree.

13 . The coll

Assignees

• Bytedance Inc

Inventors

• Chen Zhili
• Luo Linjie
• Yang Xiao
• Yang Jianchao
• Liu Jing
• Wang Guohui

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