Patent Document ID: 20130278755
Application ID: 13783878
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of spatially referencing a plurality of images captured from a plurality of different locations within an indoor space by determining the locations from which the plurality of images were captured, comprising: obtaining a plurality of distance-referenced panoramas of an indoor space captured from a plurality of different locations in the indoor space, the distance-referenced panoramas each comprising: a plurality of distance-referenced images each captured from one location among the plurality of different locations in the indoor space and at a different azimuth from the other distance-referenced images captured from the one location; a plurality of distance measurements, each distance measurement being indicative of a distance between the one location and a feature depicted in a corresponding one of the distance-referenced images; a plurality of orientation indicators each indicative of the azimuth of the corresponding one of the distance-referenced images; wherein each of the plurality of distance measurements is associated with the corresponding one of the distance-referenced images and one of the plurality of orientation indicators; determining the location of each of the distance-referenced panoramas based on the plurality of distance measurements and the plurality of orientation indicators by: determining whether the indoor space is rectangular based on the plurality of distance measurements and the plurality of orientation indicators by comparing the sum of opposing distance measurements at different locations; and upon determining that the indoor space is rectangular, determining the location of each of the distance-referenced panoramas by calculating coordinates relative to an origin; and associating in memory the determined locations with the plurality of distance-referenced images captured from the determined location.