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Samsung patents camera-based room mapping for smart devices

Samsung describes a method where a device uses a camera to scan a room and identify the location of other gadgets. It processes the image to create a 2D map showing the room's shape and where each device is placed.

Why it mattersThis could simplify the setup process for smart home systems by automatically detecting and placing devices on a digital floor plan.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic apparatus including a user interface, a camera, a memory, and a processor. The electronic apparatus receives an input of a first user command for generating a map showing arrangement state of at least one device existing in a specific region, based on the first user command being input, obtains an image by capturing the specific region and the at least one device through a camera, obtains information associated with a size and a shape of the specific region based on the image, obtains identification information and arrangement information for the at least one device by recognizing the at least one device included in the image, and generates a map for the specific region based on the information on the size and the shape of the specific region and the identification information and the arrangement information for the at least one device.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a user interface; a camera; a memory; and a processor configured to: based on a user request being input through the user interface, obtain an image, captured through the camera, corresponding to a specific region and at least one device; obtain information corresponding to the specific region and identification information and arrangement information for the at least one device included in the image based on the image; and generate a map to be displayed as geometric representations without the image captured through the camera, the generated map corresponding to the arrangement information for the at least one device in the specific region based on the information corresponding to the specific region, the identification information and the arrangement information for the at least one device, wherein the map includes an outline corresponding to a size and a shape of the specific region in a top view and an icon corresponding to the identification information and the arrangement information for the at least one device.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Electronic apparatus and method for controlling thereof
Patent number
US12743856B2
Application number
18197906
Filed
May 16, 2023
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
15

Classified under

G06T 19/006 Physics & computingG06T 3/60 Physics & computingG06V 10/25 Physics & computingH04N 23/698 Electricity & electronics
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