Samsung patents method to build 3D maps by filling gaps in photos
Samsung describes a technique for creating detailed maps of physical spaces by combining real camera footage with computer-generated images. The system uses depth data from photos to place them on a basic map, then uses a generative model to create images for areas the camera did not capture.
In the filing’s own words
This method for generating a space map may include obtaining an initial map of a target space; obtaining a captured image of at least one area of interest in the target space; registering, based on depth information included in the captured image, an actual image to the initial map, the actual image being obtained from the captured image; determining a generation required area for which image generation is required in the initial map to which the actual image is registered; and generating, by using a generative model, an actual map by generating an image for the generation required area.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: obtaining an initial map of a target space; obtaining a captured image of at least one area of interest in the target space; registering, based on depth information included in the captured image, an actual image to the initial map, the actual image being obtained from the captured image; determining a generation required area for which image generation is required in the initial map to which the actual image is registered; and generating, by using a generative model, an actual map by generating an image for the generation required area.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- METHOD FOR GENERATING SPACE MAP INCLUDING ACTUAL IMAGE BY USING IMAGE OBTAINED BY PHOTOGRAPHING SPACE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SAME
- Publication number
- US20260310206A1
- Application number
- 19683105
- Filed
- May 20, 2026
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 17
Classified under
G05D 1/2465 Physics & computingG05D 2109/14 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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