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Samsung patents method to turn 2D indoor maps into 3D models

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes an electronic device that takes a flat 2D map of an indoor space and simplifies it using movement data from another device. The device then uses this simplified data to create a 3D map of the area.

Why it mattersThis could improve how phones or other devices navigate inside buildings by creating more detailed 3D models from basic 2D data.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a communication interface, memory storing one or more computer programs, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the memory. The one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to obtain a 2-dimensional (2D) map of an indoor space generated based on sensing data, and traveling data obtained by at least one external device, simplify the obtained 2D map, based on the traveling data, and generate a 3-dimensional (3D) map, based on the simplified 2D map.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device, comprising: a communication interface; memory storing one or more computer programs; and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to: obtain a 2-dimensional (2D) map of an indoor space generated based on sensing data, and traveling data obtained by at least one external device, simplify the obtained 2D map, based on the traveling data, and generate a 3-dimensional (3D) map, based on the simplified 2D map.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING A MAP AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
Publication number
US20260329286A1
Application number
19727782
Filed
Jul 1, 2026
Published
Oct 22, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

G05D 1/2469 Physics & computingA47L 11/4011 Human necessitiesG05D 1/2246 Physics & computingG06T 5/30 Physics & computingG06T 5/70 Physics & computingA47L 2201/04 Human necessities
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