US Patent Issued to NEC on Dec. 30 for "Map generation apparatus, map generation method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,829, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Map generation apparatus, map generation method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program" was invented by Takahiro Shiroshima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to provide a map generation apparatus for improving the quality of an environment map created using virtual images. A map generation apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a map generation unit (11) configured to generate a three-dimensional map showing an environment around a photographing device by identifying shooting locations of a plurality of still image...