US Patent Issued to Magic Leap on Sept. 8 for "Room layout estimation methods and techniques" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,036, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Magic Leap Inc. (Plantation, Fla.).

"Room layout estimation methods and techniques" was invented by Chen-Yu Lee (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Vijay Badrinarayanan (Mountain View, Calif.), Tomasz Jan Malisiewicz (Mountain View, Calif.) and Andrew Rabinovich (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for estimating a layout of a room are disclosed. The room layout can comprise the location of a floor, one or more walls, and a ceiling. In one aspect, a neural network can analyze an image of a portion of a room to determine the room layout. The neural network can comprise a convolutio...