Automated localization using beacon transmitter devices of data acquired in buildings

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• associating, by one or more computing devices, a respective location in a building with each of one or more wireless beacon transmitter devices in the building;
• obtaining, by the one or more computing devices, multiple images acquired at multiple acquisition locations in multiple rooms of the building and, for each of the multiple acquisition locations, transmitted data received at that acquisition location from at least one of the one or more wireless beacon transmitter devices;
• determining, by the one or more computing devices and for each of the multiple acquisition locations, a position in the building of that acquisition location based at least in part on the respective location in the building for each of the at least one wireless beacon transmitter devices from which the transmitted data is received at that acquisition location;
• determining, by the one or more computing devices and based on analysis of visual data of the multiple images, multiple walls of the multiple rooms of the building, and determining multiple room shapes that include a respective room shape of each of the multiple rooms with planar surfaces to represent at least locations of walls of that room;
• generating, by the one or more computing devices, a floor plan for the multiple rooms of the building that shows visible representations of the multiple rooms, including positioning the determined room shapes of the multiple rooms relative to each other on the floor plan based at least in part on the determined positions in the building of the multiple acquisition locations;
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• providing, by the one or more computing devices, the generated floor plan for further use.

A system comprising:

• one or more hardware processors of one or more computing devices;
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• one or more memories with stored instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more hardware processors, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to perform automated operations including at least:
• obtaining multiple groups of data that are acquired at multiple acquisition locations in multiple areas at a building and, for each of the multiple acquisition locations, transmitted data received at that acquisition location from at least one wireless transmitter device at the building, the multiple groups of data including multiple images acquired at the multiple acquisition locations, and the multiple areas including multiple rooms;
• determining, for each of the multiple acquisition locations and based at least in part on the transmitted data received at that acquisition location, a position of the acquisition location at the building relative to a position of the at least one wireless transmitter device from which the transmitted data is received at that acquisition location;
• generating, based on the multiple groups of data and the determined positions of the multiple acquisition locations, feedback related to acquisition of the multiple groups of data that includes information about at least one of quality or completeness for at least one of the multiple images, and providing the generated feedback for use in acquisition of one or more additional groups of data at the building;
• determining, based on analysis of visual data of the multiple images, multiple walls of the multiple rooms, and determining multiple room shapes that include a respective room shape of each of the multiple rooms with planar surfaces to represent at least locations of walls of that room;
• generating a floor plan for the multiple rooms that shows visible representations of the multiple rooms, including positioning the determined room shapes of the multiple rooms relative to each other on the floor plan based at least in part on determined positions at the building of the multiple acquisition locations;
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• providing the generated floor plan for further use.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored contents that cause one or more computing devices to perform automated operations, the automated operations including at least:

• obtaining, by the one or more computing devices, multiple images acquired at multiple acquisition locations in multiple areas at a building by an image acquisition device having an associated wireless beacon transmitter device and, for each of the multiple acquisition locations, information about at least one beacon signal receiver device at a respective different location at the building that receives a wireless transmission from that acquisition location by the associated wireless beacon transmitter device, wherein the multiple areas include multiple rooms;
• determining, by the one or more computing devices and for each of the multiple acquisition locations, a position at the building of that acquisition location based at least in part on the respective different location at the building for each of the at least one beacon signal receiver devices that receives the transmitted data from that acquisition location and on determined information from the wireless transmission received from that acquisition location about at least one of direction or distance between that acquisition location and that beacon signal receiver device;
• determining, by the one or more computing devices and based on analysis of visual data of the multiple images, multiple walls of the multiple rooms, and determining multiple room shapes that include a respective room shape of each of the multiple rooms with planar surfaces to represent at least locations of walls of that room;
• generating, by the one or more computing devices, mapping information for the multiple areas based on analysis of visual data of the multiple images and on the determined positions at the building of the multiple acquisition locations, including generating a floor plan showing visible representations of the multiple rooms by positioning the determined room shapes relative to each other on the floor plan based at least in part on determined positions in the building of the multiple acquisition locations;
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• providing, by the one or more computing devices, the generated mapping information for the multiple areas for further use.