Orientation determination of a mobile station using side and top view images

A mobile station comprising:

• a satellite positioning system receiver that provides positioning data;
• a camera that produces an image;
• a wireless transceiver;
• a processor connected to the satellite positioning system receiver to receive the positioning data, the processor being connected to the camera to receive the image, and the processor being connected to the wireless transceiver;
• memory connected to the processor;
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• software held in the memory and run in the processor to determine a position of the mobile station based on the positioning data;
• the software further causes the processor to analyze the image from the camera to detect lines on an object in the image, wherein the image is not a top view of the object;
• the software further causes the processor to control the wireless transceiver to obtain a top view image of the object based on the position of the mobile station;
• the software further causes the processor to analyze the top view image to detect lines of the object in the top view image;
• the software further causes the processor to determine an orientation of the mobile station based on matching a direction of lines in the image of the object with a direction of the lines in the top view image of the object.

A system for correcting an orientation of a mobile station, the system comprising:

• means for generating an image of an object using the mobile station, wherein the image is not a top view of the object;
• means for determining a position of the mobile station;
• means for retrieving a top view image of the object based on the position;
• means for analyzing the image of the object to determine a direction of lines in the image of the object;
• means for analyzing the top view image to determine a direction of lines in the top view image of the object with respect to a fixed coordinate system;
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• means for determining the orientation of the mobile station based on matching the direction of the lines in the image of the object with the direction of the lines in the top view image of the object.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including program code stored thereon, comprising:

• program code to determine a position of a mobile station;
• program code to analyze an image to detect lines on an object in the image, wherein the image is not a top view of the object;
• program code to control a wireless transceiver to obtain a top view image of the object based on the position of the mobile station;
• program code to analyze the top view image to detect lines of the object in the top view image;
• program code to determine an orientation of the mobile station based on matching a direction of the lines in the image of the object with a direction of the lines in the top view image of the object.