Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied by theinventors: “A visual simultaneous localization and mapping (Visual SLAM) technique that simultaneouslycreates an environmental map based o n an image captured by a camera and estimates a self-position (theposition/orie ntation of the camera within the environmental map) is known.”In addition to the background information obtained for this patent, NewsRx journ alists also obtainedthe inventors’ summary information for this patent: “Embodi ments provide a motion estimation deviceand a motion estimation method using th e motion estimation device capable of improving the accuracyof motion estimatio n.