Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors:“Technical Field “The present invention relates to image processing. In particular, the present i nvention relates toprocessing frames of video data to generate a map of object instances, where the object instances correspondto objects that exist within a three-dimensional (3D) environment. The invention has particular, but notexclus ive, relevance to generating a map of object instances that may be used by a rob otic device tonavigate and/or interact with its environment.