Apparatus and method for identifying location information in a portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJung-Tae KIM
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for determining location information of a subject included in an image, using the image in a portable terminal not having a function of acquiring location information such as a Global Positioning System (GPS) function. The apparatus includes a controller for processing to request location information through an image and receive the location information on the image from an image search server storing a plurality of images having location information therein.
Claims19
An apparatus for determining location information in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising a controller for processing requested location information using an image and for receiving the location information associated with the image from an image search server storing a plurality of images respectively comprising location information.
An apparatus for providing location information in an image search server, the apparatus comprising a server controller for, upon receiving a location information request using an image, sorting a plurality of candidate images substantially corresponding to the image received as a basis for the location information request, and for transmitting the sorted candidate images to a portable terminal and, upon receiving information from the portable terminal regarding a same final image selected from among the candidate images corresponding to the image whose location information has been requested from the portable terminal, the server controller determining location information corresponding to the same final image and transmitting the location information to the portable terminal.
A method for determining location information in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- requesting location information using an image provided as a reference;
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- receiving the location information associated with the image from an image search server storing a plurality of images comprising location information.
A method for providing location information in an image search server, the method comprising:
- upon receiving a location information request using an image as a reference, sorting a plurality of candidate images substantially corresponding to the image provided as a reference and transmitting the sorted candidate images to a portable terminal;
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- upon receiving information from the portable terminal selected as a same final image as the image whose location information has been requested, determining location information corresponding to the selected final image and transmitting the location information to the portable terminal.
A mobile communication system for providing location information, the system comprising:
- a portable terminal for requesting location information through an image provided as a reference and for receiving the location information associated with the image;
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- an image search server for, upon receiving the location information request from the portable terminal, determining the location information corresponding to the image whose location information has been requested among a plurality of previously stored images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.