Navigating on Images
AssigneeNavteq B.V.
InventorsJoseph P. Mays, Jeffrey R. Bach
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Abstract
Systems, devices, features, and methods for navigating on images are disclosed. For example, one method includes identifying a point selected on an initial image. An image component, such as a pixel, of the initial image corresponding to the identified point is determined. The image component of the initial image represents an origin. A route from the origin to a destination is generated, and the destination corresponds to another image component, such as another pixel.
Claims25
A method of routing directly on images, the method comprising:
- identifying a point selected on an initial image;
- determining an image pixel of the initial image corresponding to the identified point, the image pixel of the initial image representing an origin;
- and
- generating a route from the origin to a destination,
- wherein the destination corresponds to another image pixel, and wherein the route comprises a connection between the origin and the destination via intermediate image pixels between the image pixel of the initial image and the other image pixel.
A method for developing a navigation system, the method comprising:
- identifying image components in a first image, the identified image components in the first image designated as navigable;
- identifying image components in a second image, the identified image components in the second image designated as navigable;
- generating correlation data associating at least one navigable image component of the first image to at least one navigable image component of the second image;
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- storing the correlation data in a hardware medium of the navigation system.
A navigation system for routing with images, the system comprising:
- an image database including a plurality of images corresponding to geographic areas;
- memory including data corresponding to correlations between image pixels of the plurality of images;
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- a processor configured to generate a route from an origin point on one of the plurality of images to a destination point on another of the plurality of images based on at least some of the data corresponding to the correlations between the image pixels.
A computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions for performing a method of determining a route between an origin and a destination, the method comprising:
- determining a first image pixel corresponding to the origin on a digital image that shows the origin;
- determining a second image pixel corresponding to the destination on a digital image that shows the destination;
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- determining a route from the origin to a destination via adjacent intermediate image pixels that correspond to a navigable geographic feature shown on a digital image, wherein the navigable geographic feature forms at least part of the route from the origin to the destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.