Video based route recognition

A computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising instructions to:
• receive recorded video data and a current video stream from one or more video capture devices;
• identify one or more objects in the received video data to provide one or more recorded waypoints;
• identify one or more visible objects in the received current video stream to provide one or more visible waypoints;
• compare the visible waypoints to the recorded waypoints to provide one or more matching waypoints;
• and
• identify a previously traveled path in the received current video stream corresponding to the one or more of the identified matching waypoints.

A computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer-readable storage media;
• program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising instructions to:
• receive recorded video data and a current video stream from one or more video capture devices;
• identify one or more objects in the received video data to provide one or more recorded waypoints;
• identify one or more visible objects in the received current video stream to provide one or more visible waypoints;
• compare the visible waypoints to the recorded waypoints to provide one or more matching waypoints;
• and
• identify a previously traveled path in the received current video stream corresponding to the one or more of the identified matching waypoints.