System and method for updating map views
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorDaniel Joseph Filip
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for updating imagery associated with map data. A request for map data is received, and a first image of a geographical location corresponding to the map data is provided in response to the request. Information relating to a status of an object in the first image is received, and it is determined whether the first image is to be updated based at least on the received information. If it is determined that the first image is to be updated, an updated image is received and used to update the first image.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more computing devices, a request for map data;
- providing, by the one or more computing devices in response to the request, a first image of a geographical location corresponding to the map data;
- receiving, by the one or more computing devices, status information from a first user relating to a status of an object in the first image, wherein the status information includes voice commands;
- determining, by the one or more computing devices, whether the first image is to be updated based at least on the received information from the first user, wherein the determining includes at least one of:
- determining whether status information is received for a predetermined number of objects within a given area of the geographical location;
- or determining a difference between a date the first image was taken and a current date;
- receiving, by the one or more computing devices, an updated image of the geographical location if it is determined that the first image is to be updated;
- and
- updating, by the one or more computing devices, the first image based at least in part on the received updated image.
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A system comprising:
- a memory storing map data including at least a first image of a geographical location corresponding to the map data;
- one or more processors in communication with the memory, the one or more processors:
- receiving a request for the map data;
- providing the first image in response to the request;
- receiving status information from a first user relating to a status of an object in the first image, wherein the status information includes voice commands;
- determining whether the first image is to be updated based at least on the received information from the first user, wherein the determining includes at least one of:
- determining whether status information is received for a predetermined number of objects within a given area of the geographical location;
- or determining a difference between a date the first image was taken and a current date;
- receiving an updated image of the geographical location if it is determined that the first image is to be updated;
- and
- updating the first image based at least in part on the received updated image.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor for performing a method comprising:
- receiving a request for map data;
- providing, in response to the request, a first image of a geographical location corresponding to the map data;
- receiving status information from a first user relating to a status of an object in the first image, wherein the status information includes voice commands;
- determining whether the first image is to be updated based at least on the received information from the first user, wherein the determining includes at least one of:
- determining whether status information is received for a predetermined number of objects within a given area of the geographical location;
- or determining a difference between a date the first image was taken and a current date;
- receiving an updated image of the geographical location if it is determined that the first image is to be updated;
- and
- updating the first image based at least in part on the received updated image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.