US 2022/0068033 A1 · GEOSPATIAL IMAGE SURFACING AND SELECTION

Abstract

System, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for presenting images on a mobile device. Images are presented by monitoring the location and the orientation of the mobile device, requesting previously captured images corresponding to where the previously captured images were captured in relation to the location from a server, receiving the requested previously captured images from the server, selecting images from the requested previously captured images responsive to the location and the orientation of the mobile device, generating overlay images from the selected images including image icons associated with the selected images, presenting the overlay images on an optical assembly, receiving an image selection identifying one of the image icons in the presented overlay images, and display the selected image associated with the identified image icon on the viewing area of the optical assembly.

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Dependent claims

A system configured for use with mobile devices, at least one of the mobile devices adapted to capture images and associated metadata including location coordinates and timestamp information for the captured images, the system comprising:

a memory including instructions to perform operations;
and
a server having a server processor that executes the instructions to perform the operations, the operations including:
receiving the images and associated metadata from the at least one mobile device;
storing the images and associated metadata from the at least one mobile device in an image repository for retrieval;
receiving location coordinates for a requesting mobile device;
retrieving at least one image and associated metadata from the image repository that was captured within a coordinate range around the location coordinates of the requesting mobile device;
and
sending to the requesting mobile device the retrieved at least one image and associated metadata that was captured within the coordinate range around the location coordinates of the requesting mobile device for display by the requesting mobile device at an orientation within a field of view of the requesting mobile device.

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A method for displaying images, the method comprising:

receiving images and associated metadata including location coordinates and timestamp information for the captured images from at least one mobile device;
storing the images and associated metadata from the at least one mobile device in an image repository for retrieval;
receiving location coordinates for a requesting mobile device;
retrieving at least one image and associated metadata from the image repository that was captured within a coordinate range around the location coordinates of the requesting mobile device;
and
sending to the requesting mobile device the retrieved at least one image and associated metadata that was captured within the coordinate range around the location coordinates of the requesting mobile device for display by the requesting mobile device at an orientation within a field of view of the requesting mobile device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Geospatial image surfacing and selection

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Abstract

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