Imaging method and system
AssigneeSpelfie Ltd.
InventorChris NEWLANDS
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Abstract
There is provided a method for compositing remote sensing images (such as satellite images in visible light) with user generated content. An image capture device carried on a satellite platform is tasked to capture at least one remote sensing image of a geographical area within a predetermined time slot. The at least one remote sensing image is received at an interface portal along with at least one user-generated content, UGC, item. UGC items that have an associated location within the geographical area and that were captured within the time slot are merged, by the interface portal, with the remote sensing image to form a hybrid image. The interface portal and user device implementing the above method are described as is the system in which the method is implemented.
Claims19
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving at least one remote sensing image of a predetermined geographical area from an image capture device carried on a satellite platform, the image capture device having been tasked to capture the at least one remote sensing image within a predetermined time slot;
- obtaining a user-generated content, UGC, item, the UGC item having an associated location within the geographical area and having been captured at a user-determined time within the time slot;
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- merging the UGC item and the remote sensing image to form a hybrid image.
A portal device having at least one processor and at least one communication unit, wherein the at least one communication unit is configured to receive at least one remote sensing image of a predetermined geographical area from an image capture device carried on a satellite platform, the image capture device having been tasked to capture the at least one remote sensing image within a predetermined time slot;
- and to obtain a user-generated content, UGC, item, the UGC item having an associated location within the geographical area and having been captured at a user-determined time within the time slot;
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- wherein the at least one processor is configured to merge the UGC item and the remote sensing image to form a hybrid image.
A computer implemented method in a mobile device comprising:
- causing a content capture device to capture a user generated content, UGC, item at a user-determined time;
- causing a location unit to locate the mobile device and to associate the resulting location with the captured UGC item,
- determining whether the user-determined time is within a predetermined time slot and whether the location of the mobile device within a predetermined geographical area;
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- if the user-determined time is within the predetermined time slot and the location of the mobile device is within the predetermined geographical area, communicating with a merging service to trigger the generation of a hybrid image that merges the user image and a remote sensing image, the remote sensing image having been captured by an image capture device carried on a satellite platform within the predetermined time slot and being of the predetermined geographical area.
A mobile device having:
- a content capture device;
- a location unit;
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor;
- wherein the memory stores instructions which when executed in the processor:
- cause the content capture device to capture a user generated content, UGC, item at a user-determined time;
- cause the location unit to locate the mobile device and to associate the resulting location with the captured UGC item,
- determine whether the user-determined time is within a predetermined time slot and whether the location of the mobile device within a predetermined geographical area;
- and
- if the user-determined time is within the predetermined time slot and the location of the mobile device is within the predetermined geographical area, communicate with a merging service to trigger the generation of a hybrid image that merges the user image and a remote sensing image, the remote sensing image having been captured by an image capture device carried on a satellite platform within the predetermined time slot and being of the predetermined geographical area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.