Method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying objects of interest within an image captured by a relocatable image capture device

An apparatus comprising processing circuitry and at least one memory including computer program code instructions, the computer program code instructions configured to, when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the apparatus to:

• receive one or more images generated by an image capture device that is configured to be relocated;
• receive information regarding an estimated location of the image capture device;
• based upon a representation of a respective image of the one or more images and respective representations of a plurality of reference images, identify one or more reference images that are associated with the estimated location;
• and
• identify an object of interest within the respective image generated by the image capture device based upon respective digital signatures of one or more objects of interest and at least some context associated with the one or more objects of interest that are depicted by the one or more reference images that have been identified.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions configured to:

• receive one or more images generated by an image capture device that is configured to be relocated;
• receive information regarding an estimated location of the image capture device;
• based upon a representation of a respective image of the one or more images and respective representations of a plurality of reference images, identify one or more reference images that are associated with the estimated location;
• and
• identify an object of interest within the respective image generated by the image capture device based upon respective digital signatures of one or more objects of interest and at least some context associated with the one or more objects of interest that are depicted by the one or more reference images that have been identified.