Updating Map Data With User-Generated Image Data
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorSubhasish Roy
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Abstract
The technology relates to updating map data of a mapping service. A mapping service may receive permission to contribute image data captured by a user to the map service. The image data may be uploaded to the map service by a backend service. The map service may provide a recommendation to the backend service including an identification of points of interest in the map data that the image data corresponds to, or an indication that no points of interest were found within the map data that correspond with the image data. The backend service may request the selection of a points of interest the image corresponds to when the recommendation includes one or more points, or request permission from the user to add a new point of interest to the map data.
Claims20
A method for updating map data of a mapping service, the method comprising:
- capturing, by a computing device, an image of a point of interest, the image including image data;
- generating, by a service executing on the computing device, a first notification, the first notification requesting permission to contribute the image data to a map service;
- after receiving permission to contribute the image data to the map service, transmitting, by the service, the image data to the map service;
- and
- receiving, by the service from the map service, a recommendation, wherein the recommendation includes:
- (i) one or more points of interest, in the map data, to which the image data corresponds, or
- (ii) an indication that no points of interest that correspond with the image data were found within the map data.
A system, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- capture an image of a point of interest, the image including image data;
- generate, by a service, a first notification, the first notification requesting permission to contribute the image data to a map service;
- after receiving permission to contribute the image data to the map service, transmit by the service, the image data to the map service;
- and
- receive, by the service from the map service, a recommendation, wherein the recommendation includes:
- (i) one or more points of interest, in the map data, to which the image data corresponds, or
- (ii) an indication that no points of interest that correspond with the image data were found within the map data.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors for performing a method, the method comprising:
- capturing an image of a point of interest, the image including image data;
- generating, by a service, a first notification, the first notification requesting permission to contribute the image data to a map service;
- after receiving permission to contribute the image data to the map service, transmitting by the service, the image data to the map service;
- and
- receiving, by the service from the map service, a recommendation, wherein the recommendation includes:
- (i) one or more points of interest, in the map data, to which the image data corresponds, or
- (ii) an indication that no points of interest that correspond with the image data were found within the map data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.