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US 8,805,027 B2Granted
Image mapping to provide visual geographic path
AssigneeThe Invention Science Fund I, LLC
InventorsEdward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr.
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Abstract
Provided is a computer system and method for mapping a visual path. The method includes receiving one or more images included in a predefined area; receiving one or more parameters associated with the image; and integrating the images and parameters into a map of the predefined area to enable mapping the visual path through the predefined area in response to one or more input path parameters.
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A method, comprising:
- transmitting a request for a mapped visual path, the request including at least two input path parameters associated with the mapped visual path, including at least:
- transmitting a location parameter as one of the at least two input path parameters;
- and
- transmitting a time parameter as one of the at least two input path parameters;
- receiving a mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least two images of a predefined area identified by the at least two input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the at least two images and the at least two input path parameters, including at least one image associated with at least one of a location or time, the at least one of a location or time associated with the request for a mapped visual path;
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- displaying the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path being scrollable with respect to the predefined area.
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A computer program product, comprising:
- at least one non-transitory computer readable medium including at least:
- one or more instructions for transmitting a request for a mapped visual path, the request including at least two input path parameters associated with the mapped visual path, including at least:
- one or more instructions for transmitting a location parameter as one of the at least two input path parameters;
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- one or more instructions for transmitting a time parameter as one of the at least two input path parameters;
- one or more instructions for receiving a mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least two images of a predefined area identified by the at least two input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the at least two images and the at least two input path parameters, including at least one image associated with at least one of a location or time, the at least one of a location or time associated with the request for a mapped visual path;
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- one or more instructions for displaying the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path being scrollable with respect to the predefined area.
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A computer system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory coupled to the processor;
- an image module coupled to the memory, the image module including at least:
- a data store configurable to hold one or more images of a predefined area;
- an integration module configurable to:
- integrate the one or more images and generate a visual path through the predefined area;
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- update the visual path with one or more additional real-time or near real-time images of the predefined area captured by a camera in the predefined area, the visual path updated according to a time parameter and a location of a user of a mobile device as the user of the mobile device moves through the predefined area, the time parameter and the location of the user based at least in part on a speed at which the user of the mobile device moves through the predefined area;
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- a transmitter coupled to the processor, the transmitter configurable to transmit the visual path to the mobile device while the mobile device is in the predefined area, the mobile device being wirelessly connected to the computer system.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving at least one indication associated with a mobile device in a predefined area;
- generating a visual path through the predefined area;
- transmitting the visual path through the predefined area to the mobile device;
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- updating at least a portion of the visual path through the predefined area, including at least updating at least a portion of the visual path with one or more real-time or near real-time images of the predefined area captured by an image capture device in the predefined area, the visual path updated according to a time parameter and a location of a user of the mobile device as the user of the mobile device moves through the predefined area, the time parameter and the location of the user based at least in part on a speed at which the user of the mobile device moves through the predefined area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.