Methods and apparatus for use in mapping identified visual features of visual images to location areas
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsRoger Charles Meike, Fabio Dario Katz, Adel Amin Abdel Azim Youssef
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Abstract
In one example, a computer device includes one or more processors and a camera module coupled to the one or more processors. The camera module is configured to capture visual images. The one or more processors are configured to analyze image data of a visual image for identifying whether the visual image includes a visual feature, and produce a message which includes a visual feature indication and a location indication. The visual feature indication indicates whether the visual image includes the visual feature, and the location indication indicates a location at which the visual image was captured.
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A method for use in a computer device, the method comprising:
- in a user wireless communication device comprising a camera module:
- capturing a visual image;
- analyzing image data of the visual image to identify whether the visual image includes a first and a second visual features;
- and
- producing a message which includes two visual feature indications and a location indication, a first visual feature indication indicating whether the visual image includes the first visual feature, the first visual feature indication comprising a first count of a number of times the visual image includes the first visual feature, a second visual feature indication indicating whether the visual image includes the second visual feature, the second visual feature indication comprising a second count of a number of times the visual image includes the second visual feature, the second visual feature indication indicating a relationship between the first count and the second count, the location indication indicating a location at which the visual image was captured.
A non-transitory computer program product, comprising:
- a computer readable medium;
- computer instructions stored in the computer readable medium;
- the computer instructions being executable by one or more processors of a user wireless communication device comprising a camera module for:
- analyzing image data of a visual image for identifying whether the visual image includes a first and a second visual features;
- and
- producing a message which includes two visual feature indications and a location indication, a first visual feature indication indicating whether the visual image includes the first visual feature, the first visual feature indication comprising a first count of a number of times the visual image includes the first visual feature, a second visual feature indication indicating whether the visual image includes the second visual feature, the second visual feature indication comprising a second count of a number of times the visual image includes the second visual feature, the second visual feature indication indicating a relationship between the first count and the second count, the location indication indicating a location at which the visual image was captured.
A user wireless computer device, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a camera module coupled to the one or more processors, the camera module being configured to capture visual images;
- a memory coupled to the one or more processors;
- the one or more processors being configured to:
- analyze image data of a visual image for identifying whether the visual image includes a first and a second visual features;
- and
- produce a message which includes two visual feature indications and a location indication, a first visual feature indication indicating whether the visual image includes the first visual feature, the first visual feature indication comprising a first count of a number of times the visual image includes the first visual feature, a second visual feature indication indicating whether the visual image includes the second visual feature, the second visual feature indication comprising a second count of a number of times the visual image includes the second visual feature, the second visual feature indication indicating a relationship between the first count and the second count, the location indication indicating a location at which the visual image was captured.
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