Systems and methods for defining a geographic position of an object or event based on a geographic position of a computing device and a user gesture
AssigneeDuke University
InventorsFrancis J. McClernon, Romit Roy Choudhury
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Abstract
Systems and methods for computing a geographic position of an object or event based on a geographic position of a computing device and a user gesture are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a method includes determining a geographic position of a computing device. The method also includes receiving a user gesture on the computing device to indicate a direction towards a location from the computing device. Further, the method includes defining a geographic position of the location based on the geographic position of the computing device and the user gesture.
Claims33
A method comprising:
- determining a geographic position and orientation of a computing device;
- receiving a touch gesture on a touchscreen display of the computing device to indicate a direction towards and distance to a location of an object or event from the computing device;
- determining the direction towards and distance to the location based on the touch gesture on the touchscreen display and the orientation of the computing device;
- and
- defining a geographic position of the location based on the geographic position of the computing device and the determined direction and distance.
A method comprising:
- receiving, from one or more computing devices, data comprising a geographic positions of the one or more computing devices and user gesture input on one or more touchscreen displays of the one or more computing devices to indicate a direction towards and distance to a location from the respective computing device;
- and
- determining a geographic position of the location based on the data from the one or more computing devices.
A system comprising:
- at least one processor and memory configured to:
- determine a geographic position and orientation of a computing device;
- receive a touch gesture on a touchscreen display of the computing device to indicate a direction towards and distance to a location of an object or event from the computing device;
- determine the direction towards and distance to the location based on the touch gesture on the touchscreen display and the orientation of the computing device;
- and
- define a geographic position of the location based on the geographic position of the computing device and the determined direction and distance.
A system comprising:
- at least one processor and memory configured to:
- receive, from each of a plurality of computing devices, data comprising a geographic position of the respective computing device and a touch gesture input to indicate a direction towards and a distance to a location of an object or event from the respective computing device;
- determine directions and distances toward the location based on the touch gesture on the touchscreen display and the orientation of the computing device of each of the computing devices;
- and
- determine a geographic position of the location based on the directions and distances from each of the computing devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.