Architectures and methods for creating and representing time-dependent imagery
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsAndrew Kirmse, Reuel William Nash, Steve Zelinka
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Abstract
Aspects of the technology pertain to geographical image processing of time-dependent imagery. Various assets acquired at different times are stored and processing according to acquisition date in order to generate one or more image tiles for a geographical region of interest. The different image tiles are sorted based on asset acquisition date. Multiple image tiles for the same region of interest may be available. In response to a user request for imagery as of a certain date, one or more image tiles associated with assets from prior to that date are used to generate a time-based geographical image for the user.
Claims20
A processing system comprising:
- memory configured to store imagery information corresponding to time-based image tiles, each time-based image tile representing a portion of one or more image assets for a respective geographic location at a particular resolution and time of acquisition;
- an interface configured to receive user input identifying a geographic area of interest and one or more times of interest for the geographic area of interest;
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- one or more processing devices operatively coupled to the memory and the interface, the one or more processing devices configured to:
- receive, via the interface, user input selecting a time-based imagery display, the time-based imagery display indicating the geographic area of interest;
- select, in accordance with the received one or more times of interest, different points in time for which the geographic area of interest has one or more of the time-based image tiles available;
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- generate one or more maps for presentation on a display of a user device, wherein different ones of the one or more maps show the geographic area of interest at the selected different points in time.
A method comprising:
- obtaining, by one or more processors, user input identifying a geographic area of interest and one or more times of interest for the geographic area of interest;
- receiving, by the one or more processors, user input selecting a time-based imagery display, the time-based imagery display indicating the geographic area of interest;
- selecting, by the one or more processors, in accordance with the received one or more times of interest, different points in time for which the geographic area of interest has one or more time-based image tiles available, each time-based image tile representing a portion of one or more image assets for a respective geographic location at a particular resolution and time of acquisition;
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- generating, by the one or more processors, one or more maps for presentation on a display of a user device, wherein different ones of the one or more maps show the geographic area of interest at the selected different points in time.
A non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable instructions thereon, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, causing the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- obtaining user input identifying a geographic area of interest and one or more times of interest for the geographic area of interest;
- receiving user input selecting a time-based imagery display, the time-based imagery display indicating the geographic area of interest;
- selecting in accordance with the received one or more times of interest, different points in time for which the geographic area of interest has one or more time-based image tiles available, each time-based image tile representing a portion of one or more image assets for a respective geographic location at a particular resolution and time of acquisition;
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- generating one or more maps for presentation on a display of a user device, wherein different ones of the one or more maps show the geographic area of interest at the selected different points in time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.