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System and method for presenting condition-specific geographic imagery

  • US 10,331,733 B2
  • Filed: 04/20/2017
  • Issued: 06/25/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, using one or more processors, a request for images of a remote geographical location;

    in response to the request, identifying, using the one or more processors, a set of images depicting different conditions at the remote geographical location;

    inferring, using the one or more processors, a future point in time of interest to a user based on at least one of a search query or a browser search history;

    determining, using the one or more processors, environmental conditions expected at the remote geographical location for the future point in time;

    performing, using the one or more processors, image analysis of the set of images to identify visual features disposed in each image of the set of images, the visual features corresponding to the conditions depicted in each image of the set of images;

    comparing, using the one or more processors, the identified visual features disposed in each image of the set of images with the environmental conditions expected at the remote geographical location for the future point in time;

    ranking, using the one or more processors, the set of images based on the comparison of the identified visual features disposed in each image of the set of images with the environmental conditions expected at the remote geographical location for the future point in time; and

    selecting, for display on a client device, an image from the set of images based on the selected image'"'"'s rank relative to other images of the set of images, the selected image depicting conditions at the remote geographical location most closely matching the environmental conditions expected at the remote geographical location for the future point in time.

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