Method and system for vehicle location
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1. A method for locating a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving images for each of a set of vehicles, each image capturing a scene proximal the respective vehicle;
for each vehicle of the set of vehicles, classifying a location of the vehicle as indoors or outdoors based on the respective image;
on a user device, presenting a set of available vehicles located within a predetermined distance from the user device, wherein the set of available vehicles is determined from the set of vehicles and excludes vehicles with a location classified as indoors; and
when a vehicle is selected from the set of available vehicles, facilitating location of the vehicle, comprising presenting the image for the vehicle on the user device.
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Abstract
A method for vehicle location preferably includes determining vehicle information, and can optionally include facilitating location of the vehicle. In variants, the method can guide the user to the general vehicle vicinity by presenting the user with an imprecise vehicle location, and locally guide the user to the vehicle using vehicle information.
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1. A method for locating a vehicle, comprising:
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receiving images for each of a set of vehicles, each image capturing a scene proximal the respective vehicle; for each vehicle of the set of vehicles, classifying a location of the vehicle as indoors or outdoors based on the respective image; on a user device, presenting a set of available vehicles located within a predetermined distance from the user device, wherein the set of available vehicles is determined from the set of vehicles and excludes vehicles with a location classified as indoors; and when a vehicle is selected from the set of available vehicles, facilitating location of the vehicle, comprising presenting the image for the vehicle on the user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for locating a vehicle, comprising:
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determining vehicle information for a vehicle; classifying a vehicle location for the vehicle as indoors or outdoors, based on the vehicle information; when the vehicle location is classified as indoors, not serving the vehicle information on a client application; and when the vehicle location is classified as outdoors; selectively serving the vehicle information on the client application; and facilitating location of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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