Image-enhanced vehicle navigation systems and methods
First Claim
1. A method of presenting images to a user of a vehicle navigation system, comprising:
- accessing location data indicating a particular location included within a route determined by a vehicle navigation system of a user;
accessing direction data corresponding to the location data, the accessed direction data indicating a particular direction in which a user'"'"'s vehicle will be traveling when the user'"'"'s vehicle reaches the particular location via the route;
obtaining a captured image based on the accessed location and direction data, the obtained captured image corresponding approximately to a driver'"'"'s perspective from within a vehicle and depicting a view of the particular location along the particular direction; and
displaying the obtained image within the user'"'"'s vehicle.
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Abstract
A method of presenting images to a user of a vehicle navigation system includes accessing location data indicating a particular location included within a route determined by a vehicle navigation system and accessing corresponding direction data, obtaining a captured image based on the accessed location and direction data, and displaying the obtained image to the user. The obtained captured image corresponds approximately to a driver'"'"'s perspective from within a vehicle and depicts a view of or from the particular location along the particular direction indicated by the direction data. Location data includes spatial coordinates such as GPS data, a street index, and/or other locative data either absolute or relative to a particular street or intersection. Direction data includes a travel direction of the vehicle upon a street corresponding to the particular location. Additionally, data indicating time-of-day, season-of-year, ambient environmental conditions, etc., may be used to obtain and/or correlate obtainable images.
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43 Claims
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1. A method of presenting images to a user of a vehicle navigation system, comprising:
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accessing location data indicating a particular location included within a route determined by a vehicle navigation system of a user;
accessing direction data corresponding to the location data, the accessed direction data indicating a particular direction in which a user'"'"'s vehicle will be traveling when the user'"'"'s vehicle reaches the particular location via the route;
obtaining a captured image based on the accessed location and direction data, the obtained captured image corresponding approximately to a driver'"'"'s perspective from within a vehicle and depicting a view of the particular location along the particular direction; and
displaying the obtained image within the user'"'"'s vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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10. The method of claim 10, wherein the direction data describes one of northbound, southbound, eastbound, or westbound with respect to the street.
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21. A method of presenting images to a user of a vehicle navigation system, comprising:
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capturing an image depicting a view corresponding approximately to a driver'"'"'s perspective from within a first vehicle;
correlating the captured image with location data and direction data, the location data indicating a location of the first vehicle when the image was captured, the direction data indicating a direction of travel in which the first vehicle was traveling when the image was captured;
storing the captured image correlated with the location and direction data within a data memory; and
transmitting the stored captured image to a vehicle navigation system of a second vehicle when the second vehicle is following a route that is predicted to approach the location along the direction of travel. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A vehicle navigation system, comprising:
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a local processor aboard a vehicle; and
a display screen aboard the vehicle and coupled to the local processor, wherein the local processor contains circuitry adapted to;
access location data indicating a particular location included within a route;
access direction data corresponding to the location data and indicating a particular direction in which the vehicle will be traveling when the user'"'"'s vehicle reaches the particular location via the route;
obtain a captured image based on the accessed location and direction data, the obtained captured image corresponding approximately to a driver'"'"'s perspective from within the vehicle and depicting a view of the particular location along the particular direction; and
drive the display screen to display the obtained image. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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39. An image capture system, comprising:
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a camera coupled to a vehicle, the camera adapted to capture an image of a location corresponding approximately to a driver'"'"'s perspective from within a vehicle;
a local processor aboard the vehicle and coupled to the camera, wherein the local processor contains circuitry adapted to;
receive location data and direction data, the location data indicating a particular location of the vehicle when the image was captured, the direction data indicating a particular direction in which the vehicle was traveling when the image was captured;
correlate the captured image with the location and direction data;
store the captured image correlated with the location and direction data; and
upload the stored captured image to a remote data store. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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42. A method of presenting images to a user of a vehicle navigation system, comprising:
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accessing location data indicating a particular location included within a route determined by a vehicle navigation system of a user;
accessing direction data corresponding to the location data, the accessed direction data indicating a particular direction in which a user'"'"'s vehicle will be traveling when the user'"'"'s vehicle reaches the particular location via the route;
obtaining a captured image based on the accessed location and direction data, the obtained captured image corresponding approximately to a driver'"'"'s perspective from within a vehicle and depicting a view from the particular location along the particular direction; and
displaying the obtained image within the user'"'"'s vehicle.
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43. A vehicle navigation system, comprising:
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a local processor aboard a vehicle; and
a display screen aboard the vehicle and coupled to the local processor, wherein the local processor contains circuitry adapted to;
access location data indicating a particular location included within a route;
access direction data corresponding to the location data and indicating a particular direction in which the vehicle will be traveling when the user'"'"'s vehicle reaches the particular location via the route;
obtain a captured image based on the accessed location and direction data, the obtained captured image corresponding approximately to a driver'"'"'s perspective from within the vehicle and depicting a view from the particular location along the particular direction; and
drive the display screen to display the obtained image.
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