Location-Based Service Method and System Using Location Data Included in Image Data

• US 20080171558A1
• Filed: 04/19/2006
• Published: 07/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hermes IP Management LLC (Tanit Ventures Inc.)
• Original Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Jin-Seung, JI, Hong-Keun, Oh, Hyun-Jun, Lim, Jae-Chul, Sull, Won-Hee, Kim, Jong-Ho, Na, Dong-Won, Park, Jae-Bum, Kim, Do-Wan
• Granted Patent: US 9,613,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location

Abstract

The present invention relates to a location-based service method and system using location data included in image data, particularly to a method and a system of providing the location-based service with photos taken by a camera phone, using location information at the shooting time. The location-based service method according to the present invention, using the image data provided using a terminal equipped with a camera and the location data including the location information of the terminal, comprises the steps of shooting a target image with the terminal at a predetermined location and generating first image data; receiving the location data; including the received location data in the first image data and generating second image data; and displaying an image corresponding to the first image data and providing a service using the location data, if the second image data are selected.

Claims

1. A location-based service method using image data provided using a terminal equipped with a camera and location data including a location information of the terminal, comprising:

(a) a step of generating first image data with the terminal at a predetermined location and;

(b) a step of receiving the location data;

(c) a step of inserting the received location data into the first image data and generating second image data; and

(d) a step of displaying the image corresponding to the first image data and providing a service using the location data, when the second image data are selected.

2. The location-based service method according to claim 1, further comprising:

(c1) a step of compressing and storing the second image data, after the step (c).

3. The location-based service method according to claim 1, wherein the service using the location data in the step (d) is a map providing service, the method further comprising:

(d1) a step of selecting the map providing service;

(d2) a step of transmitting a service request signal and the location data to a map providing system; and

(d3) a step wherein the map providing system provides a map corresponding to the location data.

4. The location-based service method according to claim 3, wherein the map includes at least one of geographical information, traffic information, administrative district information, and information including the latitude and the longitude of the location data.

5. The location-based service method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of selecting a type of the map, after the step (d1).

6. The location-based service method according to claim 1, wherein the service using the location data in the step (d) is a guiding service, the method further comprising:

(d1) a step of selecting the guiding service;

(d2) a step of transmitting the service request signal and the location data to a navigation system; and

(d3) a step wherein the navigation system provides the navigation data corresponding to the location data.

7. The location-based service method according to claim 6, wherein the current location data of the terminal are further transmitted to the navigation system in the step (d2).

8. The location-based service method according to claim 6, wherein the navigation data comprises at least one of the information including the shortest route corresponding to the location data, the traffic information and the turnaround time.

9. The location-based service method according to claim 1, wherein the location data are provided by the location data providing system.

10. The location-based service method according to claim 9, wherein the location data providing system provides the location data of the terminal using a Cell Positioning System (CPS).

11. The location-based service method according to claim 9, wherein the location data providing system provides the location data of the terminal using a Global Positioning System (GPS).

12. The location-based service method according to claim 1, wherein the location data includes the information on the latitude and the longitude of the terminal or the base station.

13. The location-based service method according to claim 1, wherein the terminal equipped with the camera includes a camera phone or a digital camera.

14. The location-based service method according to claim 13, wherein the digital camera includes a module which can receive the location data.

15. A terminal which is equipped with a camera and can receive the location data, comprising:

a camera section generating the first image data at a predetermined location;

a location data processing section inserting the location data of the terminal into the first image data and generating the second image data; and

an image data storing section receiving and storing the second image data.

16. The terminal according to claim 15, comprising the digital camera which can receive the location data.

17. The terminal according to claim 15, further comprising a compression controller compressing the second image data and transmitting the same to the image data storing section.

18. The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the location data are provided by the location data providing system using the base station or the satellite.

19. The terminal according to claim 18, wherein the location data providing system provides the location data through the Cell Positioning System (CPS).

20. The terminal according to claim 18, wherein the location data providing system provides the location data through the Global Positioning System (GPS).

21. The terminal according to claim 20, further comprising a GPS antenna receiving the location data from the location data providing system.

22. The location-based service system comprising the terminal according to claim 15, comprising:

the terminal;

the location data providing system providing the location data of the terminal; and

a service system providing a service according to the user'"'"'s selection based on the location data.

23. The location-based service system according to claim 21, wherein the service system is a map providing system or a navigation system.