Street level video simulation display system and method
First Claim
1. A method for displaying information on a computing device comprising the steps of:
- determining a current position of the computing device along a road;
presenting a video on a display of the computing device, wherein the video presented on the display of the computing device shows the road and is derived from video data that had been previously obtained from a video camera mounted to a data collection vehicle being driven along the road, wherein the video being presented on the display of the computing device has a vantage point above and behind the current position of the computing device; and
superimposing an indication on the video being presented on the display of the computing device, wherein the indication is superimposed on the video at a location corresponding to the current position of the computing device along the road.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for displaying video on a computing device for navigation and other purposes. Video data is collected by traveling along roads in a geographic area and storing the video data along with data indicating the positions at which the video data had been captured. This captured video data is then used in navigation systems and other devices that provide navigation, routing, or other features. A video is presented to a user on the display of a navigation system (or other device). An application associated with the navigation system uses the previously captured video data to create the video shown to the user. The application selects that video data that shows the end user'"'"'s position from a vantage point. The application further superimposes an indication on the video at a location that corresponds to the position of the end user.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for displaying information on a computing device comprising the steps of:
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determining a current position of the computing device along a road; presenting a video on a display of the computing device, wherein the video presented on the display of the computing device shows the road and is derived from video data that had been previously obtained from a video camera mounted to a data collection vehicle being driven along the road, wherein the video being presented on the display of the computing device has a vantage point above and behind the current position of the computing device; and superimposing an indication on the video being presented on the display of the computing device, wherein the indication is superimposed on the video at a location corresponding to the current position of the computing device along the road. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-based system for displaying information for traveling comprising:
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a display; video data that shows travel along a road, wherein the video data had been previously captured from a vehicle being driven along the road; and an application that uses the video data to show a video on the display and superimposes on the video an indication of a user'"'"'s position relative to the surrounding being displayed on the video. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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