Navigation and Inspection System
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Abstract
A method of detecting a changed condition within a geographical space from a moving vehicle. Images of that geographic space are memorialized in conjunction with GPS coordinates together with its GPS coordinates. The same geographic space is traversed from the moving vehicle while accessing the route'"'"'s GPS coordinates. The memorialized images are played back by coordinating the GPS data on a memorialized images with that of the traversed geographic space such that the memorialized images are viewed simultaneously with the geographic space being traversed. An observer traveling within the moving vehicle can compare the memorialized images with those being traversed in order to identify changed conditions.
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43 Claims
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1-24. -24. (canceled)
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25. A method of displaying an enhanced view of a visual field accessible to a mobile image acquisition device, the method comprising:
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capturing a first set of image data in real-time from an image acquisition device associated with a mobile unit; determining one or more meta-tags associated with a location of the image acquisition device; accessing a second set of image data based on the one or more meta-tags, wherein the second set of image data comprises picture data stored as one or more images associated with the one or more meta-tags; and displaying the one or more images when the mobile unit is located in the location. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method comprising:
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capturing a first set of image data from an image acquisition device, the first set of image data associated with a location of a vehicle; accessing a second set of image data, wherein the second set of image data comprises imagery associated with one or more meta-tags; comparing the first set of image data with the second set of image data; selecting at least one image from the second set of image data that matches the first set of image data; and identifying the location of the vehicle based on a meta-tag corresponding to the at least one image from the second set of image data that matches the first set of image data. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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Specification