METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASCERTAINING A TARGET POSITION
First Claim
1. A method of determining a target geographic location, using an electronic device including a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a digital camera, and a display for presenting images and functioning as a viewfinder for the digital camera, the method comprising:
- creating, by one or more components of the electronic device, an image of a physical map;
comparing, by the one or more components, at least a portion of the image of the physical map with map data stored in a database associated with the electronic device;
identifying, based on the comparing, particular map data that substantially corresponds to the map picture;
indicating, by a user of the electronic device, a position on the physical map, the image of the physical map as presented via the display, or the identified map data as presented via the display; and
corresponding the indicated position to a particular location in the identified map data, the particular location being information usable by the GPS receiver as the target geographic location.
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Abstract
A method of determining a target geographic location, using an electronic device including a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a digital camera, and a display for presenting images and functioning as a viewfinder for the digital camera, is provided. The method includes creating, by one or more components of the electronic device, an image of a physical map; comparing, by the one or more components, at least a portion of the image of the physical map with map data stored in a database associated with the electronic device; identifying, based on the comparing, particular map data that substantially corresponds to the map picture; indicating, by a user of the electronic device, a position on the physical map, the image of the physical map as presented via the display, or the identified map data as presented via the display; and corresponding the indicated position to a particular location in the identified map data, the particular location being information usable by the GPS receiver as the target geographic location.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of determining a target geographic location, using an electronic device including a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a digital camera, and a display for presenting images and functioning as a viewfinder for the digital camera, the method comprising:
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creating, by one or more components of the electronic device, an image of a physical map; comparing, by the one or more components, at least a portion of the image of the physical map with map data stored in a database associated with the electronic device; identifying, based on the comparing, particular map data that substantially corresponds to the map picture; indicating, by a user of the electronic device, a position on the physical map, the image of the physical map as presented via the display, or the identified map data as presented via the display; and corresponding the indicated position to a particular location in the identified map data, the particular location being information usable by the GPS receiver as the target geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A wireless electronic device to present a suggested target geographic location, comprising:
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a digital camera including an image sensor and to take a map picture of a physical map and to sense a corresponding map picture on the image sensor; a processor to compare at least a portion of the map picture with maps stored in a database to identify and match the map picture with an actual map stored in the database or to receive at least a part of an actual map corresponding to at least a part of the map picture; a display to present taken pictures and operate as a viewfinder for the digital camera, and a GPS receiver, where the processor is to identify a first position on the physical map, the map picture as presented on the display, or the actual map as presented on the display, match the first position with an actual position by utilizing the actual map or to receive an actual position based on the first position from the database, the actual position being in a format to be utilized by the GPS receiver as a target position, and present the actual position as the suggested target position to be used by the GPS receiver. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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