METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING LOCATION-BASED CONTENT

• US 20110279445A1
• Filed: 05/16/2010
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Aarnio, Ari Antero, Castro, Brenda, Murphy, David Joseph, Karkkainen, Tuula, Vaittinen, Tuomas
• Application Number:
  US12/780,912
• Publication Number:
  US 20110279445A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/10 Mixing of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of an operation, e.g. adding, on the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/125 wherein one of the images is motion video
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally

Abstract

An approach is provided for rendering content associated with a location-based service. Content is retrieved that is associated with a point on an object identified in the location-based service. The object can be represented by, but is not limited to, a three-dimensional or two-dimensional model or models or by an augmented reality view. A model of the object is retrieved. Rendering of the content is caused, at least in part, on one or more surfaces of the object model in a user interface of the location-based service.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

retrieving content associated with one or more points of one or more objects of a location-based service;

retrieving one or more models of the one or more objects; and

causing, at least in part, rendering of the content associated with one or more surfaces of the one or more object models in a user interface of the location-based service.

2. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input for selecting the one or more points via the user interface;

associating the content with the one or more points; and

causing, at least in part, storage of the association of the content and the one or more points.

3. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input for manipulating the rendering of the content; and

causing, at least in part, update of the content, the one or more points, the one or more object models, an association between the one or more points and the content, or a combination thereof.

4. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more object models, one or more other object models, or a combination thereof comprise a three-dimensional model corresponding to a geographic location, the method further comprising:

causing, at least in part, rendering of one or more images over the three-dimensional model in the user interface.

5. A method of claim 4, wherein the images include panoramic images, augmented reality images, mixed reality images, virtual reality images, or a combination thereof.

6. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a perspective of the user interface;

determining whether the rendering of the content is obstructed by one or more renderings of other object models in the user interface; and

recommending another perspective based, at least in part, on the determination with respect to the obstruction.

7. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing, at least in part, filtering of the content, the object model, the point, one or more other object models, one or more other content, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on one or more criteria; and

causing, at least in part, rendering of the user interface based, at least in part, on the filtering.

8. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining one or more three-dimensional coordinates for rendering the content relative to one or more other three-dimensional coordinates corresponding to the one or more object models.

9. A method of claim 8, further comprising:

associating the content with the one or more object models, the one or more points, one or more other points within a volume of the one or more objects, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the one or more three-dimensional coordinates.

10. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a perspective of the user interface;

determining a view of the content based on the perspective; and

causing, at least in part, a transformation of the rendering of the content based on the view.

21. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more object models, one or more other object models, or a combination thereof represent one or more corresponding buildings, the method further comprising:

associating the one or more points with a floor of one of the one or more corresponding buildings;

receiving an input for selecting the one or more points via the user interface, wherein the content is associated with the floor.

11. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

retrieve content associated with one or more points of one or more objects of a location-based service;

retrieve one or more models of the one or more objects; and

cause, at least in part, rendering of the content associated with one or more surfaces of the one or more object models in a user interface of the location-based service.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

receive an input for selecting the one or more points via the user interface;

associate the content with the one or more points; and

cause, at least in part, storage of the association of the content and the one or more points.

13. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

receive an input for manipulating the rendering of the content; and

cause, at least in part, update of the content, the one or more points, the one or more object models, an association between the one or more points and the content, or a combination thereof.

14. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the one or more object models, one or more other object models, or a combination thereof comprise a three-dimensional model corresponding to a geographic location, and wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, rendering of one or more images over the three-dimensional model in the user interface,

wherein the images include panoramic images, augmented reality images, mixed reality images, virtual reality images, or a combination thereof.

15. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine a perspective of the user interface;

determine whether the rendering of the content is obstructed by one or more renderings of other object models in the user interface; and

recommend another perspective based, at least in part, on the determination with respect to the obstruction.

16. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, filtering of the content, the object model, the point, one or more other object models, one or more other content, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on one or more criteria; and

cause, at least in part, rendering of the user interface based, at least in part, on the filtering.

17. (canceled)

18. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

retrieving content associated with one or more points of one or more objects of a location-based service;

retrieving one or more models of the one or more objects; and

causing, at least in part, rendering of the content associated with one or more surfaces of the one or more object models in a user interface of the location-based service.

19. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

receiving an input for selecting the one or more points via the user interface;

associating the content with the one or more points; and

causing, at least in part, storage of the association of the content and the one or more points.

20. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

receiving an input for manipulating the rendering of the content; and

causing, at least in part, update of the content, the one or more points, the one or more object models, an association between the one or more points and the content, or a combination thereof.