DATA DIFFERENCE GUIDED IMAGE CAPTURING
First Claim
1. A method for guiding data capturing comprising:
- obtaining, by a computing device, a freshness score of a previously stored high-resolution aerial image of a geographic area;
obtaining, by the computing device, a recent low-resolution aerial image of the geographic area;
comparing, by the computing device, aspects of the recent low-resolution aerial image with aspects of the previously stored high-resolution aerial image to determine an amount of change; and
determining, by the computing device, whether to order new high-resolution aerial images based on the freshness score and the determined amount of change.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed. Previously stored images of one or more geographic areas may be viewed by online users. A new low-resolution image may be acquired and aspects of the new low-resolution image may be compared with a corresponding one of the previously stored images to determine an amount of change. A determination may be made regarding whether to acquire a new high-resolution image based on the determined amount of change and a freshness score associated with the one of the previously stored images. In another embodiment, a new image may be captured and corresponding location data may be obtained. A corresponding previously stored image may be obtained and compared with the new image to determine an amount of change. The new image may be uploaded to a remote computing device based on the determined amount of change and a freshness score of the previously stored image.
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1. A method for guiding data capturing comprising:
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obtaining, by a computing device, a freshness score of a previously stored high-resolution aerial image of a geographic area; obtaining, by the computing device, a recent low-resolution aerial image of the geographic area; comparing, by the computing device, aspects of the recent low-resolution aerial image with aspects of the previously stored high-resolution aerial image to determine an amount of change; and determining, by the computing device, whether to order new high-resolution aerial images based on the freshness score and the determined amount of change. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computing device comprising:
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an interface for connecting to an image capturing device; at least one processor; a storage device; a communication interface for communicating with at least one other computing device; a bus connecting the at least one processor with the interface, the storage device, and the communication interface; and a memory connected to the at least one processor via the bus, the memory including instructions for the at least one processor to perform a method comprising; receiving captured image data from the image capturing device via the interface, requesting and downloading, via the communication interface, online image data corresponding to the captured image data, determining an amount of change between the received captured image data and the downloaded online image data, determining whether to upload the received captured image data to a remote computing device based, at least partially, on the determined amount of change, and uploading the received captured image data to the remote computing device only when the determining whether to upload the received captured image data determines that the received captured image data is to be uploaded. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for guiding capturing of image data, the method comprising:
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comparing, by the at least one computing device, recently captured image data for a geographic area with previously stored image data for the geographic area in order to determine an amount of change; and determining, by the at least one computing device, whether the previously-stored image data is to be updated based on a freshness score of the previously stored image data and the determined amount of change. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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