METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING DIRECTIONS AND NAVIGATING TO GEO-REFERENCED PLACES WITHIN IMAGES AND VIDEOS

• US 20130061147A1
• Filed: 09/07/2011
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Beaurepaire, Jarome
• Application Number:
  US13/226,942
• Publication Number:
  US 20130061147A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

An approach is provided for determining directions and navigating to geo-referenced places within images and videos. A location platform causes, at least in part, a selection of one or more elements depicted in one or more images. The location platform then causes, at least in part, an identification of the one or more elements, the one or more images, or a combination thereof. Next, the location platform causes, at least in part, a transmission of the identified one or more elements, the identified one or more images, or a combination thereof for use by a device.

Claims

1. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:

a selection of one or more elements depicted in one or more images;

an identification of the one or more elements, the one or more images, or a combination thereof; and

a transmission of the identified one or more elements, the identified one or more images, or a combination thereof for use by a device.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the identified one or more elements, the identified one or more images, or a combination thereof is for use by a mapping application, a navigation application, a location-based application, or a combination thereof of the device.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein the identified one or more elements, the identified one or more images, or a combination thereof is for use as a destination, a waypoint, or a combination thereof of the device.

4. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a processing of the one or more elements, the one or more images, or a combination to determine point-of-interest information, location information, descriptive information, or a combination thereof,

wherein the identification of the one or more elements, the one or more images, or a combination thereof is based, at least in part, on the point-of-interest information, the location information, the descriptive information, or a combination thereof.

5. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a rendering of a user interface for enabling, at least in part, one or more touch-based interactions with respect to the one or more elements, the one or more images, or a combination thereof,

wherein the touch-based interactions are for causing, at least in part, the selection, the identification, the transmission, the use by the device, or a combination thereof.

10. A method of claim 1, wherein the reception, the usage, or a combination thereof of the one or more images, the one or more elements, the identification information, or a combination thereof is at a video display device, a mobile device, or a combination thereof.

6. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:

a reception of one or more images, one or more elements depicted in the one or more images, or a combination thereof, wherein the one or more images, the one or more elements, or a combination thereof are associated with identification information; and

a usage of the one or more images, the one or more elements, the identification information, or a combination thereof in a mapping application, a navigation application, a location-based application, or a combination thereof.

7. A method of claim 6, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination to cause, at least in part, the usage of the one or more images, the one or more elements, the identification information, or a combination thereof as one or more destinations, one or more waypoints, or a combination thereof of the mapping application, the navigation application, the location-based application, or a combination thereof.

8. A method of claim 6, wherein the identification information includes, at least in part, point-of-interest information, location information, descriptive information, or a combination thereof associated with the one or more images, the one or more elements, or a combination thereof.

9. A method of claim 6, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a rendering of a user interface to present the one or more images, the one or more elements, the identification information, or a combination thereof,

wherein the usage in the mapping application, the navigation application, the location-based, application, or a combination thereof is based, at least in part, on interaction information associated with the user interface.

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,

cause, at least in part, a selection of one or more elements depicted in one or more images;

cause, at least in part, an identification of the one or more elements, the one or more images, or a combination thereof; and

cause, at least in part, a transmission of the identified one or more elements, the identified one or more images, or a combination thereof for use by a device.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the identified one or more elements, the identified one or more images, or a combination thereof is for use by a mapping application, a navigation application, a location-based application, or a combination thereof of the device.

13. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the identified one or more elements, the identified one or more images, or a combination thereof is for use as a destination, a waypoint, or a combination thereof of the device.

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

process and/or facilitate a processing of the one or more elements, the one or more images, or a combination to determine point-of-interest information, location information, descriptive information, or a combination thereof,

wherein the identification of the one or more elements, the one or more images, or a combination thereof is based, at least in part, on the point-of-interest information, the location information, the descriptive information, or a combination thereof.

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

cause, at least in part, a rendering of a user interface for enabling, at least in part, one or more touch-based interactions with respect to the one or more elements, the one or more images, or a combination thereof,

wherein the touch-based interactions are for causing, at least in part, the selection, the identification, the transmission, the use by the device, or a combination thereof.

16. 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,

receive one or more images, one or more elements depicted in the one or more images, or a combination thereof, wherein the one or more images, the one or more elements, or a combination thereof are associated with identification information; and

cause, at least in part, a usage of the one or more images, the one or more elements, the identification information, or a combination thereof in a mapping application, a navigation application, a location-based application, or a combination thereof.

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

cause, at least in part, the usage of the one or more images, the one or more elements, the identification information, or a combination thereof as one or more destinations, one or more waypoints, or a combination thereof of the mapping application, the navigation application, the location-based application, or a combination thereof.

18. An apparatus of claim 16, wherein the identification information includes, at least in part, point-of-interest information, location information, descriptive information, or a combination thereof associated with the one or more images, the one or more elements, or a combination thereof.

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

cause, at least in part, a rendering of a user interface to present the one or more images, the one or more elements, the identification information, or a combination thereof,

wherein the usage in the mapping application, the navigation application, the location-based, application, or a combination thereof is based, at least in part, on interaction information associated with the user interface.

20. An apparatus of claim 16, wherein the reception, the usage, or a combination thereof of the one or more images, the one or more elements, the identification information, or a combination thereof is at a video display device, a mobile device, or a combination thereof.

21-56. -56. (canceled)