METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DISPLAYING PERSPECTIVE STREET VIEW MAP

• US 20150002539A1
• Filed: 05/29/2014
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: LI, Huimin, ZHENG, Yongjian, WU, Kexin, WANG, Haibo
• Application Number:
  US14/290,710
• Publication Number:
  US 20150002539A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3638 including 3D objects and buildings three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects G06T17/00; geographic models G06T17/05
• 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 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/20 Details of the management of multiple sources of image data
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence

Abstract

A terminal device may comprise a non-transitory processor-readable medium and a processor in communication with the storage medium. The storage medium may include a set of instructions for displaying a perspective view map to a user. The processor may be configured to execute the set of instructions to obtain a target image showing a vicinity of a target location in a perspective view along a target direction; determine a plurality of target objects that locate in the vicinity of the target location along the target direction; generate an overlaid target image by overlaying target information associated with the target objects on the target image; and display the target image overlaid with the target information.

Claims

1. A terminal device, comprising:

a non-transitory processor-readable medium including a set of instructions for displaying a perspective view map to a user; and

a processor in communication with the medium, the processor being configured to execute the set of instructions that;

obtain a target image showing a vicinity of a target location in a perspective view along a target direction;

determine a plurality of target objects that are located in the vicinity of the target location along the target direction;

generate an overlaid target image by overlaying target information associated with the target objects on the target image; and

display the target image overlaid with the target information.

2. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the target information comprises at least one of a coordinate, a name, an address, a category, an attribute, a flashing outline, or an audio clip thereof associated with each of the plurality of target objects;

and

wherein the terminal device comprises at least one of a mobile phone, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, or a GPS device.

3. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein to determine the plurality of target objects the processor is further configured to execute the at least one set of instructions to:

determine a coordinate of the target location;

determine a plurality of candidate objects that are located in the vicinity of the target location along the target direction; and

for each candidate object in the plurality of candidate objects;

determine a distance between the target location and the candidate object; and

select the candidate object as a target object when the distance is less than a first preset distance.

4. The terminal device of claim 3, wherein to generate the overlaid target image the processor is configured to execute the set of instructions to:

overlay the distances associated with the plurality of target objects on the perspective street view image.

5. The terminal device of claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to execute the set of instructions to:

select an arriving object from the plurality of target objects,

wherein the arriving object is closest to the target location among the plurality of target objects and has a distance less than a second preset distance, and

wherein the second preset distance is shorter than the first preset distance; and

overlay more information associated with the arriving object than the information associated with the remaining target objects in the plurality of target objects.

6. The terminal device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to:

update the target location and the target direction periodically;

update the target image periodically based on the updated target location and the updated target direction;

update the plurality of target objects periodically based on the updated target location and target direction; and

update the overlaid target image periodically based on the updated target image and the updated plurality of target objects.

7. The terminal device of claim 3, wherein each of the plurality of candidate objects is an object that the user is concerned about in a map, wherein the object includes at least one of a building, a street, an attraction, a store, or a gas station.

8. A method for displaying a perspective view map, comprising:

providing a terminal device to a user, wherein the terminal device includes a processor;

obtaining, by the processor, a target image showing a vicinity of a target location in a perspective view along a target direction;

determining, by the processor, a plurality of target objects that locate in the vicinity of the target location along the target direction;

generating, by the processor, an overlaid target image by overlaying target information associated with the target objects on the target image; and

displaying the target image overlaid with the target information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the target information comprises at least one of a coordinate, a name, an address, a category, an attribute, a flashing outline, or an audio clip thereof associated with each of the plurality of target objects;

and

wherein the terminal device comprises at least one of a mobile phone, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a GPS device, or a MP4 player.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining of the plurality of target objects comprises:

determining a coordinate of the target location;

determining a plurality of candidate objects that locate in the vicinity of the target location along the target direction;

for each candidate object in the plurality of candidate objects;

determining a distance between the target location and the candidate object; and

selecting the candidate object as a target object when the distance is less than a first preset distance.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the generating of the overlaid target image further comprises:

overlaying the distances associated with the plurality of target objects on the perspective street view image.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

selecting, by the a processor, an arriving object from the plurality of target objects,

wherein the arriving object is closest to the target location among the plurality of target objects and has a distance less than a second preset distance, and

wherein the second preset distance is shorter than the first preset distance; and

overlaying more information associated with the arriving object than the information associated with the remaining target objects in the plurality of target objects.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

updating, by the processor, the target location and the target direction periodically;

updating, by the processor, the target image periodically based on the updated target location and the updated target direction;

updating, by the processor, the plurality of target objects periodically based on the updated target location and target direction; and

updating, by the processor, the overlaid target image periodically based on the updated target image and the updated plurality of target objects.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of candidate objects is an object that the user is concerned about in a map, wherein the object includes at least one of a building, a street, an attraction, a store, or a gas station.

15. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for displaying a perspective view map on a terminal device, the set of instructions is configured to direct a processor to perform acts of:

obtaining a target image showing a vicinity of a target location in a perspective view along a target direction;

determining a plurality of target objects that locate in the vicinity of the target location along the target direction;

generating an overlaid target image by overlaying target information associated with the target objects on the target image; and

displaying the target image overlaid with the target information.

16. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the target information comprises at least one of a coordinate, a name, an address, a category, an attribute, a flashing outline, or an audio clip thereof associated with each of the plurality of target objects;

wherein each of the plurality of target objects is an object that the user is concerned about in a map, wherein the object includes at least one of a building, a street, an attraction, a store, or a gas station; and

wherein the terminal device comprises at least one of a mobile phone, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, or a GPS device.

17. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the determining of the plurality of target objects comprises:

determining a coordinate of the target location;

determining a plurality of candidate objects that locate in the vicinity of the target location along the target direction;

for each candidate object in the plurality of candidate objects;

determining a distance between the target location and the candidate object; and

selecting the candidate object as a target object when the distance is less than a first preset distance.

18. The storage of claim 17, wherein the generating of the overlaid target image further comprises:

overlaying the distances associated with the plurality of target objects on the perspective street view image.

19. The storage of claim 17, wherein the set of instructions is further configured to direct the processor to perform acts of:

selecting an arriving object from the plurality of target objects,

wherein the arriving object is closest to the target location among the plurality of target objects and has a distance less than a second preset distance, and

wherein the second preset distance is shorter than the first preset distance; and

overlaying more information associated with the arriving object than the information associated with the remaining target objects in the plurality of target objects.

20. The storage of claim 17, wherein the set of instructions is further configured to direct the processor to perform acts of:

updating the target location and the target direction periodically;

updating the target image periodically based on the updated target location and the updated target direction;

updating the plurality of target objects periodically based on the updated target location and target direction; and

updating the overlaid target image periodically based on the updated target image and the updated plurality of target objects.