VISUALIZATION OF ADDRESSES

• US 20160092470A1
• Filed: 05/18/2015
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Billy W., Rakshit, Sarbajit K.
• Application Number:
  US14/714,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20160092470A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3647 Guidance involving output of stored or live camera images or video streams
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means

Abstract

Provided are techniques for visualization of addresses. Search criteria for an entity is received. One or more addresses for the entity are identified based on the search criteria. For each of the one or more addresses, a floor associated with the entity at that address is identified, related information for the floor that includes photographs of views seen from that floor are identified, and, on a 2-dimensional (2-D) electronic map, a 3-dimensional (3-D) structure that indicates the floor and provides access to the related information is plotted.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, using a processor of a computer, search criteria for an entity;

identifying one or more addresses for the entity based on the search criteria;

for each of the one or more addresses,

identifying a floor associated with the entity at that address;

identifying related information for the floor that includes photographs of views seen from that floor; and

plotting, on a 2-dimensional (2-D) electronic map, a 3-dimensional (3-D) structure that indicates the floor and provides access to the related information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

for a particular address,

determining a height based on the floor at that particular address;

searching photograph metadata for the photographs captured from that height at the particular address; and

storing the photographs as related information for the floor at that particular address.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying the related information for the floor using a social networking site.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the search criteria indicates a range of floors for the address location.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for the related information for a 3-D structure displayed in the 2-D electronic map; and

in response to receiving the request, providing the related information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the floor includes performing another search.

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