Image Based Routing and Confirmation

• US 20160117348A1
• Filed: 10/28/2014
• Published: 04/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (HERE Holding Corporation)
• Original Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (HERE Holding Corporation)
• Inventors: Reynertson, Katherine R.
• Granted Patent: US 10,216,765 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information

Abstract

Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for image based routing and confirmation. A routing request for a point of interest is received. A point of interest for the routing request may be identified from a geographic database. A message is sent to a user device, and the message includes an option to confirm or reject a destination based on the routing request that corresponds to the point of interest. When the destination is rejected, a set of point of interest images from one or more sources is selected. The set of point of interest images from the one or more sources may be sent to the user device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a routing request for a point of interest;

sending a message to a user device with an option to confirm or reject a destination based on the routing request;

selecting, when the destination is rejected, a set of point of interest images from one or more sources; and

sending, to the user device, the set of point of interest images from the one or more sources.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of point of interest images comprise one or more indoor images.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a point of interest image is associated with a user selected location within the geographic database, and the set of point of interest images are associated with other locations within the geographic database.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the set of point of interest images are within a predetermined geographic distance of the user selection location.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

filtering the set of point of interest images based on one or more characteristics.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more characteristics comprise an orientation of the user device and location metadata associated with each image from the set of point of interest images.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the filtering further comprises:

identifying when multiple images are associated with a same point of interest; and

selecting a representative image from the multiple images associated with the same point of interest.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more characteristics comprise a time of day.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more characteristics comprise a popularity rating, priority rating, or confidence score, or some combination thereof, for each point of interest image in the set of point of interest images.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more sources comprise an image sharing website.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more sources comprise a local network.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more sources comprise a public internet site.

13. 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 at least perform;

process a request for a point of interest from a device;

send a message to a device with a prompt to approve or reject a destination that corresponds to the point of interest;

select, when the destination is rejected, a set of point of interest images from one or more sources; and

send, to the device, the set of point of interest images from the one or more sources.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

filter the set of point of interest images based on one or more characteristics.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the one or more characteristics comprises an orientation of the user device and location meta data associated with each image from the set of point of interest images.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein a point of interest image is associated with a user selected location within the geographic database, and the set of point of interest images are associated with locations within the geographic database.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the set of point of interest images comprise one or more indoor images.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions that when executed are operable to:

receive a destination request to a point of interest;

present a route or a portion thereof to the point of interest;

provide an option via a user device to display a set of images based on a location corresponding to the requested point of interest or based on a current location of the user device when the current location is within a predefined distance from the location corresponding to the requested point of interest, wherein images within the set of images are selectable; and

present a route or portion thereof to a location corresponding to a selected image within the set of images.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, the instructions configured to:

filter the images based on one or more characteristics.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the set of images are selected in response to an indication from the user device which indicates that the route is rejected.