METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMAGE DATA OF PROPERTY
First Claim
1. ) A method of providing images of property parcels, the method comprising:
- receiving a query from a mobile device over a communications network into a computer server, said query indicating a geographic location of interest;
associating a property parcel with said geographic location of interest;
accessing image data captured at street level with an image capture device mounted on a vehicle travelling near the geographic location of interest;
identifying select image data captured with the image capture device wherein a field of view of the image capture device is oriented in a direction towards an identified centroid of the property parcel during capture of the image data; and
transmitting to the mobile device said select image data over the communication network.
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Abstract
Video drive-by data provides a street level view of a neighborhood surrounding a selected geographic location. A video and data server farm incorporates a video storage server that stores video image files containing video drive-by data corresponding to a geographic location, a database server that processes a data query received from a user over the Internet corresponding to a geographic location of interest, and an image processing server. In operation, the database server identifies video image files stored in the video storage server that correspond to the geographic location of interest contained in the data query and transfers the video image files over a pre-processing network to the image processing server. The image processing server converts the video drive-by data to post-processed video data corresponding to a desired image format and transfers the post-processed video data via a post-processing network to the Internet in response to the query.
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20 Claims
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1. ) A method of providing images of property parcels, the method comprising:
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receiving a query from a mobile device over a communications network into a computer server, said query indicating a geographic location of interest; associating a property parcel with said geographic location of interest; accessing image data captured at street level with an image capture device mounted on a vehicle travelling near the geographic location of interest; identifying select image data captured with the image capture device wherein a field of view of the image capture device is oriented in a direction towards an identified centroid of the property parcel during capture of the image data; and transmitting to the mobile device said select image data over the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. ) A method of providing image data of a property parcel from a computer server, the method comprising:
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transmitting over a communications network to a mobile device an image of a map including a representation of a street; receiving a query from the mobile device over the communications network into the computer server, wherein said query comprises a click on the map and indicates a geographic location of interest; associating a property parcel with said geographic location of interest; identifying one or more images captured with a first image capture device oriented at a centroid of the property parcel at a time of image capture; and transmitting to the mobile device said one or more images captured with the first image capture device oriented at a centroid of the property parcel over the communication network and a map view of the property parcel with an indication of the property parcel on the map. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. ) A method of providing image data of a property parcel, the method comprising:
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transmitting with a mobile device over a communications network an image of a map comprising a representation of a street and additionally comprising a representation of boundaries defining one or more property parcels; receiving a query over the communications network into a computer server indicating a selection of one of the defined property parcels; identifying image data captured with a first image capture device with a field of view oriented in a direction towards a centroid of the property parcel of interest at a time of image capture; and transmitting said image data captured with the first image capture device with a field of view oriented in a direction towards a centroid of the property parcel of interest at a time of image capture over the communication network, and additionally transmitting a map view of the property parcel of interest with an indication of the property parcel of interest on the map. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. ) An apparatus for providing images of property parcels, the apparatus comprising:
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a digital processor in communication with a storage device, the storage device storing executable software executable upon command to cause the apparatus to be operative; receive a query over a communications network into the processor, said query indicating a geographic location of interest; associate a property parcel with said geographic location of interest; access image data captured at street level with an image capture device mounted on a vehicle travelling near the geographic location of interest; identify select image data captured with the image capture device wherein a field of view of the image capture device is oriented in a direction towards an identified centroid of the property parcel during capture of the image data; and transmit said select image data over the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification