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Virtual skywriting

  • US 7,966,024 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2008
  • Issued: 06/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
  • Status: Expired
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1. A method implemented at least in part by a mobile computing device, the method comprising:

  • transmitting from the mobile computing device a request to a skywriting service for skywriting;

    receiving from the skywriting service skywriting associated with a geographical location of the mobile computing device, the skywriting having been obtained by the skywriting service by identifying, among a stored plurality of skywritings, a skywriting that corresponds to the geographical location of the mobile computing device; and

    displaying, on the mobile computing device, the skywriting superimposed on an image of the sky as captured by the mobile computing device from the geographical location, wherein the skywriting is superimposed on the image by first recognizing a region of sky in the image using a recognition algorithm and then fitting the skywriting to the recognized region of sky.

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