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Visual assessment of landmarks

  • US 8,060,302 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2009
  • Issued: 11/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. One or more computer-readable storage media that store executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform acts comprising:

  • receiving a record that comprises a name of an entity and a street address of said entity;

    receiving a plurality of images;

    identifying a set of said images that were captured within a first distance of a location of said entity, said location being determined from said street address;

    performing a character recognition process on said set of images to identify words that appear in said set of images;

    comparing said words to said name;

    determining, based on comparison of said words with said name that said entity appears in an image that is in said set of set of images; and

    providing directions to a person, wherein said directions include said entity as a landmark;

    said comparing comprising;

    calculating Levenshtein distances between words in said set of images and words in said name; and

    determining that one of said Levenshtein distances is less that a quantity.

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