Location-to-landmark
First Claim
1. A system that facilitates describing a location with reference to one or more landmarks, comprising:
- a conversion component that receives a request for a target location and converts the request to a corresponding spatial coordinate;
a selection module that chooses a landmark from a plurality of landmarks based at least in part on a user familiarity, the user familiarity being determined by comparing information from a user profile database and information from a landmark database;
an analyzer component that evaluates the spatial coordinate and provides a description that contains the landmark; and
a rendering component that communicates the description in response to the received request.
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Abstract
A mapping application that returns results for a target location as a function of at least one nearby landmark. The one or more nearby landmarks can be selected based on an expected user familiarity with the landmark, a precision of the landmark and/or a spatial relationship of the landmark with respect to the target location. Although landmarks are an integral aspect of navigation, they have rarely been used within electronic navigation devices. Electronic navigation means for a mobile device or other devices can guide the user along a route using photographs of landmarks together with audio and text instructions that reference these landmarks. This can assist older users who often find their mobility hampered by declines in sensory, cognitive and motor abilities.
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17 Claims
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1. A system that facilitates describing a location with reference to one or more landmarks, comprising:
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a conversion component that receives a request for a target location and converts the request to a corresponding spatial coordinate; a selection module that chooses a landmark from a plurality of landmarks based at least in part on a user familiarity, the user familiarity being determined by comparing information from a user profile database and information from a landmark database; an analyzer component that evaluates the spatial coordinate and provides a description that contains the landmark; and a rendering component that communicates the description in response to the received request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. One or more computer-readable memory encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when executed, configure a computer system to perform acts comprising:
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receiving a request for a target location; converting the request to a corresponding spatial coordinate; evaluating the spatial coordinate; choosing a landmark from a plurality of landmarks based at least in part on a user familiarity, the user familiarity being determined by comparing information from a user profile database and information from a landmark database; providing a description that contains a spatial relationship between the landmark and the target location; and communicating the description in response to the received request.
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17. A method that facilitates describing a location with reference to one or more landmarks, comprising:
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receiving a request for a target location; converting the request to a corresponding spatial coordinate; evaluating the spatial coordinate; choosing a landmark from a plurality of landmarks, the choosing comprising; comparing at least two nearby landmarks included in a database of nearby landmarks; determining user familiarity with the at least two landmarks by comparing information from a user profile database and information from the database of nearby landmarks; and choosing one of the at least two nearby landmarks as a function of; a distance between each of the at least two landmarks and the target location; and a user familiarity with the at least two landmarks; and providing a description that contains a spatial relationship between the chosen one of the landmarks and the target location; and communicating the description in response to the received request.
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