Systems and methods for identification of locations

• US 8,159,337 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2004
• Issued: 04/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Silver, Edward Michael, Adamczyk, Maria
• Primary Examiner(s): BLOUNT, ERIC
• Application Number:
  US10/784,383
• Publication Number:
  US 20050184866A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,976 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.13
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases

Abstract

A viewing apparatus provides a user with a view of his or her surroundings and enables the user to select a location from the view of the surroundings for identification. The viewing apparatus transmits location information regarding the selected location to a location identification device. In response to receipt of the location information, the location identification device uses the location information to determine identification information for the location. The location identification device transmits the identification information to the viewing apparatus, which displays the identification information on the view of the surroundings, preferably in association with the selected location. The identification information may include an address, a telephone number, and/or other information.

Claims

1. A method for identifying a location, comprising:

storing identification information associated with a delivery location, the identification information including a street address and a telephone number for the delivery location;

providing a view of surroundings to a user device worn by the user in response to a position and orientation of the user, the view provided to the user device being the same user view as the user were not wearing the user device;

determining a location in the view by determining the location in the view to be within a specified distance from the user and within an orientation of the view vis-a-vis the user orientation;

receiving target data from the user device corresponding to the location in the view, the target data being an image of a target in the view of the surroundings;

identifying the location in the view in response to the target data; and

displaying, on the provided view of the user surroundings, identification information relating to the target data corresponding to the location on the view of the user surroundings to the user, the identification information including street address and telephone number for the delivery location to confirm that the image of the target is the delivery location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the identification information comprises displaying the identification information in association with the location on the view of the user surroundings.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the location in the view includes using the position and the orientation of the user to identify the location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the viewing apparatus transmits the position and orientation of the user to a position/location service to generate the view of the surroundings.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the viewing apparatus is worn in front of the user'"'"'s eyes.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the target data is selected by tracking user gaze at the viewing apparatus.