Generating photogenic routes from starting to destination locations
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1. A method comprising;
- using a communication network to access diverse digital images stored on the Internet previously captured at a plurality of different times in a geographic region, wherein the geographic region includes a starting location and a destination location;
computing photogenic values for the accessed diverse images;
computing a photogenic index for each route segment based on the computed photogenic values of the accessed diverse images corresponding to the route segment; and
using the computed photogenic indexes to compute at least one preferred photogenic route from the starting location to the destination location and presenting the at least one preferred photogenic route on a user-device.
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Abstract
A method of computing at least one photogenic route from a starting location to a destination location, including; computing photogenic values for images in a large collection representing a geographic region that includes the starting location and the destination location; computing a photogenic index for each route segment based on computed photogenic values of images taken along the route segment; computing at least one photogenic route from the starting location to the destination location and presenting the route(s) to a user.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising;
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using a communication network to access diverse digital images stored on the Internet previously captured at a plurality of different times in a geographic region, wherein the geographic region includes a starting location and a destination location; computing photogenic values for the accessed diverse images; computing a photogenic index for each route segment based on the computed photogenic values of the accessed diverse images corresponding to the route segment; and using the computed photogenic indexes to compute at least one preferred photogenic route from the starting location to the destination location and presenting the at least one preferred photogenic route on a user-device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A device configured to compute at least one photogenic route having one or more segments from a starting location to a destination location, wherein computing the at least one photogenic route comprises:
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using a communication network to access diverse digital images stored on the Internet previously captured by a plurality of dissociated devices—
at a plurality of different times in a geographic region, wherein the geographic region includes the starting location and destination location;computing photogenic values for the accessed diverse images; computing a photogenic index for each route segment based on the computed photogenic values of the accessed diverse images corresponding to the route segment; and using the computed photogenic indexes to compute at least one preferred photogenic route from the starting location to the destination location and presenting the at least one preferred photogenic route on a user-device. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A method comprising;
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using a communication network to access diverse digital images stored on the Internet previously captured by a plurality of dissociated users—
at a plurality of different times in a geographic region, wherein the geographic region includes a starting location and a destination location;computing photogenic values for the accessed diverse images; detecting scene categories for the accessed diverse images; computing a photogenic index for each route segment based on the computed photogenic values of the accessed diverse images with respect to one or more of the scene categories corresponding to the route segment; using the computed photogenic indexes to compute at least one preferred photogenic route from the starting location to the destination location and presenting the at least one preferred photogenic route and the corresponding route scene category distribution on a user-device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A device configured to compute at least one photogenic route having one or more segments from a starting location to a destination location, wherein computing the at least one photogenic route comprises:
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using a communication network to access diverse digital images stored on the Internet previously captured by a plurality of dissociated devices—
at a plurality of different times in a geographic region, wherein the geographic region includes the starting location and destination location;computing photogenic values for the accessed diverse images; detecting scene categories for the accessed diverse images; computing a photogenic index for each route segment based on the computed photogenic values of the accessed diverse images with respect to one or more of the scene categories corresponding to the route segment; using the computed photogenic indexes to compute at least one preferred photogenic route from the starting location to the destination location and presenting the at least one preferred photogenic route and the corresponding route scene category distributions to a user-device.
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