Methods, devices, and computer program products for geo-tagged photographic image augmented files

• US 8,543,332 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2012
• Issued: 09/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: McQuaide, Jr., Arnold Chester
• Primary Examiner(s): Zanelli, Michael J
• Application Number:
  US13/485,998
• Publication Number:
  US 20120239292A1
• Time in Patent Office: 480 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 701/431
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3647 Guidance involving output of stored or live camera images or video streams
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position

Abstract

A method of providing augmented Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation can include detecting movement of a GPS enabled mobile device along a navigational route and displaying a photographic image on a display of the GPS enabled mobile device responsive to detecting movement of the GPS enabled mobile device along the navigational route provided by the GPS enabled mobile device. Related devices and computer program products are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A tangible computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, the executable instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

responsive to determining that a mobile device is within proximity to subjects of waypoints along a navigational route of the mobile device;

searching, using search parameters provided by the mobile device, a database of photographic images of views of subjects of waypoints determined to be within proximity of the navigational route of the mobile device; and

selecting ones of found photographic images for display on the mobile device; and

displaying a photographic image of the ones of found photographic images on a display of the mobile device responsive to movement of the mobile device along a navigational route, the displayed photographic image having a navigational route point-of-view perspective as seen by a user of the mobile device while traveling the navigational route, wherein at least one of the found photographic images comprises a detour waypoint along the navigational route offered for selection prior to leaving the navigational route.

2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the operations further comprising acquiring a photographic image for display via a camera on the mobile device.

3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the operations further comprising receiving a photographic image for display via a wireless link to a database of photographic images on a network that is remote from the mobile device.

4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

facilitating the mobile device traveling the navigational route in reverse order by displaying on the mobile device, photographic images of the ones of found photographic images in reverse order.

5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the photographic images provided in reverse order are formatted as video comprising a timed series of the photographic images.

6. A method comprising:

displaying a photographic image on a display of a mobile device responsive to movement of the mobile device along a navigational route provided by the mobile device, the displaying comprising selectively including the photographic image on the display responsive to determining proximity of the mobile device to the navigational route, the photographic image having a navigational route point-of-view perspective as seen by a user of the mobile device while traveling the navigational route on a surface; and

displaying another photographic image comprising a detour waypoint along the navigational route, the detour waypoint offered for a user selection prior to leaving the navigational route.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein selectively including comprises acquiring the photographic image via a camera for display on the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein selectively including comprises receiving the photographic image via a wireless link to a database of photographic images on a network that is remote from the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein selectively including further comprises:

searching a database of photographic images of views of subjects of waypoints determined to be within proximity of the navigational route to provide found photographic images; and

selecting at least one of the found photographic images for display in response to determining that the mobile device is within proximity to the subjects of the waypoints along the navigational route.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein searching the database comprises receiving search parameters input from a user of the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one of the found photographic images comprises options for detour waypoints along the navigational route offered for selection prior to leaving the navigational route.