Geo-relevance for images
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1. A computer system having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the processor to perform a method comprising:
- determining a plurality of physical areas in space covered by one or more cameras carried by one or more users, each of the physical areas defined by an approximate point of origin and an approximate direction;
overlapping the determined plurality of physical areas relative to one another in a geographic representation, the overlapped physical areas having a density of coverage;
identifying an area of interest based on the density of coverage of the overlapped physical areas; and
associating one of the users with the area of interest if the camera carried by the user has a physical area that at least partially overlaps the area of interest.
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Abstract
Images may be sorted and categorized by defining a frustum for each image and overlaying the frustums in two, three, or four dimensions to create a density map and identify points of interest. Images that contain a point of interest may be grouped, sorted, and categorized to determine representative images of the point. By including many images from different sources, common points of interest may be defined. Points of interest may be defined in two or three Euclidian dimensions, or may include a dimension of time.
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1. A computer system having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the processor to perform a method comprising:
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determining a plurality of physical areas in space covered by one or more cameras carried by one or more users, each of the physical areas defined by an approximate point of origin and an approximate direction; overlapping the determined plurality of physical areas relative to one another in a geographic representation, the overlapped physical areas having a density of coverage; identifying an area of interest based on the density of coverage of the overlapped physical areas; and associating one of the users with the area of interest if the camera carried by the user has a physical area that at least partially overlaps the area of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method for identifying an area of interest, the method comprising:
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determining a plurality of frustums individually associated with a field of view of individual cameras, each of the frustums having an approximate point of origin and an approximate direction, wherein the individual frustums represent a geographic coverage area or volume of the corresponding cameras in space; arranging the plurality of frustums relative to one another based on the approximate point of origin and the approximate direction in a geographic representation; identifying a density of coverage of the plurality of frustums on the geographic representation; and determining the area of interest based on the identified density of coverage. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer system for identifying an area of interest, the computer system comprising:
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means for determining a plurality of physical areas in space covered by one or more cameras, each of the physical areas having an approximate point of origin and an approximate direction, and wherein each of the cameras being associated with a user; means for arranging the determined plurality of physical areas relative to one another in a geographic representation, at least some of the physical areas overlap one another; means for selecting the area of interest based on the overlapping of at least some of the physical areas; means for determining if one of the cameras has a physical area that at least partially overlaps the selected area of interest; and means for associating one of the users with the area of interest if the physical area of the camera associated with the user at least partially overlaps the area of interest. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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