Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing standard real world to virtual world links
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving indications of an image including an object at a mobile terminal;
determining to identify, at the mobile terminal, whether the object corresponds to a particular real life object having a predefined association mapping the particular real life object to a function based, at least in part, on a recognition of the object; and
in response to the object corresponding to the particular real life object, determining to execute at the mobile terminal the function corresponding to the predefined association by executing a link to a predetermined destination and causing, at least in part, a display of a title describing the predefined association of the real life object and the function,wherein the function includes retrieving information corresponding to a location of a camera providing the indications of the image, and the information defines an environment condition or another real life object, other than the object or the camera, associated with the location, andwherein the determining whether the object corresponds to the particular real life object comprises comparing features of the image to source images including object features to find a corresponding object having features matching the features of the image and determining whether the corresponding object is in a list of particular objects having respective predefined associations.
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing standard real world to virtual world links may include a processing element configured to receive indications of an image including an object, determine whether the object corresponds to a particular object having a predefined association based on a recognition of the object, and execute a function corresponding to the predefined association in response to the object corresponding to the particular object.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving indications of an image including an object at a mobile terminal; determining to identify, at the mobile terminal, whether the object corresponds to a particular real life object having a predefined association mapping the particular real life object to a function based, at least in part, on a recognition of the object; and in response to the object corresponding to the particular real life object, determining to execute at the mobile terminal the function corresponding to the predefined association by executing a link to a predetermined destination and causing, at least in part, a display of a title describing the predefined association of the real life object and the function, wherein the function includes retrieving information corresponding to a location of a camera providing the indications of the image, and the information defines an environment condition or another real life object, other than the object or the camera, associated with the location, and wherein the determining whether the object corresponds to the particular real life object comprises comparing features of the image to source images including object features to find a corresponding object having features matching the features of the image and determining whether the corresponding object is in a list of particular objects having respective predefined associations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause a mobile terminal to at least perform the following steps:
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receiving indications of an image including an object; determining to identify whether the object corresponds to a particular real life object having a predefined association mapping the particular real life object to a function based, at least in part, on a recognition of the object; and in response to the object corresponding to the particular real life object, determining to execute the function corresponding to the predefined association by executing a link to a predetermined destination and causing, at least in part, a display of a title describing the predefined association of the real life object and the function, wherein the function includes retrieving information corresponding to a location of a camera providing the indications of the image, and the information defines an environment condition or another real life object, other than the object or the camera, associated with the location, wherein the mobile terminal is caused to further perform; comparing features of the image to source images including object features to find a corresponding object having features matching the features of the image and determining whether the corresponding object is in a list of particular objects having respective predefined associations. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause a mobile terminal to perform at least the following, receive indications of an image including an object; determine to identify whether the object corresponds to a particular real life object having a predefined association mapping the particular real life object to a function based, at least in part, on a recognition of the object; and in response to the object corresponding to the particular real life object, determine to execute the function corresponding to the predefined association by executing a link to a predetermined destination and cause, at least in part, a display of a title describing the predetermined association of the real life object and the function, wherein the function includes retrieving information corresponding to a location of a camera providing the indications of the image, and the information defines an environment condition or another real life object, other than the object or the camera, associated with the location, and wherein the mobile terminal is further caused to compare features of the image to source images including object features to find a corresponding object having features matching the features of the image and determine whether the corresponding object is in a list of particular objects having respective predefined associations. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a receiver which receives indications of an image including an object; a position sensor that determines a location of the mobile terminal; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause a mobile terminal to perform at least the following, identify whether the object corresponds to a particular real life object having a predefined association mapping the particular real life object to a function based, at least in part, on a recognition of the object, wherein in response to the object corresponding to the particular real life object, the controller executes the function corresponding to the predefined association by executing a link to a predetermined destination and causes, at least in part, a display of a title describing the predefined association of the real life object and the function, wherein the function includes retrieving information corresponding to a location of a camera providing the indications of the image, and the information defines an environment condition or another real life object, other than the object or the camera, associated with the location, and wherein the mobile terminal is further caused to compare features of the image to source images including object features to find a corresponding object having features matching the features of the image and determine whether the corresponding object is in a list of particular objects having respective predefined associations.
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