Human assisted techniques for providing local maps and location-specific annotated data
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining one or more electronic signals representing audio input information, wherein the audio input information corresponds to at least one environmental feature at or near by a location of said portable electronic device and includes an ambient auditory environmental recording in which a user captures sounds in their surrounding environment;
obtaining one or more electronic signals representing local map information, said local map information being based, at least in part, on said audio input information;
obtaining one or more electronic signals representing location and/or navigation information based, at least in part, on said local map information and said audio input information; and
determining a current position of the portable electronic device based on the one or more electronic signals representing location and/or navigation information.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided that may be implemented in various electronic devices to allow for location, navigation, and/or other like information and/or services to be provided to a user based, at least in part, on audio input information corresponding one or more environmental features which are near by the user of the portable electronic device.
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1. A method comprising:
with a portable electronic device; obtaining one or more electronic signals representing audio input information, wherein the audio input information corresponds to at least one environmental feature at or near by a location of said portable electronic device and includes an ambient auditory environmental recording in which a user captures sounds in their surrounding environment; obtaining one or more electronic signals representing local map information, said local map information being based, at least in part, on said audio input information; obtaining one or more electronic signals representing location and/or navigation information based, at least in part, on said local map information and said audio input information; and determining a current position of the portable electronic device based on the one or more electronic signals representing location and/or navigation information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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means for obtaining audio input information, wherein the audio input information corresponds to at least one environmental feature at or near by a location of said portable electronic device and includes an ambient auditory environmental recording in which a user captures sounds in their surrounding environment; means for obtaining local map information, said local map information being based, at least in part, on said audio input information; means for obtaining location and/or navigation information based, at least in part, on said local map information and on said audio input information; and means for determining a current position of the portable electronic device based on the obtained location and/or navigation information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A portable electronic device comprising:
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memory; at least one user interface mechanism coupled to said memory; and at least one processing unit coupled to said memory and said user interface mechanism and programmed with instructions to; obtain audio input information corresponding to at least one environmental feature at or near by a location of said portable electronic device and including an ambient auditory environmental recording in which a user captures sounds in their surrounding environment; obtain local map information, said local map information being based, at least in part, on said audio input information; obtain location and/or navigation information based, at least in part, on said local map information and on said audio input information; and initiate presentation of a current position of the portable electronic device based on at least a portion of said location and/or navigation information, wherein the current position of the portable device is presented via said user interface mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An article comprising:
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a computer readable medium having computer implementable instructions stored thereon that in response to being executed by one or more processing units in a portable electronic device enable the electronic device to; obtain audio input information corresponding to at least one environmental feature at or near by a location of said portable electronic device and including an ambient auditory environmental recording in which a user captures sounds in their surrounding environment; obtain local map information, said local map information being based, at least in part, on said audio input information; obtain location and/or navigation information based, at least in part, on said local map information; and determine a current position of the portable device based on the one or more electronic signals representing location and/or navigation information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for displaying the position of a portable electronic device, comprising:
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receiving audio input information with the portable electronic device, wherein the audio input information corresponds to at least one environmental feature adjacent to the portable electronic device and includes an ambient auditory environmental recording in which a user captures sounds in their surrounding environment; provisioning an initial map based on the audio input information; providing a relative position of the portable electronic device in reference to the initial map based on the audio input information; transforming the relative position into a position within a global coordinate system; and displaying the position of the portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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