Method and apparatus for annotating point of interest information

• US 8,952,983 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2010
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Uusitalo, Jussi Severi, Arrasvuori, Juha Henrik, Roimela, Kimmo Tapio
• Primary Examiner(s): Tung, Kee M
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHEN, FRANK S
• Application Number:
  US12/939,558
• Publication Number:
  US 20120113138A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,559 Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/047 Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

An approach is provided for annotating point of interest information to structures. One or more representations of at least one structure are determined. One or more partitions of the at least one structure is determined based, at least in part, on one or more features of the one or more representations. One or more points of interest associated with the at least one structure are determined. One or more points of interest are determined to be rendered for presentation based, at least in part, on the one or more partitions.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by at least one processor, one or more visual representations of at least one structure;

detecting from the one or more visual representations of the at least one structure one or more visual features;

determining one or more partitions of the at least one structure based, at least in part, on the one or more visual features detected from the one or more visual representations;

determining one or more points of interest associated with the at least one structure; and

determining to render the one or more points of interests for presentation based, at least in part, on the one or more partitions.

2. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining one or more characteristics of the at least one structure; and

determining to verify the one or more partitions, to update the one or more partitions, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more partitions include one or more horizontal partitions, one or more vertical partitions, or a combination thereof.

4. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining one or more characteristics of at least one of the points of interest;

determining to map the rendering of the at least one point of interest to the one or more partitions based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics; and

determining to present one or more editing options to modify an association of the at least one point of interest and the one or more partitions.

5. A method of claim 4, wherein the one or more characteristics are determined based, at least in part, on a floorplan of the at least one structure.

6. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more visual features detected in the one or more visual representations include architectural details of the at least one structure.

7. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more partitions represent one or more floors of the at least one structure.

8. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining to compare the one or more visual representations of the at least one structure under different lighting conditions,

wherein the one or more visual representations depict the at least one structure under the different lighting conditions, an environmental conditions, or a combination thereof.

9. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

determine one or more visual representations of at least one structure;

detect from the one or more visual representations of the at least one structure one or more visual features;

determine one or more partitions of the at least one structure based, at least in part, on the one or more visual features detected from the one or more visual representations;

determine one or more points of interest associated with the at least one structure; and

determine to render the one or more points of interests for presentation based, at least in part, on the one or more partitions.

10. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine one or more characteristics of the at least one structure; and

determine to verify the one or more partitions, to update the one or more partitions, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics.

11. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the one or more partitions include one or more horizontal partitions, one or more vertical partitions, or a combination thereof.

12. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine one or more characteristics of at least one of the points of interest;

determine to map the rendering of the at least one point of interest to the one or more partitions based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics; and

determine to present one or more editing options to modify an association of the at least one point of interest and the one or more partitions.

13. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the one or more characteristics are determined based, at least in part, on a floorplan of the at least one structure.

14. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the one or more visual features detected in the one or more visual representations include architectural details of the at least one structure.

15. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the one or more partitions represent one or more floors of the at least one structure.

16. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine to compare the one or more visual representations of the at least one structure under different lighting conditions,

wherein the one or more visual representations depict the at least one structure under the different lighting conditions, an environmental conditions, or a combination thereof.

17. 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 an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

determining one or more visual representations of at least one structure;

detecting from the one or more visual representations of the at least one structure one or more visual features;

determining one or more partitions of the at least one structure based, at least in part, on the one or more visual features detected from the one or more visual representations;

determining one or more points of interest associated with the at least one structure; and

determining to render the one or more points of interests for presentation based, at least in part, on the one or more partitions.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

determining to compare the one or more visual representations of the at least one structure under different lighting conditions;

determining one or more characteristics of the at least one structure; and

determining to verify the one or more partitions, to update the one or more partitions, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the one or more partitions include one or more horizontal partitions, one or more vertical partitions, or a combination thereof.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

determining one or more characteristics of at least one of the points of interest;

determining to map the rendering of the at least one point of interest to the one or more partitions based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics; and

determining to present one or more editing options to modify an association of the at least one point of interest and the one or more partitions.