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Semantic image navigation experiences

  • US 9,471,695 B1
  • Filed: 12/02/2014
  • Issued: 10/18/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for generating semantic image navigation experiences, the method comprising:

  • selecting, by one or more computing devices, a first geographic entity of a plurality of distinct geographic entities;

    identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a plurality of distinct geographic sub-entities, each distinct geographic sub-entity having a geographic containment relationship with the first geographic entity, the plurality of distinct geographic sub-entities including;

    a first distinct geographic sub-entity that is both (i) visually represented by at least one landmark corresponding to the first distinct geographic sub-entity and (ii) associated with a pre-stored navigation experience of a plurality of pre-stored navigation experiences that is unique to the first distinct geographic sub-entity, anda second distinct geographic sub-entity that is not at least one of (i) visually represented by at least one landmark corresponding to the second distinct geographic sub-entity and (ii) associated with a pre-stored navigation experience of the plurality of pre-stored navigation experiences that is unique to the second distinct geographic sub-entity,wherein each pre-stored navigation experience in the plurality of pre-stored navigation experiences corresponds to a given geographic entity and comprises a sequence of images and transitions between the images that produces a tour of at least one landmark associated with the given geographic entity;

    filtering, by the one or more computing devices, the plurality of distinct geographic sub-entities to remove at least one distinct geographic sub-entity that is not at least one of (i) visually represented by at least one landmark and (ii) associated with a pre-stored navigation experience of the plurality of pre-stored navigation experiences that is unique to the at least one distinct geographic sub-entity, the at least one distinct geographic sub-entity including the second geographic sub-entity;

    determining, by the one or more computing devices, a ranking order of the filtered plurality of distinct geographic sub-entities based at least in part on one or more characteristics of each distinct geographic sub-entity in the filtered plurality of distinct geographic sub-entities;

    selecting, by one or more computing devices, a subset of at least two distinct geographic sub-entities based on the ranking order; and

    generating, by the one or more computing devices, a semantic image navigation experience for the first geographic entity based on at least the pre-stored navigation experiences associated with the subset of at least two distinct geographic sub-entities by;

    automatically selecting a plurality of images from each pre-stored navigation experience of the subset of at least two distinct geographic sub-entities, andincluding the plurality of selected images in the semantic image navigation experience as a sequence of images based on the ranking order.

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