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Street-level imagery acquisition and selection

  • US 9,489,716 B1
  • Filed: 04/21/2015
  • Issued: 11/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • dividing, using the one or more processors, a road network graph into a plurality of road segments;

    associating, using the one or more processors, a given road segment with one or more candidate images captured at a geographic location corresponding to the given road segment;

    receiving a user request for information associated with a portion of the road network graph;

    determining, using the one or more processors, characteristics of the candidate images, the characteristics including visual properties, and the characteristics being prioritized such that a first type of characteristic is valued differently than a second type of characteristic;

    selecting, using the one or more processors, one of the candidate images for interior portions of the given road segment, wherein the selecting is based at least in part on a highest priority characteristic; and

    providing, in response to the user request, the selected candidate image.

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