Method and apparatus for providing route information in image media

• US 9,664,527 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2011
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Nurmi, Mikko Antero
• Primary Examiner(s): HEINLE, COURTNEY D
• Application Number:
  US13/035,497
• Publication Number:
  US 20120221241A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,286 Days
• Field of Search: 701200, 701400
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3602 Input other than that of destination using image analysis, e.g. detection of road signs, lanes, buildings, real preceding vehicles using a camera
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3647 Guidance involving output of stored or live camera images or video streams

Abstract

An approach is provided for recognizing objects in media content. The capture manager determines to detect, at a device, one or more objects in a content stream. Next, the capture manager determines to capture one or more representations of the one or more objects in the content stream. Then, the capture manager associates the one or more representations with one or more instances of the content stream.

Claims

1. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:

a processing of one or more images by a user device to determine, at least in part, location information, orientation information, or a combination thereof of the user device while capturing the one or more images or at a time when the one or more images were captured;

determining route information including one or more routes the device, a user of the device, one or more other users associated with the user, or a combination thereof had traveled; and

a processing of the one or more images, the location information, the orientation information, the route information, or a combination thereof to generate at least one rendering of at least a portion of the route information for display in the one or more images.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a presentation of the at least one rendering of the route information in a viewfinder display of the device concurrently or substantially concurrently with the capturing of the one or more images.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

an association of the route information, the at least one rendering of the route information, or a combination thereof with the one or more images.

4. A method of claim 3, wherein the association is via metadata associated with the one or more images, time-stamped information associated with the one or more images, or a combination thereof.

5. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a privacy policy associated with the route information,

wherein the at least one rendering of the route information is based, at least in part, on the privacy policy.

6. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a presentation of the location information, the orientation information, the route information, or a combination thereof in a mapping application, a navigation application, or a combination thereof.

7. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

other route information; and

at least one other rendering of at least a portion of the other route information for display in the one or more images.

8. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

one or more characteristics of the route information,

wherein the at least one rendering of the route information is based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics; and

wherein the one or more characteristics include, at least in part, an age of the route information, a number of routes in the route information, use information about the route information, or a combination thereof.

9. A method of claim 1, wherein the at least one rendering is presented as a layer over the one or more images.

10. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more images include, at least in part, a photograph, a video, a virtual reality display, an augmented reality display, or a combination thereof.

11. 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,

process and/or facilitate a processing of one or more images to determine, at least in part, location information, orientation information, or a combination thereof of a user device while capturing the one or more images, or at a time when the one or more images were captured;

determine route information including one or more routes the device, a user of the device, one or more other users associated with the user, or a combination thereof had traveled; and

process and/or facilitate a processing of the one or more images, the location information, the orientation information, the route information, or a combination thereof to generate at least one rendering of at least a portion of the route information for display in the one or more images.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, presentation of the at least one rendering of the route information in a viewfinder display of the device concurrently or substantially concurrently with the capturing of the one or more images.

13. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, an association of the route information, the at least one rendering of the route information, or a combination thereof with the one or more images.

14. An apparatus of claim 13, wherein the association is via metadata associated with the one or more images, time-stamped information associated with the one or more images, or a combination thereof.

15. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine a privacy policy associated with the route information,

wherein the at least one rendering of the route information is based, at least in part, on the privacy policy.

16. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, presentation of the location information, the orientation information, the route information, or a combination thereof in a mapping application, a navigation application, or a combination thereof.

17. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine other route information; and

cause, at least in part, at least one other rendering of at least a portion of the other route information for display in the one or more images.

18. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine one or more characteristics of the route information,

wherein the at least one rendering of the route information is based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics; and

wherein the one or more characteristics include, at least in part, an age of the route information, a number of routes in the route information, use information about the route information, or a combination thereof.

19. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one rendering is presented as a layer over the one or more images.

20. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the one or more images include, at least in part, a photograph, a video, a virtual reality display, an augmented reality display, or a combination thereof.