Method and apparatus for determining location offset information

• US 9,668,087 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2014
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.à.r.l. (f/k/a Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.) (MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management))
• Inventors: Cudalbu, Ciprian, Joller, Mari, Mulholland, James Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): McDowell, Jr., Maurice L
• Application Number:
  US14/181,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20140162697A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,201 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/005 with correlation of navigation data from several sources, e.g. map or contour matching G01C21/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/30 Map- or contour-matching
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3635 Guidance using 3D or perspective road maps
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3647 Guidance involving output of stored or live camera images or video streams
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names
• 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: G06T 17/05 Geographic models
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

An approach is provided for determining location offset information. A correction manager determines to present, at a device, a location-based display including one or more representations of one or more location-based features. Next, the correction manager receives an input for specifying offset information for at least one of the one or more representations with respect to the location-based display. Then, the correction manager determines to present the one or more representations in the location-based display based, at least in part, on the offset information.

Claims

1. A method for presenting a location-based display, comprising:

presenting, on a device, a location-based display associated with the location of the device;

presenting a plurality of representations of location-based features in the location-based display based on the location of the device;

receiving an input specifying offset information of at least one of the plurality of representations with respect to the location-based display;

determining accuracy information associated with the location-based display; and

responsive to the accuracy information not meeting a predetermined accuracy threshold, adapting the presentation of at least one other of the plurality of representations that are one of within a predetermined area and currently viewable in the location-based display based, at least in part, on the offset information.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the location-based display is further based on orientation information associated with the device.

3. A method of claim 2,

wherein the step of determining accuracy information determines the accuracy information associated with the location-based display based on location information, the orientation information, or a combination thereof.

4. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving other offset information associated with one or more other devices, collected at one or more other time instances, or a combination thereof; and

determining to generate aggregated offset information based, at least in part, on the offset information, the other offset information, or a combination thereof.

5. A method of claim 4, further comprising:

categorizing the offset information, the other offset information, or a combination thereof according to at least a type of device, a type of location sensor, a source of location information, or a combination thereof,

wherein the aggregated offset information is further based, at least in part, on the categorization.

6. A method of claim 1, wherein the location-based display is at least one of an augmented reality display, a mixed reality display, a virtual reality display, or a combination thereof.

7. A method of claim 1, wherein the representations comprise at least one of graphic information, text information and a combination thereof.

8. A method of claim 1, wherein the location-based features comprise at least one of location, point of interest, road, terrain type, boundary and a combination thereof.

9. An apparatus for presenting a location-based display, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one tangible non-transitory computer-readable memory including computer program code configured to be executed by the at least one processor, wherein the computer program code is configured to;

present a location-based display associated with the location of the apparatus;

present a plurality of representations of location-based features in the location-based display based on the location of the apparatus;

receive an input for specifying offset information of at least one of the plurality of representations with respect to the location-based display;

determine accuracy information associated with the location-based display; and

responsive to the accuracy information not meeting a predetermined accuracy threshold, adapt the presentation of at least one other of the plurality of representations that are one of within a predetermined area and currently viewable in the location-based display based, at least in part, on the offset information.

10. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the presentation of the plurality of representations in the location-based display is further adapted based on orientation information associated with the apparatus.

11. An apparatus of claim 10, wherein the computer program code is further configured to determine the accuracy information associated with the location-based display based on location information, the orientation information, or a combination thereof.

12. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the computer program code is further configured to:

store the offset information; and

determine to apply the stored offset information to one or more other location-based display if the one or more other location-based display is associated with a location that is substantially similar to or within a predetermined proximity of location associated with the location-based display.

13. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the computer program code is further configured to:

retrieve other offset information associated with one or more other devices, collected at one or more other time instances, or a combination thereof; and

generate aggregated offset information based, at least in part, on the offset information, the other offset information, or a combination thereof.

14. An apparatus of claim 13, wherein the computer program code is further configured to:

categorize the offset information, the other offset information, or a combination thereof according to at least a type of device, a type of location sensor, a source of location information, or a combination thereof,

wherein the aggregated offset information is further based, at least in part, on the categorization.

15. An apparatus of claim 14, wherein the location-based display is at least one of an augmented reality display, a mixed reality display, a virtual reality display, or a combination thereof.

16. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the representations comprise at least one of graphic information, text information and a combination thereof.

17. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the location-based features comprise at least one of location, point of interest, road, terrain type, boundary and a combination thereof.

18. A tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program code configured to be executed by at least one processor, wherein the computer program code is configured to:

present, on a device, a location-based display associated with the location of the device;

present a plurality of representations of location-based features in the location-based display based on the location of the device;

receive an input specifying offset information of at least one of the plurality of representations with respect to the location-based display;

determine accuracy information associated with the location-based display; and

responsive to the accuracy information not meeting a predetermined accuracy threshold, adapt the presentation of at least one other of the plurality of representations that are one of within a predetermined area and currently viewable in the location-based display based, at least in part, on the offset information.

19. A tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the representations comprise at least one of graphic information, text information and a combination thereof.

20. A method of claim 18, wherein the location-based features comprise at least one of location, point of interest, road, terrain type, boundary and a combination thereof.