Method and apparatus for displaying point of interest
First Claim
1. A method for displaying a point of interest, comprising:
- acquiring a location of a target object;
performing recognition processing on a street view image acquired at the location, to recognize text information arranged at a selected height from a road surface in the street view image;
selecting a candidate point of interest from a point-of-interest (POI) database upon determining that the candidate point of interest matches the text information;
marking the candidate point of interest in the POI database as a visible point of interest at the location;
acquiring calculated geographical location information about the visible point of interest according to geographical location information about a collection site of the street view image and an azimuth angle from the collection site to the visible point of interest;
verifying the visible point of interest according to the calculated geographical location information and standard geographical location information about the visible point of interest;
replacing the standard geographical location information about the visible point of interest by the calculated geographical location information about the visible point of interest upon failure of said verifying;
determining the visible point of interest at the location as a target point of interest; and
displaying the target point of interest on an electronic map.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying a point of interest. In the embodiments of the present invention, by means of acquiring a location of a target object and then determining a visible point of interest at the location as a target point of interest, the target point of interest can be displayed. Since an invisible point of interest which cannot be seen at the location of the target object is no longer displayed, but a visible point of interest which can be seen at the location of the target object is displayed, the displayed point of interest can essentially satisfy the true locating intention of a user. Therefore, the problem in the prior art of the increase in data interaction between an application and a query engine caused by the user repeatedly querying via the application can be avoided, thereby reducing the processing burden of the query engine.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for displaying a point of interest, comprising:
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acquiring a location of a target object; performing recognition processing on a street view image acquired at the location, to recognize text information arranged at a selected height from a road surface in the street view image; selecting a candidate point of interest from a point-of-interest (POI) database upon determining that the candidate point of interest matches the text information; marking the candidate point of interest in the POI database as a visible point of interest at the location; acquiring calculated geographical location information about the visible point of interest according to geographical location information about a collection site of the street view image and an azimuth angle from the collection site to the visible point of interest; verifying the visible point of interest according to the calculated geographical location information and standard geographical location information about the visible point of interest; replacing the standard geographical location information about the visible point of interest by the calculated geographical location information about the visible point of interest upon failure of said verifying; determining the visible point of interest at the location as a target point of interest; and displaying the target point of interest on an electronic map. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for displaying a point of interest, comprising:
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a processor; a display unit coupled to said processor; and a memory having one or more programs stored thereon, the programs, when executed by said processor, instruct said processor to; acquire a location of a target object; perform recognition processing on a street view image acquired at the location, to recognize text information arranged at a selected height from a road surface in the street view image; select a candidate point of interest from a point-of-interest (POI) database upon determining that the candidate point of interest matches the text information; mark the candidate point of interest in the POI database as a visible point of interest at the location; acquire calculated geographical location information about the visible point of interest according to geographical location information about a collection site of the street view image and an azimuth angle from the collection site to the visible point of interest; verify the visible point of interest according to the calculated geographical location information and standard geographical location information about the visible point of interest; replace the standard geographical location information about the visible point of interest by the calculated geographical location information about the visible point of interest upon failure of verifying the visible point of interest; determine the visible point of interest at the location as a target point of interest; and display the target point of interest on an electronic map via said display unit. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer storage medium including at
least one program for displaying a point of interest when implemented by a processor, comprising: -
instruction for acquiring a location of a target object; instruction for performing recognition processing on a street view image acquired at the location, to recognize text information arranged at a selected height from a road surface in the street view image; instruction for selecting a candidate point of interest from a point-of-interest (POI) database upon determining that the candidate point of interest matches the text information; instruction for marking the candidate point of interest in the POI database as a visible point of interest at the location; instruction for acquiring calculated geographical location information about the visible point of interest according to geographical location information about a collection site of the street view image and an azimuth angle from the collection site to the visible point of interest; instruction for verifying the visible point of interest according to the calculated geographical location information and standard geographical location information about the visible point of interest; instruction for replacing the standard geographical location information about the visible point of interest by the calculated geographical location information about the visible point of interest upon failure of said verifying; instruction for determining the visible point of interest at the location as a target point of interest; and instruction for displaying the target point of interest on an electronic map. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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