Digital map of a physical location based on a user's field of interest and a specific sound pattern

• US 9,715,366 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2015
• Issued: 07/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ganci, Jr., John M., Bostick, James E., Rakshit, Sarbajit K., Trim, Craig M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gauthier, Gerald
• Application Number:
  US14/855,579
• Publication Number:
  US 20170075646A1
• Time in Patent Office: 678 Days
• Field of Search: 3406861, 340 101, 345173, 345419, 345426, 345629, 345635, 348 1408, 370310, 381302, 4554561, 455566, 4554563, 600437, 701 1, 701438, 701454, 701533, 701457, 701465, 701532, 704231, 707827, 707752, 707812, 709203, 715209, 715709, 715727, 715753, 715768, 715738, 715763, 715771, 726 3, 705 2662, 705325, 718100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/00 Speech recognition G10L17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/10 Transforming into visible information
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/51 for comparison or discrimination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment

Abstract

A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product generates a digital map of a physical location based on a user'"'"'s field of interest and local sounds. One or more processors receive a user'"'"'s field of interest from a computing device used by a user. The processor(s) map the user'"'"'s field of interest to a specific sound pattern, and retrieve a digital audio file from a sound capturing device. The sound capturing device generates the digital audio file and a physical location descriptor for captured sound. The processor(s) match the digital audio file to the specific sound pattern, and generate an icon that represents the specific sound pattern and the physical location at which the sound is captured. The icon is overlaid onto a digital map, which is sent to the computing device used by the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for generating a digital map of a physical location based on a user'"'"'s field of interest, the computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, a user'"'"'s field of interest from a computing device used by a user;

mapping, by one or more processors, the user'"'"'s field of interest to a specific sound pattern;

retrieving, by one or more processors, a digital audio file from a sound capturing device, wherein the sound capturing device generates the digital audio file, and wherein the sound capturing device generates a physical location descriptor that identifies a physical location at which a sound used to generate the digital audio file by the sound capturing device is captured;

matching, by one or more processors, the digital audio file to the specific sound pattern;

in response to the digital audio file and the specific sound pattern matching, generating, by one or more processors, an icon representing the specific sound pattern for use on a digital map according to the physical location descriptor, wherein the icon further depicts the physical location at which the sound used to generate the digital audio file by the sound capturing device is captured;

transmitting, by a transmitter, the digital map with the icon displayed thereon to the computing device used by the user;

receiving, by one or more processors, a user input that activates the icon that is displayed on the digital map; and

in response to receiving the user input that activates the icon that is displayed on the digital map, transmitting, by the transmitter, the digital audio file and execution instructions to the computing device used by the user to generate an audio output using the digital audio file.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the digital audio file is retrieved from the sound capturing device in real time as the sound capturing device captures the sound.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s field of interest is ornithology, and wherein the specific sound pattern is of a song from a bird of a particular species.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s field of interest is music, and wherein the specific sound pattern is that of music of a particular music genre.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s field of interest is nature, and wherein the specific sound pattern is that of natural wind and water sounds.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s field of interest is sports, wherein the specific sound pattern is that of sounds of athletic competition from an athletic field of play, and wherein the physical location at which the sound is generated is a particular seat at the athletic field.

7. A computer program product for generating a digital map of a physical location based on a user'"'"'s field of interest, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving a user'"'"'s field of interest from a computing device used by a user;

mapping the user'"'"'s field of interest to a specific sound pattern;

retrieving a digital audio file from a sound capturing device, wherein the sound capturing device generates the digital audio file, and wherein the sound capturing device generates a physical location descriptor that identifies a physical location at which a sound used to generate the digital audio file by the sound capturing device is captured;

matching the digital audio file to the specific sound pattern;

in response to the digital audio file and the specific sound pattern matching, generating an icon representing the specific sound pattern for use on a digital map according to the physical location descriptor, wherein the icon further depicts the physical location at which the sound used to generate the digital audio file by the sound capturing device is captured;

transmitting the digital map with the icon displayed thereon to the computing device used by the use;

receiving a user input that activates the icon that is displayed on the digital map; and

in response to receiving the user input that activates the icon that is displayed on the digital map, transmitting the digital audio file and execution instructions to the computing device used by the user to generate an audio output using the digital audio file.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the digital audio file is retrieved from the sound capturing device in real time as the sound capturing device captures the sound.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the user'"'"'s field of interest is ornithology, and wherein the specific sound pattern is for a song from bird of a particular species.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the user'"'"'s field of interest is music, and wherein the specific sound pattern is that of music of a particular music genre.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the user'"'"'s field of interest is nature, and wherein the specific sound pattern is that of natural wind and water sounds.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the user'"'"'s field of interest is sports, wherein the specific sound pattern is that of sounds of athletic competition from an athletic field of play, and wherein the physical location at which the sound is generated is a particular seat at the athletic field.

13. A computer system comprising:

a processor, a computer readable memory, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;

first program instructions to receive a user'"'"'s field of interest from a computing device used by a user;

second program instructions to map the user'"'"'s field of interest to a specific sound pattern;

third program instructions to retrieve a digital audio file from a sound capturing device, wherein the sound capturing device generates the digital audio file, and wherein the sound capturing device generates a physical location descriptor that identifies a physical location at which a sound used to generate the digital audio file by the sound capturing device is captured;

fourth program instructions to match the digital audio file to the specific sound pattern;

fifth program instructions to, in response to the digital audio file and the specific sound pattern matching, generate an icon representing the specific sound pattern for use on a digital map according to the physical location descriptor, wherein the icon further depicts the physical location at which the sound used to generate the digital audio file by the sound capturing device is captured;

sixth program instructions to transmit the digital map with the icon displayed thereon to the computing device used by the user;

seventh program instructions to receive a user input that activates the icon that is displayed on the digital map; and

eighth program instructions to, in response to receiving the user input that activates the icon that is displayed on the digital map, transmit the digital audio file and execution instructions to the computing device used by the user to generate an audio output using the digital audio file; and

wherein

the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth program instructions are stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium for execution by one or more processors via the computer readable memory.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the digital audio file is retrieved from the sound capturing device in real time as the sound capturing device captures the sound.

15. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the user'"'"'s field of interest is ornithology, and wherein the specific sound pattern is of a song from a bird of a particular species.

16. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the user'"'"'s field of interest is music, and wherein the specific sound pattern is that of music of a particular music genre.

17. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the user'"'"'s field of interest is sports, wherein the specific sound pattern is that of sounds of athletic competition from an athletic field of play, and wherein the physical location at which the sound is generated is a particular seat at the athletic field.