Managing points of interest

• US 9,983,407 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2015
• Issued: 05/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Ng-Thow-Hing, Victor, Tran, Cuong, Bark, Karlin
• Primary Examiner(s): Elahi, Towfiq
• Application Number:
  US14/851,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20170076415A1
• Time in Patent Office: 991 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0101 characterised by optical features G02B27/0172 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883

Abstract

One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for managing locations are provided herein. According to one embodiment, a system includes a heads up display (HUD) that receives an image associated with a location. The image may be captured by a camera of a vehicle. The system also includes a sensor component that detects a physical gesture performed by a user. Furthermore, the system includes an action component that correlates the physical gesture with an action associated with the image. The action component also performs the action. The action is one of saving the image to a storage component or deleting the image.

Claims

1. A system for managing a location, comprising:

a heads up display (HUD) correlating an image associated with the location with a captured image captured by a camera of a vehicle;

a sensor component detecting a physical gesture performed by a user;

an action component correlating the physical gesture with the image and saving the image to a storage component;

a metadata component appending metadata to the image when the captured image is being saved, wherein the metadata component receives location metadata from a Global Positioning System (GPS) component in the vehicle and appends the location metadata to the image; and

a notification component subsequently comparing the location metadata appended to the image to current vehicle data, determining that the metadata matches the current vehicle data, and in response to the matching determination, triggering an alert, wherein the alert is a visual notification including the image.

2. The system for managing the location of claim 1, wherein the physical gesture is a hand motion.

3. The system for managing the location of claim 1, wherein the location is a point of interest.

4. The system for managing the location of claim 1, wherein the metadata component aggregates metadata from multiple components into a metadata packet and appends the metadata packet to the image.

5. The system for managing the location of claim 1, wherein the alert is a visual notification displayed on the HUD.

6. A method for managing a location, comprising:

displaying an image of the location on a heads up display (HUD);

detecting a physical gesture performed by a user;

correlating the physical gesture with an action to be performed on the image;

managing the image based on the correlated action, wherein the action includes saving the image to a storage component;

appending metadata to the image when the captured image is being saved, wherein the metadata includes location metadata received from a Global Positioning System (GPS) component in the vehicle;

comparing the location metadata appended to the image to current vehicle data;

determining that the metadata matches the current vehicle data; and

triggering an alert in response to the matching determination, wherein the alert is a visual notification including the image.

7. The method for managing the location of claim 6, wherein the physical gesture is a hand motion.

8. A method for managing a point of interest (POI), comprising:

detecting a first physical gesture performed by a user in a vehicle;

correlating the first physical gesture with a first action to be performed on an image;

managing the image based on the first action, wherein the first action is capturing an image using a camera of the vehicle;

detecting a second physical gesture performed by the user;

correlating the second physical gesture with a second action to be performed on the image;

managing the image based on the second action, wherein the second action includes saving the image to a storage component;

appending metadata to the image when the captured image is being saved, wherein the metadata includes location metadata received from a Global Positioning System (GPS) component in the vehicle;

comparing the location metadata associated with the image to current vehicle data;

determining that the metadata matches the current vehicle data; and

triggering an alert in response to the matching determination, wherein the alert is a visual notification including the image.

9. The method for managing the POI of claim 8, wherein managing the image based on the first action and the second action includes displaying the image on a heads up display.