Method for matching geographic information with recorded images
First Claim
1. A method for use with a geographic positioning receiver and a digital image recording device for matching geographic information recorded by the geographic positioning receiver with images recorded by the digital image recording device, said method comprising the steps of:
- recording geographic information during the time that an image is recorded;
determining a first time that at least one digital image was recorded by the digital image recording device;
determining the geographic information recorded by the geographic positioning receiver at the first time; and
automatically matching the geographic information recorded at the first time with the image recorded at the first time.
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Abstract
A method for matching a recorded image with geographic data substantially corresponding to a geographic location where the image was recorded, is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, global positioning system data logs are time matched with other data collected, including image data, for the purpose of spatially mapping the collected data. Two important underpinnings of the present invention are that first, the real time of the data acquisition is recorded along with the data acquired; and second, that the offset time between the data logging clock and the world standard time is accurately determined. A primary advantage of the present invention is its wireless functionality; no information transmitters, receivers, special interfaces or power suppliers are required. In addition, a wide variety of off-the-shelf equipment may be used with the present invention as system components.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for use with a geographic positioning receiver and a digital image recording device for matching geographic information recorded by the geographic positioning receiver with images recorded by the digital image recording device, said method comprising the steps of:
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recording geographic information during the time that an image is recorded;
determining a first time that at least one digital image was recorded by the digital image recording device;
determining the geographic information recorded by the geographic positioning receiver at the first time; and
automatically matching the geographic information recorded at the first time with the image recorded at the first time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for matching a digital representation of an image with information including a geographic location of said image, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) recording one or more images of a desired field of view;
(b) recording information including a geographic location of said one or more images;
(c) creating an association of each said one or more images with a respective said information including a geographic location of said one or more images; and
(d) outputting a result representing a closest pairing of each said one or more images with a respective said information including a geographic location of said one or more images. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. In a method for matching a recorded image with geographic data substantially corresponding to a geographic location where said image was recorded, one or more electronic devices comprising a data processor performing the steps of:
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(a) recording one or more images;
(b) recording geographic data substantially corresponding to each image;
(c) position tagging each image with a location indicator, of said geographic data, substantially closest in time to when each image was recorded; and
(d) matching a time of recording of each image with said location indicator recorded substantially closest in time to when each image was recorded, in order to determine a geographic location of an electronic positioning device at a time or closest in time to when each image was recorded; and
(e) outputting a matched result.
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