High resolution tracking of mobile assets
First Claim
1. A method for describing the location of a mobile asset comprising the steps of:
- (a) integrating geo-image data to a mapping application to present at least one geo-image reference in a map of the mapping application;
(b) integrating mobile asset location data to present the mobile asset in the map of the mapping data; and
(c) providing a location of the mobile asset in reference to the at least one geo-image reference in the map.
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Abstract
A system and method for describing local area geo-reference features and landmarks in providing high resolution asset location information. Geo-image data is integrated to a mapping application and geo-reference data to add more detailed scale levels to the map. The geo-image data includes geo-images and its features to provide more detailed references to the asset and support the larger references of the geo-reference data. To describe a geo-reference landmark, an original landmark representation is selected with a center point and a radius. The asset location points located at the original landmark representation are compiled along with the asset location points generated by events occurring at the landmark to create a point set. The point set replaces the original landmark representation when a prescribed number of points is reached. The asset location points that are within a specified distance from any of the points in the point set are added to the point set to complete the landmark representation. The geo-image data and landmark representation data are combined to provide high resolution asset location information.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for describing the location of a mobile asset comprising the steps of:
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(a) integrating geo-image data to a mapping application to present at least one geo-image reference in a map of the mapping application;
(b) integrating mobile asset location data to present the mobile asset in the map of the mapping data; and
(c) providing a location of the mobile asset in reference to the at least one geo-image reference in the map. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for representing a landmark comprising the steps of:
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(a) creating an original landmark representation having a center point and a radius;
(b) selecting asset location points that are within the original landmark representation to create a set of asset location points;
(c) adding asset location points that are generated by events occurring at the landmark to the set of asset location points; and
(d) replacing the original landmark representation with the set of asset location points when a minimum number of points is obtained. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for providing location references comprising the steps of:
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providing geo-reference data, geo-image data, and landmark representation data;
integrating the geo-reference data, geo-image data and landmark representation data into a map to provide geo-reference, geo-image, and landmark references. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for providing the location of a mobile asset comprising:
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a geo-image database server providing geo-image data, the geo-image data including at least one geo-image reference;
a location database server providing mobile asset location data; and
a processor receiving and integrating the geo-image and mobile asset location data into a map to provide the location of the mobile asset in reference to the at least one geo-image reference. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A system for representing a landmark comprising:
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a database server providing asset location points;
a processor;
a computer readable medium; and
a computer program executed by the processor to represent a landmark comprising the steps of;
(a) creating an original landmark representation having a center point and a radius;
(b) selecting asset location points that are within the original landmark representation to create a set of asset location points;
(c) adding asset location points that are generated by events occurring at the landmark to the set of asset location points; and
(d) replacing the original landmark representation with the set of asset location points when a minimum number of points is obtained. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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