Method of Operating a Navigation System Using Images

• US 20120059720A1
• Filed: 10/24/2011
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Lynch, James D., Alwar, Narayanan, Shutter, Jon D., Musabji, Adil M., Borak, Jason
• Granted Patent: US 8,751,156 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.58
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3638 including 3D objects and buildings three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects G06T17/00; geographic models G06T17/05
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3647 Guidance involving output of stored or live camera images or video streams
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

A navigation system comprises a processor, a geographic database and a guidance application executable on the processor. The guidance application obtains data from the geographic database and obtains a photographic image. The guidance application overlays an advertisement route highlight on said photographic image. The advertisement route highlight graphically illustrates a path corresponding to a route and a direction of travel for the route. The advertisement route highlight includes a series of advertisement decals.

Claims

1. A navigation system comprising:

a processor;

a geographic database stored on a computer readable medium; and

a guidance application executable on said processor to obtain data from the geographic database and to obtain a photographic image and to overlay an advertisement route highlight on said photographic image, wherein said photographic image provides a land-based view, wherein the advertisement route highlight graphically illustrates a path corresponding to a route and a direction of travel for the route, wherein the advertisement route highlight includes a series of advertisement decals.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said guidance application displays said photographic image with said advertisement route highlight on a display of the navigation system.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said advertisement route highlight is superimposed on a path surface shown in the photographic image.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the advertisement decal is a company logo.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the advertisement decal is a coupon.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the advertisement decal is an image.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the advertisement decal is for a point of interest located proximate the current location of the navigation system.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said advertisement route highlight is animated.

9. A method of operating a navigation system comprising:

determining a route between an origin and a destination;

providing a photographic image showing a geographic area through which said route passes, wherein said photographic image shows the geographic area from a land-based viewpoint; and

providing an advertisement route highlight on said photographic image identifying a path corresponding to the route, wherein the advertisement route highlight includes a series of advertisement decals.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein said advertisement route highlight is superimposed on a path surface shown in the photographic image.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the advertisement decal is a company logo.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the advertisement decal is a coupon.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the advertisement decal is for a point of interest located proximate the current location of the navigation system.

14. A method comprising:

determining a route between an origin and a destination;

providing a photographic image showing a geographic area through which said route passes, wherein said photographic image shows the geographic area from a land-based viewpoint; and

providing a route highlight on said photographic image identifying the route, wherein the route highlight includes a series of decals providing visual information representing at least one feature of the route or the destination.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the feature the destination is an advertisement or a product or service offered at the destination.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the feature the route is an attribute of a path of the route.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein the decal is an image of the destination or an image of an object or a person associated with the destination.

18. The method of claim 14 wherein the feature the route is a traffic condition, weather condition or current event along the route.

19. The method of claim 14 wherein the decal is an image of a road sign.

20. The method of claim 14 wherein said route highlight is superimposed on a path surface shown in the photographic image.