METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GEO-TAGGED PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE AUGMENTED FILES

• US 20120239292A1
• Filed: 06/01/2012
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: McQuaide, Arnold Chester Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 8,543,332 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/467
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3647 Guidance involving output of stored or live camera images or video streams
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position

Abstract

A method of providing augmented Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation can include detecting movement of a GPS enabled mobile device along a navigational route and displaying a photographic image on a display of the GPS enabled mobile device responsive to detecting movement of the GPS enabled mobile device along the navigational route provided by the GPS enabled mobile device. Related devices and computer program products are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A tangible computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, the executable instructions, when executed by a processor, perform operations comprising:

responsive to determining that a mobile device is within proximity to subjects of waypoints along a navigational route of the mobile device;

searching, using search parameters provided by the mobile device, a database of photographic images of views of subjects of waypoints determined to be within proximity of the navigational route of the mobile device; and

selecting ones of found photographic images for display on the mobile device; and

displaying a photographic image of the ones of found photographic images on a display of the mobile device responsive to movement of the mobile device along a navigational route, the displayed photographic image having a navigational route point-of-view perspective as seen by a user of the mobile device while traveling the navigational route, wherein at least one of the found photographic images comprises a detour waypoint along the navigational route offered for selection prior to leaving the navigational route.

2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the operations further comprising acquiring a photographic image for display via a camera on the mobile device.

3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the operations further comprising receiving a photographic image for display via a wireless link to a database of photographic images on a network that is remote from the mobile device.

4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

facilitating the mobile device traveling the navigational route in reverse order by displaying on the mobile device, photographic images of the ones of found photographic images in reverse order.

5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the photographic images provided in reverse order are formatted as video comprising a timed series of the photographic images.

6. A tangible computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, the executable instructions, when executed by a processor, perform operations comprising:

displaying a photographic image on a display of a global positioning system enabled mobile device responsive to movement of the global positioning system enabled mobile device along a navigational route provided by the global positioning system enabled mobile device, wherein displaying comprises;

selectively including the photographic image on the display responsive to determining proximity of the global positioning system enabled mobile device to a waypoint associated with the navigational route, the photographic image having a navigational route point-of-view perspective as seen by a user of the global positioning system enabled mobile device while traveling the navigational route on a surface.

7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 wherein selectively including comprises acquiring the photographic image via a camera for display on the global positioning system enabled mobile device.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 wherein selectively including comprises receiving the photographic image via a wireless link to a database of photographic images on a network that is remote from the global positioning system enabled mobile device.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 wherein selectively including further comprises:

searching a database of photographic images of views of subjects of waypoints determined to be within proximity of the navigational route to provide found photographic images; and

selecting ones of the found photographic images for display in response to determining global positioning system enabled mobile device is within proximity to the subjects of the waypoints along the navigational route.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 wherein searching the database comprises receiving search parameters input from a user of the global positioning system enabled mobile device.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 wherein the ones of the found photographic images comprise options for detour waypoints along the navigational route offered for selection prior to leaving the navigational route.

12. A method comprising:

displaying a photographic image on a display of a mobile device responsive to movement of the mobile device along a navigational route provided by the mobile device, displaying comprising selectively including the photographic image on the display responsive to determining proximity of the mobile device to the navigational route, the photographic image having a navigational route point-of-view perspective as seen by a user of the mobile device while traveling the navigational route on a surface.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein selectively including comprises acquiring the photographic image via a camera for display on the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein selectively including comprises receiving the photographic image via a wireless link to a database of photographic images on a network that is remote from the mobile device.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein selectively including further comprises:

searching a database of photographic images of views of subjects of waypoints determined to be within proximity of the navigational route to provide found photographic images; and

selecting at least one of the found photographic images for display in response to determining that the mobile device is within proximity to the subjects of the waypoints along the navigational route.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein searching the database comprises receiving search parameters input from a user of the mobile device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one of the found photographic images comprises options for detour waypoints along the navigational route offered for selection prior to leaving the navigational route.