Method of operating a navigation system using images

• US 8,751,156 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2011
• Issued: 06/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Here North America LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Musabji, Adil M., Borak, Jason, Lynch, James D., Alwar, Narayanan, Shutter, Jon D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Algahaim, Helal A
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAN, CHARLES J
• Application Number:
  US13/279,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20120059720A1
• Time in Patent Office: 960 Days
• Field of Search: 701/400, 701/408, 701/410, 701/428, 701/430, 701/533, 705/14.49, 345/530, 340/995.1
• US Class Current: 701/428
• 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.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the series of advertisement decals convey maneuvers leading to a point of interest associated with the series of advertisement decals.

9. A method of operating a navigation system comprising:

determining, by a processor, 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,

wherein said advertisement route highlight is superimposed on a path surface shown in the photographic image.

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

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

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

13. A method comprising:

determining, by a processor, 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,

wherein said route highlight including the series of decals is superimposed on a path surface shown in the photographic image.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the at least one feature is an advertisement or a product or service offered at the destination.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the at least one feature includes an attribute of a path of the route.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the decal is an image of the destination or an image of an object or a person associated with the destination.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein the at least one feature includes a traffic condition, weather condition or current event along the route.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein the decals include an image of a road sign.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the series of decals convey maneuvers leading to a point of interest.