Real-Time Geolocation via Streaming Video Correlation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current geolocation methods are limited in remote areas without connectivity, as they rely on street addresses and do not provide interactive video feedback or allow for real-time data recording and modification, which is crucial for scientists and military applications in un-accessed locations.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for real-time correlation of streaming video to geolocation, enabling data recording and storage linked to specific coordinates, with interactive addition, modification, and deletion of points of interest, using a data filtering algorithm to selectively store and generate video streams from sensor data, allowing multi-spectrum data fusion and filtering.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If geolocation methods rely on street addresses and mapping programs, then location identification is possible in accessible areas, but the methods fail in remote un-accessed locations without connectivity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegeolocation capability in remote areasVSAvoidlocation identification reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a digital copy of the geographic environment by capturing images and video footage at specific GPS coordinates, storing them in a database. This digital replica allows users to navigate and identify locations in remote areas without relying on pre-existing street addresses or mapping programs, thereby enabling geolocation capability where traditional methods fail.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-capturing and storing images and video footage at various GPS coordinates before they are needed. This advance preparation creates a database of visual references that can be quickly retrieved and compared during real-time navigation, ensuring reliable location identification even in remote areas without connectivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If still images are captured and linked to locations, then basic geolocation is achieved, but interactive video feedback and real-time data recording are not provided

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinteractive data managementVSAvoidvideo feedback capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from static still images to dynamic video footage captured at GPS coordinates. The system records continuous video streams that can be played back in real-time, providing interactive video feedback and enabling dynamic data management. This allows users to not only view but also interact with the recorded data, adding, modifying, and deleting points of interest in real-time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by capturing video footage and providing it back to users in real-time or through playback. The recorded video serves as visual feedback that confirms location identification and provides contextual information about the environment, enabling interactive data management and enhancing the overall user experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Quantity of substance

If data is recorded and stored for all locations, then complete geospatial coverage is achieved, but data storage requirements and processing complexity increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegeospatial data coverageVSAvoiddata filtering and storage system
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the essential and relevant data by using a data filtering algorithm that processes captured images and video footage. Instead of storing all raw data, the system filters and selects only the most important information based on predefined criteria, such as identifying points of interest or significant environmental features. This reduction in data volume simplifies storage requirements and processing complexity while maintaining complete geospatial coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters by applying filtering algorithms that transform raw image and video data into processed, structured information. The filtering process modifies the data parameters by extracting key features, removing redundant information, and organizing the remaining data in an efficient storage format. This parameter transformation reduces the overall data complexity while preserving the essential geospatial coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS8744230B2Method for real-time correlation of streaming video to geolocation
Publication Date: 2014.06.03 BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION ANDELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC
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AI summary

A real time streaming geolocation method includes recording data and linking it to specific coordinates. The data is selectively stored to a database using a specialized data filtering method, and a streaming video can be created from the stored data. The streaming video can be created in real time, creating a current video simulation of a specific environment. The method also allows for interactive addition, modification and deletion of data, such as points of interest, in the video stream.