Route Information Overlay on Captured Images
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Solution Overview
Problem
Service providers and device manufacturers face challenges in enabling innovative uses of imaging device sensors, such as location and orientation information, to enhance user engagement with imaging tasks beyond basic geo-tagging.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that process images to determine location, orientation, and route information, generating renderings of route information for display within images, allowing users to view and interact with historical route data overlaid on captured images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If route information is overlaid on images, then user engagement and organization are enhanced, but device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing location and orientation data during image acquisition, storing this metadata alongside the image. This allows route information to be readily available when the image is displayed, eliminating the need for complex real-time calculations during the overlay process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer that handles the complex task of generating route overlays. This intermediary system processes the raw location and orientation data to create simplified visual representations that can be easily integrated with images, reducing the complexity burden on the primary imaging device.
2Loss of information
If location and orientation data are processed to generate route overlays, then image organization and visualization are improved, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
Location and orientation data are captured and stored in association with each image at the time of acquisition. This preliminary capture of data eliminates the need for time-consuming data collection later, allowing rapid generation of route overlays when images are displayed or organized.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates simplified visual copies of route information by generating graphical representations (such as traced routes or directional indicators) that approximate the actual movement path. These visual copies provide sufficient information for user engagement without requiring processing of every detailed coordinate point.
3Adaptability or versatility
If sensors are utilized for imaging enhancement, then functionality and user experience are improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes existing sensors multi-functional by utilizing location and orientation data for both traditional navigation purposes and novel image annotation purposes. The same sensors that provide basic positioning information are also used to generate creative route overlays on images, eliminating the need for additional specialized sensors.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables devices to serve themselves by automatically capturing and processing their own sensor data to generate route information overlays. The device uses its own embedded sensors and processing capabilities without requiring external assistance or additional hardware, making the enhanced functionality self-sufficient.
Data Source
AI summary
An approach is provided for recognizing objects in media content. The capture manager determines to detect, at a device, one or more objects in a content stream. Next, the capture manager determines to capture one or more representations of the one or more objects in the content stream. Then, the capture manager associates the one or more representations with one or more instances of the content stream.