IP Library Granted Patent US 8,755,559
Granted Patent B1
US 8,755,559 · App. 13/206,887 · Granted Jun 17, 2014

Determining GPS coordinates for images

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Patent No.
US 8,755,559
App. No.
13/206,887
Granted
Jun 17, 2014
Kind
B1
Abstract

Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for GPS coordinate determination for images are described herein. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to equipping an image with GPS coordinates where the image is uploaded onto a mapping site without GPS coordinates. The mapping site is able to equip the image with GPS coordinates by identifying a recognizable structure in the image and then comparing the recognizable structure with stored structures in the mapping site. The stored structures in the mapping site have GPS coordinates for each. The mapping site compares the recognizable structure of the image without GPS coordinates to a structure stored in the mapping site with GPS coordinates. The mapping site then tags the image without GPS coordinates with the GPS coordinates associated with the stored structure that matches the structure of the image.

Claims (40)

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

receiving an image including one or more recognizable image details;

identifying a geographic location for the image based on at least one of the one or more recognizable image details, wherein the recognizable image details include one or more objects represented in the image;

analyzing the image to determine the one or more recognizable image details in the image, wherein each of the one or more recognizable image details is associated with a respective geographic location for the image;

comparing the at least one of the one or more recognizable image details to a plurality of stored image details, wherein each stored image detail includes the GPS coordinate; and

associating a GPS coordinate of the geographic location with the image, wherein the GPS coordinate includes a GPS coordinate of at least one of the objects represented in the image.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each existing image of a plurality of existing images located in a mapping site includes the stored image detail with the GPS coordinate.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

merging the image into a mapping site, wherein a location for the Image on the mapping site is determined by the GPS coordinate for the image.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying the image on the mapping site, wherein the geographic location for the image matches a location of the image in the mapping site.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying the image with the plurality of existing images located in a mapping site, wherein the image and the plurality of existing images are displayed with a geographic accuracy on the mapping site based on the GPS coordinates for the image and the plurality of existing images.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein an advertisement is customized based on the GPS coordinate of the image, and wherein the advertisement includes a geographic location based content for the geographic location of the image.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more recognizable image details comprise a landmark.

8. A system, comprising:

a receiver module that receives an image including one or more a recognizable image details; wherein the recognizable image details include one or more objects represented in the image;

an identifier module that identifies a geographic location for the image based on at least one of the one or more recognizable details;

an analyzer module that analyzes the image to determine the one or more recognizable image details in the image, wherein each of the one or more recognizable image details is associated with a respective geographic location for the image;

a comparing module that compares the at least one of the one or more recognizable image details to a plurality of stored image details, wherein each stored image detail includes the coordinate; and

a geo-association module that associates a GPS coordinate of the geographic location with the image, wherein the GPS coordinate includes a GPS coordinate of at least one of the objects represented in the image.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein each existing image of a plurality of existing images located in a mapping site includes the stored image detail with the GPS coordinate.

10. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:

a merging module that merges the image into the mapping site, wherein a location for the image on the mapping site is determined by the GPS coordinate for the image.

11. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:

a displaying module that displays the image on a mapping site, wherein the geographic location for the image matches a location of the image in the mapping site.

12. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:

the display module that displays the image with the plurality of existing images located in a mapping site, wherein the image and the plurality of existing images are displayed with a geographic accuracy on the mapping site based on the GPS coordinates for the image and the plurality of existing images.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein an advertisement is customized based on the GPS coordinate of the image, and wherein the advertisement includes a geographic location based content for the geographic location of the image.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more recognizable image details comprise a landmark.

15. A non-transitory computer storage device encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving an image including one or more recognizable image details;

identifying a geographic location for the image based on at least one of the one or more recognizable image details, wherein the recognizable image details include one or more objects represented in the image; and

analyzing the image to determine the one or more recognizable image details in the image, wherein each of the one or more recognizable image details is associated with a respective geographic location for the image;

comparing the at least one of the one or more recognizable image details to a plurality of store image details, wherein each stored image detail includes the GPS coordinate; and

associating a GPS coordinate of the geographic location with the image, wherein the GPS coordinate includes a GPS coordinate of at least one of the objects represented in the image.

16. The computer storage device of claim 15 , further comprising:

merging the image into the mapping site, wherein a location for the image on the mapping site is determined by the GPS coordinate for the image.

17. The computer storage device of claim 15 , further comprising:

displaying the image on a mapping site, wherein the geographic location for the Image matches a location of the image in the mapping site.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 044277/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2011
From: DIMITROV, GORJAN
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 026729/0319 →