Integrating street view with live video data
View Patent ↗An approach is provided in which a system retrieves a street view image that depicts a geographical area viewed from a street view perspective. The system identifies a video device depicted in the street view image that provides a live video stream of a real-time viewable area corresponding to at least a portion of the depicted geographical area. In turn, the system generates a composite image that combines the street view image with a viewing area overlay corresponding to the real-time viewable area.
1. A method comprising:
retrieving a street view image that depicts a geographical area viewed from a street view perspective;
identifying an information placard depicted in the street view image corresponding to a video device that provides a live video stream of a real-time viewable area corresponding to at least a portion of the depicted geographical area; and
generating a composite image that combines the street view image with a viewing area overlay corresponding to the real-time viewable area.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving a viewing area selection from a computing device that selects the viewing area overlay; and
providing the live video stream of the real-time viewable area to the computing device in response to receiving the viewing area selection.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:
determining a network address corresponding to the video device based upon information included on the informational placard;
establishing a network connection with the video device based upon the network address; and
receiving the live video stream from the video device over the established network connection.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
identifying one or more viewing boundary indicators included in the street view image that correspond to one or more boundaries of the real-time viewable area;
generating one or more viewing boundary parameters based upon the one or more viewing boundary indicators; and
generating the viewing area overlay based upon the one or more viewing boundary parameters.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein, in response to determining that the street view image fails to include the one or more viewing boundary indicators, the method further comprising:
generating the viewing boundary parameters based upon information retrieved from an informational placard depicted in the street view image; and
generating the viewing area overlay based upon the viewing boundary parameters.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
wherein the informational placard corresponds to an audio device that provides a live audio stream corresponding to the geographical area;
including an audio overlay in the composite image, wherein at least a portion of the audio overlay is positioned in proximity to the informational placard;
receiving an audio selection that selects the audio overlay; and
providing the live audio stream in response to receiving the audio selection.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
wherein the informational placard corresponds to an environmental device that provides real-time environmental data corresponding to the geographical area;
including an environmental overlay in the composite image, wherein at least a portion of the environmental overlay is positioned in proximity to the informational placard;
receiving an environmental selection that selects the environmental overlay; and
providing the real-time environmental data in response to receiving the environmental selection.