Method and system for map generation for location and navigation with user sharing/social networking
View Patent ↗Methods and systems for map generation for location and navigation with user sharing/social networking may comprise a premises-based crowd-sourced database that receives images and location data from a plurality of users of wireless communication devices, and for each of said plurality of users: receiving a determined position of a wireless communication device (WCD), where the position is determined by capturing images of the surroundings of the WCD. Data associated with objects in the surroundings of the WCD may be extracted from the captured images, positions of the objects may be determined, and the determined positions and the data may then update the premises-based crowd-sourced database. The position of the WCD may be determined utilizing global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals. The elements may comprise structural and/or textual features in the surroundings of the WCD. The position may be determined utilizing sensors that measure a distance from a known position.
1. A method for communication, the method comprising:
in connection with a crowd-sourced database that receives images and location data from a plurality of users of wireless communication devices, and for each of said plurality of users:
receiving a determined position of a wireless communication device, wherein the determined position is determined based at least in part on:
capture of one or more images of the surroundings of said wireless communication device; and
extraction from the captured one or more images, data associated with objects in the surroundings of said wireless communication device; and
updating said crowd-sourced database based on said determined position of said wireless device and said extracted data.
2. The method according to claim 1 , comprising determining said position of said wireless communication device utilizing camera imaging and structural and/or textual features compared to features in said crowd-sourced database.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said data associated with objects in the surroundings of said wireless communication device comprise structural features in said surroundings of said wireless communication device.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said data associated with objects in the surroundings of said wireless communication device comprise textual features in said surroundings of said wireless communication device.
5. The method according to claim 1 , comprising determining said position of said wireless communication device utilizing one or more sensors in said wireless communication device to measure a distance from a last determined or known position.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein said one or more sensors comprise one or more of: a pedometer, an altimeter, a camera, multidimensional accelerometers, gyroscopes, and a multi-dimensional compass.
7. The method according to claim 1 , comprising determining positions of said objects in the surroundings of said wireless communication devices utilizing known optical characteristics of a camera in said wireless communication device.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said database comprises one or more of: a plurality of images, abstractions of images, and locations.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said crowd-sourced database is stored on a server on a premises corresponding to the crowd-sourced database.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said wireless communication device comprises a device used by an owner and/or a proprietor of a premises corresponding to said crowd-sourced database.
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said determined position is also determined based on a determination of positions of said objects in the surroundings of said wireless communication device, and wherein said updating said crowd-sourced database is also based on said determined positions of said objects.
12. A system for communication, the system comprising:
one or more circuits for use in connection with a crowd-sourced database that receives images and location data from a plurality of users of wireless communication devices, said one or more circuits being operable to, for each of said plurality of users:
receive a determined position of a wireless communication device, wherein the position is determined based at least in part on:
capture of one or more images of the surroundings of said wireless communication device; and
extraction from the captured one or more images, data associated with objects in the surroundings of said wireless communication device; and
update said crowd-sourced database based on said determined position of said wireless device and said extracted data.
13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein said one or more circuits are operable to determine said position of said wireless communication device utilizing camera imaging and structural and/or textual features compared to features in said crowd-sourced database.
14. The system according to claim 12 , wherein said data associated with objects in the surroundings of said wireless communication device comprise structural features in said surroundings of said wireless communication device.
15. The system according to claim 12 , wherein said data associated with objects in the surroundings of said wireless communication device comprise textual features in said surroundings of said wireless communication device.
16. The system according to claim 12 , wherein said one or more circuits are operable to determine said position of said wireless communication device utilizing one or more sensors in said wireless communication device to measure a distance from a last determined or known position.
17. The system according to claim 16 , wherein said one or more sensors comprise one or more of: a pedometer, an altimeter, a camera, multidimensional accelerometers, gyroscopes, and a multi-dimensional compass.
18. The system according to claim 12 , wherein positions of said objects in the surroundings of said wireless communication device are determined utilizing known optical characteristics of a camera in said wireless communication device.
19. The system according to claim 12 , wherein said crowd-sourced database comprises one or more of: a plurality of images, abstractions of images, and locations.
20. The system according to claim 12 , wherein said crowd-sourced database is stored on a server on a premises corresponding to the crowd-sourced database.
21. The system according to claim 12 , wherein said wireless communication device comprises a device used by an owner and/or a proprietor of a premises corresponding to said premises-based crowd-sourced database.
22. The system according to claim 12 , wherein said determined position is also determined based on a determination of positions of said objects in the surroundings of said wireless communication device, and wherein said updating said crowd-sourced database is also based on said determined positions of said objects.
23. A system for communication, the system comprising:
one or more circuits for use in connection with a crowd-sourced database that receives images and location data from a plurality of users of wireless communication devices, said one or more circuits being operable to, for each of said plurality of users:
receive a determined position of a wireless communication device based on a distance traveled from a last determined or known position, wherein the determined position is determined based at least in part on:
capture of one or more images of the surroundings of said wireless communication device; and
extraction from the captured one or more images, data associated with objects in the surroundings of said wireless communication device; and
update said crowd-sourced database based on said determined position of said wireless device and said extracted data.