Shared image database with geographic navigation
US8107975B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 4, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9537
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
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