Techniques to annotate street view images with contextual information

US9342998B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Donald A. Barnett · Monroe, US
• Tim Wantland · Bellevue, US
• Gonzalo Alberto Ramos · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 2010
• Grant date: May 17, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B29/10
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Techniques to annotate street level images with contextual information are described. A map application may comprise a street level component that when executed by a processor is operative to generate annotated street view images of a location. The street level component may comprise a street view component operative to generate a street view image from multiple street level images, the street view image having one or more objects located within the street view image. The street level component may further comprise a metadata component communicatively coupled to the street view component, the metadata component operative to generate a horizontal metadata panel having object metadata positioned in approximate vertical alignment with a corresponding object in the street view image, and combine the horizontal metadata panel with the street view image to form an annotated street view image. Other embodiments are described and claimed.