公开(公告)号：US09069794B1

公开(公告)日：2015-06-30

申请号：US14052157

申请日：2013-10-11

Applicant: Google Inc.

Inventor： Farhana Bandukwala ,  Hartwig Adam ,  John Flynn ,  Krzysztof Sikora ,  Marco Andreetto ,  Arcot J. Preetham

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  G06K9/46

CPC classification number: G06F17/30256 ,  G06F17/30265 ,  G06K9/46

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for determining location information for images. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining landmark location data from content depicted in an image and corresponding confidence scores. Also, the method includes obtaining caption location data from user input and corresponding confidence scores, and obtaining metadata location data from data provided by an image capturing device. Further, the method includes identifying location pairs from the landmark, caption, and metadata location data, and generating, for each location pair, a geographic consistency score. Additionally, the method includes selecting a location pair based on the geographic consistency scores, and selecting an image location for the image from the selected location pair. Moreover, the method includes determining an image location score based on a confidence score for one of the locations in the selected location pair, and associating the image location and image location score with the image.

Abstract translation: 提供了用于确定图像的位置信息的方法，系统和装置。 一方面，一种方法包括从图像中描绘的内容和相应的置信度得分获得界标位置数据。 此外，该方法包括从用户输入获得字幕位置数据和相应的置信度分数，以及从由图像捕获设备提供的数据获得元数据位置数据。 此外，该方法包括从地标，标题和元数据位置数据识别位置对，并且针对每个位置对，生成地理一致性分数。 另外，该方法包括基于地理一致性分数来选择位置对，以及从所选位置对中选择图像的图像位置。 此外，该方法包括基于所选位置对中的一个位置的置信度分数来确定图像位置分数，以及将图像位置和图像位置分数与图像相关联。

公开(公告)号：US09208171B1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-08

申请号：US14018989

申请日：2013-09-05

Applicant: Google Inc.

Inventor： Daniel Cotting ,  Krzysztof Sikora ,  Roland Kehl ,  Boris Bluntschli ,  Wojciech Stanislaw Smietanka ,  Martin Stefcek

IPC: G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F17/30244 ,  G06F17/30241 ,  G06F17/30265

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for geographically locating images. For example, images from different sources may be associated with different types of location information or simply none at all. In order to reduce inconsistency among images, location information may be gathered for an image using bitmap processing, metadata processing, and information retrieved from where the image was found. This location information can be filtered to remove less reliable or conflicting information. Images may be clustered based on their appearance on an interactive online resource that corresponds to a user-defined event, based on image similarity, and by their appearance in a user photo album. The location information of the images of a cluster is then copied to all of the other images of that cluster.

Abstract translation: 本公开的方面一般涉及用于地理位置定位图像的系统和方法。 例如，来自不同来源的图像可以与不同类型的位置信息相关联，或者根本不是关联的。 为了减少图像之间的不一致性，可以使用位图处理，元数据处理和从图像被找到的信息获取的信息来收集图像的位置信息。 可以对该位置信息进行过滤以消除不太可靠或冲突的信息。 图像可以基于它们在基于图像相似性的对应于用户定义的事件的交互式在线资源上的外观以及它们在用户相册中的外观而聚类。 然后将集群的映像的位置信息复制到该集群的所有其他映像。