Change detection based imagery acquisition tasking system

    公开(公告)号:US10922578B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US15560640

    申请日:2016-08-24

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for tasking an image acquisition system are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining data descriptive of a plurality of images associated with a geographic area. The method includes analyzing at least a subset of the plurality of images to determine an occurrence of one or more changes associated with the geographic area. The method includes determining a level of change associated with the geographic area based, at least in part, on the occurrence of the one or more changes associated with the geographic area. The method includes providing a control command to an image acquisition system to adjust an acquisition of imagery data associated with the geographic area based, at least in part, on the level of change.

    Change direction based map interface updating system

    公开(公告)号:US10528542B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-07

    申请号:US15560697

    申请日:2016-08-24

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for updating a map interface are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining data descriptive of a map tile of a map interface that is displayable on a display device. The map tile presents imagery associated with at least a portion of a geographic area. The method includes obtaining data descriptive of an image depicting at least the portion of the geographic area. The image is acquired by an image acquisition system. The method includes analyzing the data descriptive of the map tile and the data descriptive of the image to determine an occurrence of a change associated with the geographic area. The method includes updating the map interface to reflect the change associated with the geographic area based at least in part on the occurrence of the change associated with the geographic area.

    Providing geographic locations related to user interests

    公开(公告)号:US10296525B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-21

    申请号:US15130738

    申请日:2016-04-15

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: Implementations relate to providing geographic locations related to user interests. In some implementations, a method includes receiving an indication of a user location and determining one or more subjects of interest to the user based on examining a collection of images associated with the user. The subjects of interest are determined by determining distinctive image characteristics that have a higher frequency in the collection of user images compared to a frequency of similar stored image characteristics of a population of images associated with multiple users. Site characteristics of a geographic area are obtained based on images captured in the geographic area. The site characteristics are compared to the subjects of interest and one or more geographic locations in the geographic area are determined that have site characteristics similar to the subjects of interest. The geographic locations are provided to be output by the user device.

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