Location Estimation Using Image Analysis

Patent №

US 9,710,488

Granted

2017-07-18

Filed 2015

Owner

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

AI components

3

nlp · vision · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14951948

An implementation of location estimation using image analysis is described. In this implementation, an image of a place is obtained and matched with previously stored images. The matching may be achieved by employing methods based on key feature extraction algorithm, color histogram analysis, pattern matching or other image comparison techniques. Upon determining a match, the location information associated with the image provides the location. The location information may be in the form of location tags or location keywords and the location information may be used by the user or other applications for the purposes of location determination. The technique allows for the user to enter location information. The location information may be assigned to the previously stored images residing in local and remote databases for users and applications to assign information or keywords to images.

Natural languageVisionAI hardwareG06F 16/29G01C 21/20G01C 21/206G01S 5/16G06F 16/58G06F 16/583G06F 16/5866G06F 16/587+2 more

AI classification

Vision1.00
Natural language1.00
AI hardware0.78
Machine learning0.07
Knowledge representation0.01
Planning0.00
Speech0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00

Ownership

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

assignment · 422240809

Assignors

KANSAL, AMAN, ZHAO, FENG

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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