Patent ID: 9235602
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for searching, sorting and displaying images of an environment for exploration of said environment, the method comprising: (a) identifying one or more objects within a first image of a plurality of images of the environment, each of the one or more objects being associated with a first location in the first image, and undertaking the following steps for each of the one or more objects: (b) obtaining a user selection of a location of a selected image that identifies a search object, said search object being a linked object or an unlinked object in the first image; (c) sorting the plurality of images by utilizing the search object as input for a sorting mode configured to: (i) identify the distance between the search object and at least one secondary object in the first image as a first image proximity; (ii) use the links between first and second locations to locate associated objects in the remaining images of the plurality of images; (iii) interpolate the location of the search object in the remaining images by using the distance between the search object and at least one secondary object in the first image, and the locations of the associated objects in the remaining images of the plurality of images; and (iv) sort the plurality of images by a review of relative distances between image objects in the plurality of images based on the first image proximity; (d) displaying the sorted plurality of images to show one or more images most relevant to the search object in the environment; and (e) determining the relative distance by localization and ranking achieved by the following steps: