Patent ID: 9336240
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by one or more processes executing on a computer system, the method comprising: obtaining, from geo-metadata associated with an image, an acquisition geo-location for the image and, an acquisition geo-orientation for the image; representing on a map the acquisition geo-location and the acquisition geo-orientation; identifying one or more objects based, at least in part, on the acquisition geo-location and the acquisition geo-orientation, wherein the one or more objects represent one or more candidates of a subject depicted in the image; determining, for each of the one or more candidates, a distance between a focus point of the image and a geo-location associated with each of the one or more candidates; identifying, based on the determining, a primary candidate, the primary candidate positioned at the distance nearest the focus point; identifying the primary candidate as the subject of the image; and representing the subject on the map.