Patent ID: 9437047
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K,G06T,G09G

Claim Text:
1. A method for retrieving a map, adapted to a portable electronic apparatus comprising a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a tablet, comprising: obtaining a picture of a printed map from photo taken by a camera, a photo gallery stored in a memory of the portable electronic apparatus, a cloud server, or a web page by a processing unit of the portable electronic apparatus; defining a block area surrounded by a road outline in the picture by the processing unit; querying a map service provided in the portable electronic apparatus or provided from a map service server to find an electronic map having a map area corresponding to the block area according to contents of the printed map by the processing unit; retrieving a plurality of 3-D models of a plurality of buildings located in the map area from the map service by the processing unit; and mapping the 3-D models on the picture by the processing unit, comprising: