Patent ID: 8700302
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G01C,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for interacting with a portable electronic device, comprising: pointing the portable electronic device in a pointing direction substantially towards at least one point of interest; accessing at least one image associated with the pointing direction by the portable electronic device; determining a set of one or more candidate points of interest as a function of the pointing direction; determining how many candidate points of interest are in the determined set of one or more candidate points of interest; displaying the set of one or more candidate points of interest on the at least one image, wherein the at least one image is displayed with a view, selected from a plurality of different possible views, including at least a 2D view and a 3D view, based on the determination as to how many candidate points of interest are in the set of one or more candidate points of interest; and displaying dynamic information associated with the set of one or more candidate points of interest on the portable electronic device and which is overlaid on the at least one image captured by the portable electronic device, in real time, and in such a manner as to be spatially correlated to corresponding actual points of interest displayed in the at least one image in real time.