Patent TW-I416928-B (TW)
Title: Method, system and apparatus for managing images and geographic location data in a mobile deivce
Inventor: WANG JOHN C
IPC: G01C21/26
Filed: 2009-04-15
Granted: 2013-11-21
Abstract: The disclosure provides a mobile communication device (100) for managing images and associated geographic location data in a mobile device and displaying the images and the associated geographic location data, the apparatus comprising:a housing (101) having a form factor suitable for handheld use;a display device (110,314, 512) contained in the housing; an input device (102,104, 109, 312, 514) contained in the housing;wherein the input device includes a touch-sensitive screen;at least one wireless network connection component (316, 508) contained in the housing and configured to connect to a mobile wireless network;a location component contained (510) In the housing and configured to generate geographic location data based on a current geographic location of the mobile device;a camera component (108, 506) contained in the housing configured to generate an image;a memory (304) contained in the housing; anda processor (302) contained in the housing and coupled among the display device, the input device, the at least one wireless network connection component, the location component, the camera component, and the memory; wherein the processor is configured to execute various components, wherein the components comprises: a location association component (516) configured to receive the image from the camera component and geographic location data based on the current geographic location of the mobile device from the location component and to store an association between the image and the geographic location data in the memory;a map display component (522) configured to cause the display device to display a geographic indicator of the selected image on a map at the associated geographical location, a supplemental information component (518) configured to associate supplemental information with the selected image, wherein the supplemental information includes one of description information, telephone number, category, street address and at least one of description information, telephone number, category, network address, or audio data; wherein street address is automatically determined based on the geographic location using mapping software or mapping server providing Reverse Geocoding service; and wherein an interface is displayed to enable a user to receive a new image from the camera (108) and to provide new values or edit the values for the supplemental information; an association display component (520) configured to cause the display device to display the images for selection and the description information corresponding to each of the images in a first user interface and to display the selected image, the associated geographic information data corresponding to the selected image, and the associated supplemental information corresponding to the selected image in a second user interface; and wherein the first user interface comprises a navigation component (404) configured to enable the user to navigate among the images in the first user interface.