Patent Document ID: 7961080
Application ID: 11947556
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implementable method for implementing automotive image capture and retrieval, said computer-implementable method comprising: receiving an image from a vehicle-mounted camera; in response to receipt of said image, determining, based on a set of pre-established preferences, whether to store said image; when the image does not fit the set of preferences, discarding the image; in response to storing said image, associating metadata with said image, wherein said metadata includes a time of image capture, global positioning system (GPS) coordinates at a time of image capture, speed of a vehicle at said time of image capture, direction of travel at said time of image capture, and user annotations; and in response to receiving a query for said image, searching an image database for the image and presenting said image to a user along with associated metadata; wherein the images are landmarks and the set of preferences includes user specified types of landmarks desired for image capture, said method comprising: receiving one or more user specified types of landmarks for image capture; and storing the one or more user specified types of landmarks as preferences.