Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhanced identification of interesting points-of-interest
- Patent Title (中): 加强识别有趣的兴趣点
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Application No.: US12617354Application Date: 2009-11-12
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Publication No.: US08239130B1Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Trystan Upstill , Andrei Lopatenko , Soham Mazumdar
- Applicant: Trystan Upstill , Andrei Lopatenko , Soham Mazumdar
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G01C21/00
- IPC: G01C21/00

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying points-of-interest. In one aspect, a method includes determining a position and a heading of a mobile device, defining a zone of interest based on the position and heading of the mobile device, identifying one or more points of interest (POIs) that are located within the zone of interest, determining, for each of the identified POIs, a distance between the mobile device and the respective POI, selecting one or more of the identified POIs based on the distances, and displaying information identifying the selected POIs on a user interface of the mobile device.
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