ES2579103A1 - Method and system for the geolocation of photographs and their subsequent use as an album or as an identifier in a contact list. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Method and system for the geolocation of photographs and their subsequent use as an album or as an identifier in a contact list, which requires taking a photograph using a mobile device with a digital camera and gps, which is automatically stored in the cloud (cloud) in a database (bd) in which between the registers the user is also identified and another series of data that the user enters and accesses through an appropriate application to select a specific record through the specific photograph stored in it and with it establish the geographical location in which it was taken or any operation related to the data associated with it, such as: send an email, call a phone, access a website or similar. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE GEOLOCALIZATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND THEIR LATER USE AS AN ALBUM OR AS AN IDENTIFIER IN A CONTACT AGENDA 5

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The invention, as its own statement indicates, refers to a method and system for geolocation of photographs, at the same time in which they are taken, with a mobile device provided with a digital camera and GPS (smartphone, tablet, ...) , so that the user can subsequently identify not only the location of the same, but also having associated it with a place, an object or a person, being able to reach it or communicate with it, through any means allowed in a device with these characteristics, such as telephone, email, messaging, web and the like.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

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Existing mobile devices (smartphone, tablet or similar) all have a digital camera, GPS and internet connection, through which the user can take pictures, know their location at any given time, obtain information from the web or communicate through this medium with all the possibilities it offers; However, all these 25 functions are independent and not interconnected in any way. Except in the case of Google Maps® that allows you to locate a point on a map that is downloaded from the internet, no other interrelation mechanisms are known between all these devices.

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QR codes allow you to insert various identifying data of an object or a person in a small image, which when scanned by a specific application are read and made available to the user to perform

several functions, usually of communication with that person through various means or location of the product on a specific website. First, QR codes are not visually distinguishable by humans, nor do they store georeferenced information.

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At present, virtually all of the photographs are only saved in digital format, so the number of snapshots that each user takes daily can and is usually high, which makes it difficult for him to repeatedly remember where each one has been taken of them, increasing this difficulty as time passes and 10 increases the number of photos in your photo gallery. On other occasions it is necessary to remember a place, an object or a person and from it to know a series of data, not only of its location, but also its name, telephone, email or any of the existing messaging means to be able to communicate with the establishment or the person. fifteen

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The method of the invention allows solving these problems, by associating with each photograph the GPS coordinates of the point at which it was taken 20 and storing both data in the cloud, or in the cloud (of English cloud storage), where the data is housed in virtualized storage spaces, which users access through a web service (web service), an application programming interface (API) or a user interface (web interface), in order to, among other functions, reorganize 25 photographs in albums, for example from: Contacts, friends, customers, restaurants, etc.

 Unlike QR codes, photographs are in themselves the best way to recognize a person, an object or a place and with this system it is also possible to georeference them, so it also provides information regarding the place where they have been taken.

The method for geolocation of photographs and their subsequent use as an album or as an identifier in a contact agenda of the invention comprises the following phases:

 First, take a picture through a mobile device 5 with a digital camera and GPS, and automatically store both the picture and the GPS coordinates in which it was taken.

 Once a photograph has been uploaded to the cloud and the GPS coordinates in which it was taken, they are stored in a database in which each identified record is associated with the corresponding user, so that it can save another series of data such as the name of the place or person, email, contact phone number, web page related to the service, etc .; In short, complete an electronic agenda in which the person, the place or the object are identified by means of a photograph and with the help of this one, to be able to locate and trace a guided route using GPS to be able to move to the place where was taken.

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 Finally, access to said database to select a specific record is made through a specific photograph stored in the aforementioned database, in order to establish the location in which it was taken, or any operation related to the data associated with it in the database of 25 data stored in the cloud, such as: send an email, call a phone, access a website.

Other storage options are constituted by what we could call: Point-photographs (temporary) that allow you to take 30 photographs of any kind, usually places or objects that are not normally associated with a name because its use is only reserved for a short space of time. A timely photograph allows,

for example, take a snapshot of the newly parked vehicle and then return to it with the help of the navigator.

It is also feasible to exchange georeferenced photographs through Facebook or any other network, in order to share contacts with the purpose 5 of generating groups that have remained in the same place.

The fact that the data in this electronic calendar is stored in the cloud makes it easier if, under any circumstance, the user changes his mobile terminal, he can recover all his contacts and photographs by simply downloading an application again and accessing it from his terminal mobile.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

To complement the description that is being made and in order to facilitate the understanding of the features of the invention, a description is attached to the present specification in which, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

Figure 1 and only represents a functional block diagram of the system of the invention.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

The system of the invention, intended for geolocation of photographs, at the same time they are taken, through a mobile device equipped with a digital camera and GPS (smartphone, tablet, ...), allows the user to post can identify not only the location of it, but also having associated it with a place, an object or a person, being able to reach it or communicate with it through any means of the 30 allowed in a device of these characteristics, such as They can be telephone, email, messaging, web or similar.

The system for geolocation of photographs and their subsequent use as an album or as an identifier in a contact agenda of the present invention comprises:

 A mobile terminal available to each user (User 1, User 5 2,…) attached to the system, equipped with a built-in digital camera and GPS, which has an application implemented that, while active, relates each photograph taken with GPS coordinates of the place and upload both to the cloud for storage in a restricted database (BD). 10

 A database (BD) stored in the cloud, suitable for storing in each record of it, a photograph, the coordinates in which it was taken, the identification of the user who made it, as well as another series of identifying data of the place, 15 object or person identified in the photograph, such as: email, telephone or web related to it; In short, all the appropriate data to complete an agenda in which the person, the place or the object is identified by means of a photograph and with the help of this one, to be able to locate and trace a guided route using GPS 20 to be able to travel to the place where it was taken. This database is accessible to the user who took the picture through an application installed on his mobile terminal, or to other users authorized by him.

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 An application (App) installed in each of the mobile terminals of the system, which incorporates routines to manage the digital camera and GPS device and send each photograph taken together with its location to the database (BD) stored in the cloud . This application also forms a user interface through which it associates the photographs taken with a person, place or object and establishes the various means of locating and establishing communication with them, either through: email, telephone,

messaging, web or similar. Likewise, this user interface allows you to select a photograph from your database and through it establish your location or communication with the person, place or object through the available means or communication (email, telephone, messaging, web). 5

Claims (2)

1.- Method for geolocation of photographs and their subsequent use as an album or as an identifier in a contact agenda, which includes the following phases:  take a picture through a mobile device with a digital camera and GPS and automatically store both the photo and the GPS coordinates in which it was taken in the Cloud;  save in a database (BD) stored in the cloud in succession 10 records identified with each user, in each of which, in addition to the photograph and GPS coordinates, another series of data entered by the user is saved, that are accessible by you or an authorized third party for later use;  fifteen  access said database (BD) and select a specific record through the specific photograph stored in it and with it establish the location in which it was taken, or any operation related to the data associated with it in the database of data (BD) stored in the cloud, such as: send an email, call a phone, access a website. 2.- System for geolocation of photographs and their subsequent use as an album or as an identifier of a contact agenda, comprising: 25  a mobile terminal, with a digital camera and built-in GPS, which has an application implemented that, while it is active, relates each photograph taken with the GPS coordinates of the place and uploads both to the cloud for storage in a database ( BD) restricted access; 30  a database (BD) stored in the cloud, suitable for storing in each record of it, a photograph, the coordinates in which it was taken, the identification of the user who made it, as well as another series of data such as email, telephone or web related to the place, the object or the person identified in the photograph, being accessible to the user through an application installed in his mobile terminal;  an application installed in each of the mobile terminals of the appropriate system to manage the digital camera and the GPS device 10 and send each photograph taken together with its location to a database (BD) stored in the cloud; as well as forming an appropriate user interface so that it associates the photographs taken with a person, place or object and of these with other accessible means of location and communication 15 (email, telephone, messaging, web), or select a photograph of your database (BD) and through it establish its location or communicate with the person, place or object through the available means or communication (email, telephone, messaging, web). twenty