Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Presenting the viewability of a point of interest on a map
- Patent Title (中): 在地图上呈现兴趣点的可见度
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Application No.: US14332793Application Date: 2014-07-16
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Publication No.: US09360338B2Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Barry A. Kritt , Sarbajit K. Rakshit
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Garg Law Firm, PLLC
- Agent Rakesh Garg; Joseph Petrokaitis
- Main IPC: G09G5/00
- IPC: G09G5/00 ; G01C21/36 ; G06T11/20 ; G06T11/60 ; G01C21/32 ; G01C21/20 ; G01C21/00

Abstract:
A method, system, and computer program product for presenting the viewability of a point of interest (POI) on a map are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A set of viewing coverage information is located. A subset of the viewing coverage information is associated with a point of observation on the map. A viewing coverage information corresponds to a view of the POI from the point of observation. The viewing coverage information comprises a viewing coverage fraction that represents a portion of the POI visible in the view. The point of observation is plotted corresponding to the subset of the viewing coverage information such that the point of observation is represented on the map as a visually distinct area on the map and has a corresponding combined viewing coverage value. A plot of the point of observation resulting from the plotting is presented on the map as an overlay.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160018240A1 PRESENTING THE VIEWABILITY OF A POINT OF INTEREST ON A MAP Public/Granted day:2016-01-21
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