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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
John Flynn, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Dragomir Anguelov, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hartmut Neven, Malibu, CA (US);
Mark Cummins, Santa Monica, CA (US);
James Philbin, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Rafael Spring, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Hartwig Adam, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Anand Pillai, Los Angeles, CA (US);
John Flynn, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Dragomir Anguelov, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hartmut Neven, Malibu, CA (US);
Mark Cummins, Santa Monica, CA (US);
James Philbin, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Rafael Spring, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Hartwig Adam, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Anand Pillai, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for enabling virtual tags is described. The method may include receiving a first digital image data and virtual tag data to be associated with a real-world object in the first digital image data, wherein the first digital image data is captured by a first mobile device, and the virtual tag data includes metadata received from a user of the first mobile device. The method may also include generating a first digital signature from the first digital image data that describes the real-world object, and in response to the generation, inserting in substantially real-time the first digital signature into a searchable index of digital images. The method may also include storing, in a tag database, the virtual tag data and an association between the virtual tag data and the first digital signature inserted into the index of digital images.