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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Brian Albrecht, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2013.01); G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G06F 17/30873 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sketch can be received. The sketch can include one or more sketched graphical elements and one or more sketched representations of text. Pattern matching of the one or more sketched graphical elements and the one or more sketched representations of text with a map region can be automatically performed. A map of the map region can be automatically generated and displayed.