TWI421716B - Method and system for establishing points of interest information and computer program product using the method - Google Patents

Description

Point of interest information creation method, system and computer program product used

The present invention relates to a method and system for establishing a point of interest information, and more particularly to a method and system for establishing a point of interest information for automatically searching for related point of interest information, and a computer program product used.

In the current photo shooting application, the user can take a picture file with a positioning coordinate through the function of geo-tagging. However, when the user needs to record the relevant information of the location of the captured picture, such as the name of the location, the phone number, the address, the relevant website, etc., the user must search for and manually set the relevant information. .

For example, in the case of a mobile phone, a user usually connects to an electronic map or a search website via the Internet to inquire about the name, address, telephone number, website address and comments related to the image file with the positioned coordinates. After that, the queried information is manually copied and pasted into the corresponding field. Alternatively, enter the name, address, phone number, and website address into the corresponding field by manually (for example, using a button, virtual keyboard, or handwriting) the business card or paper data obtained at hand. These processes are not only cumbersome, but also the buttons or virtual keyboards of the mobile phone are quite inconvenient for manual input.

In view of this, the present invention provides a method for establishing a point of interest information to automatically search for and record interest point information related to a picture file.

The invention provides a point of interest information establishing system, which automatically associates interest point information found by using a geographical location code with a picture file.

The invention provides a method for establishing a point of interest information, which is suitable for a mobile device. In this method, the Geospatial Entity Object Code (GEOCODE) recorded in the image file is first retrieved. Next, connect to the web to search for point of interest information that corresponds to the location code. After that, the point of interest information is associated with the image file.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method for establishing a point of interest information further includes capturing a picture to obtain a picture file, and obtaining a geographical location code of the location of the picture to record the geographic location code in the picture file.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method for establishing a point of interest information further includes downloading an image through the network to obtain a picture file, and obtaining a geographical location code of the location of the picture.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of searching for the point of interest information corresponding to the location code includes: searching for one or more points of interest within a specific range near the location where the location code is located; and selecting one of the interests Click to get information on points of interest related to this point of interest.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of searching for a point of interest in a specific range near the location where the location code is located further includes: searching for a corresponding anchor point in an electronic map according to the geographic location code; and positioning the point For the center, search for points of interest within a specific range.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of selecting a point of interest includes: calculating a distance between each point of interest and the point of positioning to select a point of interest closest to the point of positioning. In addition, you can also receive a keyword to select a point of interest that matches the keyword among those points of interest. In addition, the user may further receive a selection operation of the points of interest to select one of the points of interest according to the selection operation.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of selecting a point of interest includes: downloading, by using a network, a point of interest image file corresponding to each point of interest, and comparing the downloaded point of interest image file of each of the downloaded points of interest Search for the similarity of the image files of the points of interest to select the points of interest of the image files of the most similar points of interest.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method for establishing a point of interest information further includes: creating a point of interest page to record the picture and the point of interest information into the point of interest page. In addition, the point of interest page can be displayed for the user to browse.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the point of interest information includes one of a name, an address, a phone number, a website address, and a comment, or a combination thereof.

The present invention provides a point of interest information establishing system that is configured in a mobile device. The point of interest information establishment system includes a geographic location code acquisition module, a connection unit, a search module, and an association module. The location code capture module captures the geographic code in an image file. The connection unit is connected to a network. The search module searches for points of interest based on the geographic code. The association module associates the point of interest information with the image file.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the point of interest information establishing system further includes an image capturing unit and a positioning unit. The image capturing unit takes a picture to obtain a picture file. The targeting unit obtains the geographic location code of the location of the image to record the geographic location code in the image file.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the image file system in the point of interest information establishing system is connected to the network through a connection unit to download a picture with a geographical location code to obtain a picture file.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the search module may search for one or more points of interest in a specific range near the location where the geographic code is located, thereby selecting one of the points of interest to obtain a point of interest related to the point of interest. News. In addition, the search module can also search for corresponding anchor points in the electronic map according to the geographical location code, and search for the points of interest within a specific range centering on the anchor points. In addition, the search module can calculate the distance between each point of interest and the anchor point to select the closest point of interest from the anchor point.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the search module can connect to a network to download a point of interest image file corresponding to each point of interest through a connection unit, and compare the image points of interest of the downloaded points of interest. The similarity with the image file used to search for the point of interest to select the point of interest of the image file of the most similar point of interest.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the point of interest information establishing system further includes an input unit and a display unit. The input unit receives a keyword, so that the search module can select a point of interest that matches the keyword among the plurality of points of interest that are searched according to the keyword. The input unit can further receive the user's selection operation of the points of interest, so that the search module selects one of the points of interest according to the selection operation. The display unit can display the point of interest page, and the point of interest page records the picture and the point of interest information.

The present invention further provides a computer program product for performing the above method of establishing interest point information. The computer program product is basically composed of a plurality of code segments (for example, creating an organization chart code segment, signing a form code segment, setting a code segment, and deploying a code segment), and the code segments are After being loaded into the electronic device and executed, the steps of the above-mentioned point of interest information establishing method and the function of the above-mentioned point of interest information establishing system can be completed.

Based on the above, the present invention uses the geographical location code in the image file to automatically search for the interest point data related to the geographical location code on the Internet. After that, the interest point data is associated with the image file and recorded. According to this, the inconvenience of the user to spend time on the Internet and manually input data can be eliminated.

The above described features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description.

Generally, after the user uses the geo-tagging function or downloads the image file with the locating coordinates through the Internet, if the user wants to further set the information about the interest points related to the image, the user must go online. It is quite inconvenient to query and manually set it up. To this end, the present invention provides a method and system for establishing a point of interest information, and a computer program product used by the present invention. The location code associated with the image file is automatically searched for and recorded by the geographic location code in the image file. In order to clarify the content of the present invention, the following specific examples are given as examples in which the present invention can be implemented.

1 is a flow chart of a method for establishing a point of interest information according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figure 1, the present embodiment is applied to a mobile device. First, in step S105, the mobile device first retrieves a Geospatial Entity Object Code (GEOCODE) recorded in a picture file. For example, the user can directly provide a picture file with a geographical location code, or directly use a mobile device with a photography function and a positioning function to obtain a picture file with a geographical location code, or download a picture file with a geographical location code from the network. The invention is not limited herein.

For example, in terms of a mobile device having a photographic function and a positioning function. The mobile device captures a picture through the photography function, obtains an image file, and obtains a geographical location code for capturing the location of the image through the positioning function, so as to automatically record the geographical location code in the image file, wherein the positioning method can be The invention includes positioning using GPS (Global Positioning System), or using a base station of wireless communication or hot spot positioning of a wireless network, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Here, the geolocation code is, for example, recorded in an Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) file of the image file.

In addition, the image file can also be taken by a camera with a positioning function, and then input to the mobile device to search for the point of interest information related to the image file. Alternatively, the geographic code may be entered by the user or by an electronic map.

Next, in step S110, the mobile device is connected to the network to search for the interest point information (eg, name, address, phone number, web address, and comment) corresponding to the geographic code on the network. That is to say, the mobile device searches the network for one or more points of interest within a specific range near the location of the geographic code. Here, the specific range is less than a predetermined range from the geographic code, or the geographic code of the searched point of interest is the same as the geographic code of the image file. After that, choose one of these points of interest to obtain the point of interest information related to this point of interest. For example, the mobile device connects to an electronic map via the Internet, and searches for a corresponding anchor point in the electronic map according to the geographical location code. After that, the mobile device centers on the anchor point to search for points of interest within a specific range.

After searching for these points of interest, the mobile device calculates the distance between each point of interest and the point of interest to select the point of interest closest to the point. That is to say, the mobile device can automatically select the point of interest closest to the anchor point. In addition, a list of points of interest can be listed directly for the user to select. After the mobile device receives the user's selection operation for the points of interest, the mobile device selects one of the points of interest according to the selection operation.

In addition, in an embodiment, the mobile device can also download one of the image files corresponding to each interest point through the network, and compare the similarity between the downloaded image file of each interest point and the image file used for searching for the interest point. To select the points of interest of the most similar point of interest image file.

It is worth noting that in order to improve the accuracy of selecting the information of the interest points related to the image file, the user can input a keyword to assist the search, and obtain the most relevant points of interest from the image files from the points of interest. News.

Thereafter, in step S115, the point of interest information is associated with the picture file. For example, a link is created in the image file so that the link points to the corresponding point of interest information. In addition, in order to facilitate the user to watch, a point of interest page can be created, and the picture and the point of interest information are recorded on the point of interest page, by displaying the point of interest page for the user to browse.

For example, FIG. 2A to FIG. 2C are schematic diagrams of a point of interest page according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2A to FIG. 2C, it is assumed that the user takes a picture at a location in or near a building, such as the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, and obtains a picture file having a geographical location code, as shown in FIG. 2A. Here, the geographical location code is, for example, recorded in the EXIF file of the image file, so the geographic location code is not displayed in the image.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2B, the user inputs "Zhongzheng Memorial Hall" as a keyword. Thereafter, the mobile device is connected to the network, and by this geographical location code, the location of the captured image in the electronic map, such as (X, Y), is known. Then, the mobile device searches for a specific range centering on the anchor point (X, Y) in the electronic map. Assume that the following four points of interest are included in this specific scope: "National Drama Theatre", "National Concert Hall", "Zhongzheng Memorial Hall" and "MRT Zhengzheng Memorial Hall Station". Here, the mobile device can automatically select the "Zhongzheng Memorial Hall" point of interest based on the input keyword "Zhongzheng Memorial Hall" to obtain the information of the interest point.

After obtaining the interest point information, the interest point information can be associated with the picture to record the interest point information and the picture into the corresponding field of the point of interest page, as shown in FIG. 2C. In FIG. 2C, the point of interest page includes a picture field 201, an address field 203, a phone field 205, and a web address field 207. Others may include, for example, a name field, a comment field, and the like. The picture field 201 is used to record pictures, and the address field 203, the phone field 205, and the address field 207 are used to record the address, phone number and website address of the point of interest information, respectively.

In addition, the present invention further provides a point of interest information establishing system. 3A and 3B are block diagrams showing a point of interest information establishing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3A , the point of interest information establishing system 300 includes a connection unit 301 , a geographic location code acquisition module 303 , a search module 305 , and an association module 307 .

Here, the point of interest information establishing system 300 is connected to the network through the connection unit 301. The location code capture module 303 is used to retrieve the geographic code in the image file. The search module 305 searches the interest point information online according to the geographical location code. In other words, the search module 305 searches for one or more points of interest in a specific range near the location where the geographical code is located on the network, thereby selecting one of the points of interest to obtain the point of interest information related to the point of interest. . For example, the search module 305 searches for a corresponding anchor point in the electronic map according to the geographic location code, and searches for a point of interest within a specific range centering on the anchor point. Then, the search module 305 can further calculate the distance between each point of interest and the anchor point to select the closest point of interest from the anchor point.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, the search module 305 can also download a picture file corresponding to each point of interest through the connection unit 301, and compare the downloaded points of interest. The similarity between the image file and the image file used to search for the point of interest to select the point of interest of the image file of the most similar point of interest.

The association module 304 associates the point of interest information with the image file. Accordingly, when browsing the image file, the interest point information related to the image file can be obtained by the association established by the association module 304.

In addition, in this embodiment, the point of interest information establishing system 300 further includes an image capturing unit 309, a positioning unit 311, an input unit 313, and a display unit 315, as shown in FIG. 3B. Referring to FIG. 3B, in the embodiment, a picture is taken by the image capturing unit 309 to obtain a picture file. And, the location code of the location of the image is obtained by the positioning unit 311 to record the geographic location code in the image file. In addition, in an embodiment, the connection unit 311 can also be connected to the network to download a picture with a geographical location code to obtain a picture file.

Furthermore, in the embodiment, the point of interest page can also be displayed through the display unit 315. Here, the point of interest page records pictures and points of interest information.

It is worth mentioning that, in order to improve the accuracy of the search result, the search module 304 may also select a point of interest in the points of interest according to the keyword received by the input unit 313. In addition, the search module 304 can also select one of the points of interest according to the selection operation received by the input unit 313. That is to say, the search module 304 can list the points of interest searched in a specific range for the user to select through the input unit 313.

The invention further provides a computer program product, comprising program instructions for executing the method for establishing the interest point information, wherein the computer program product is basically composed of a plurality of code segments (for example, creating an organization chart code segment, signing The core form code segment, the set code segment, and the deployment code segment), and after the code segment is loaded into the mobile device and executed, the steps of the above-mentioned interest point information establishing method and the above-mentioned interest point information establishment can be completed. The function of the system.

In summary, the present invention uses the geographic location code in the image file to automatically search for information on the point of interest associated with the geographic code on the Internet. In addition, the geographical location code can be matched with the keyword provided by the user and associated with the image file, and the information on the point of interest close to the keyword can be automatically searched on the Internet and transmitted back to the mobile device to display the information and image of the interest point. The file is associated. For example, fill in the interest point information into the corresponding field of the point of interest page. In this way, the inconvenience that the user needs to spend more time on the Internet and manually fill in the data can be avoided.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art can make some modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

201. . . Picture field

203. . . Address field

205. . . Telephone field

207. . . URL field

300. . . Point of interest information establishment system

301. . . Connection unit

303. . . Location code capture module

305. . . Search module

307. . . Association module

309. . . Image capture unit

311. . . Positioning unit

313. . . Input unit

315. . . Display unit

S105~S115. . . Each step of the method for establishing interest point information according to an embodiment of the present invention

1 is a flow chart of a method for establishing a point of interest information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A-2C are schematic diagrams of a point of interest page in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

3A and 3B are block diagrams showing a point of interest information establishing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

S105~S115. . . Each step of the method for establishing interest point information according to an embodiment of the present invention

Claims (34)

A method for establishing a point of interest information is applicable to a mobile device, the method comprising: capturing a geographical location code recorded in an image file; connecting to a network to search for an interest corresponding to the geographic location code Pointing information; establishing a link in the image file, so that the link points to the corresponding point of interest information; and recording the picture file to a point of interest page in the mobile device, and recording the point of interest information to The point of interest page corresponds to the field. The method of claim 1, further comprising: taking a picture to obtain the picture file; obtaining the geographical location code of the location of the picture; and recording the geographical location code in the picture file. The method of claim 1, further comprising: downloading a picture having the geographical location code as the picture file. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of searching for the point of interest information corresponding to the location code comprises: searching for one or more interests within a specific range near the location of the location code Pointing; and selecting one of the points of interest to obtain the point of interest information associated with the point of interest. The method of claim 4, wherein the method is searched for The step of determining the points of interest in the specific range near the location of the location code further includes: searching for a corresponding anchor point in an electronic map according to the geographical location code; and searching for the specific These points of interest within the scope. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of selecting one of the points of interest comprises: calculating a distance between each of the points of interest and the point of positioning; and selecting a point of interest closest to the point of positioning. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of selecting one of the points of interest comprises: downloading, by the network, one of the points of interest corresponding to the points of interest; The similarity between the image of the point of interest of each point of interest and the image file used to search for the point of interest; and the point of interest of selecting the image file of the point of interest with the highest similarity. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of selecting one of the points of interest comprises: receiving a keyword; and among the points of interest, selecting a point of interest that matches the keyword. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of selecting one of the points of interest comprises: receiving a user's selection operation for the points of interest; and selecting the interests according to the selection operation Click on one of them. The method of claim 1, wherein the point of interest information comprises one of a name, an address, a phone number, a website address, and a comment or a combination thereof. The method of claim 1, further comprising: displaying the point of interest page. A point of interest information establishing system is configured in a mobile device, the point of interest information establishing system comprises: a geographical location code capturing module, capturing a geographical location code in a picture file; a connecting unit, connecting to a network; a search module, searching for a point of interest information according to the geographic code; and an association module, establishing a link in the image file, so that the link points to the corresponding point of interest information, The picture file is recorded to a point of interest page in the mobile device, and the point of interest information is recorded in a field corresponding to the point of interest page. The system of claim 12, further comprising: an image capturing unit that takes a picture to obtain the image file; and a positioning unit that obtains the geographical location code of the location of the image to record the The location code is in the image file. The system of claim 12, wherein the connection unit is connected to the network to download a picture with a geographical location code to obtain the picture file. The system of claim 12, wherein the search module further comprises one or more points of interest within a specific range near the location where the location code is located, thereby selecting one of the points of interest, And obtaining the interest point information related to the point of interest. The system of claim 15 , wherein the search module further comprises searching for a corresponding anchor point in an electronic map according to the geographic code, and searching for the specific range based on the positioning point. These points of interest. The system of claim 16, wherein the searching module further comprises calculating a distance between each of the points of interest and the positioning point to select a point of interest closest to the positioning point. The system of claim 15, wherein the connection unit is connected to the network to download a point of interest image file corresponding to each of the points of interest, and compare the image files of the downloaded points of interest. The similarity with the image file used to search for the point of interest to select the point of interest of the image file of the most similar point of interest. The system of claim 15, further comprising: an input unit, receiving a keyword, so that the search module selects a point of interest in the points of interest according to the keyword. The system of claim 19, wherein the input unit further comprises receiving a user's selection operation for the points of interest, so that the search module selects one of the points of interest according to the selection operation. . Such as the system described in claim 12, wherein the interest The point information includes one of a name, an address, a phone number, a website address, and a comment, or a combination thereof. The system of claim 12, further comprising: a display unit displaying the point of interest page. A point of interest information establishing system is configured in a mobile device, the point of interest information establishing system includes: a geographic location code capturing tool for capturing a geographic location code in a picture file; and a connection tool for Connecting to a network; a search tool for searching for a point of interest information based on the geographic code; and an association tool for establishing a link in the image file such that the link points to the corresponding one The point of interest information is recorded to a point of interest page in the mobile device, and the point of interest information is recorded in a field corresponding to the point of interest page. A computer program product, loaded into the program via a mobile device, performs the following steps: capturing a geographical location code recorded in an image file; connecting to a network to search for an interest corresponding to the geographic location code Pointing information; and establishing a link in the image file, so that the link points to the corresponding point of interest information; recording the picture file to a point of interest page in the mobile device, and recording the point of interest information to The point of interest page corresponds to the field. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the program further comprises the steps of: taking a picture to obtain the picture file; obtaining the location code of the location of the picture; and recording the location code In the picture file. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the program further comprises the step of: downloading a picture having the geographic code as the picture file. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the step of searching for the point of interest information corresponding to the location code comprises: searching for one or more of a specific range near the location of the location code Points of interest; and selecting one of the points of interest to obtain the point of interest information associated with the point of interest. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the step of searching for the points of interest in the specific range near the location of the geographical code further comprises: searching for an electronic map according to the geographical code Corresponding an anchor point; and searching for the points of interest within the specific range centered on the anchor point. The computer program product described in claim 28, wherein the steps of selecting one of the points of interest include: Calculating a distance between each of the points of interest and the positioning point; and selecting a point of interest closest to the positioning point. For example, in the computer program product described in claim 27, the step of selecting one of the points of interest includes: downloading, by the network, one of the points of interest corresponding to the points of interest; Downloading the similarity between the image of the point of interest of each point of interest and the image file used to search for the point of interest; and selecting the point of interest of the image file of the point of interest with the highest similarity. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the step of selecting one of the points of interest comprises: receiving a keyword; and among the points of interest, selecting a point of interest that matches the keyword. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the step of selecting one of the points of interest comprises: receiving a user's selection operation for the points of interest; and selecting the Some of these points of interest. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the point of interest information comprises one of a name, an address, a phone number, a website address, and a comment or a combination thereof. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the program further comprises the step of: displaying the point of interest page.