US 7,239,760 C1 (1,668th)
System and method for creating, storing, and utilizing composite of a geographic location
Enrico Di Bernardo, Glendora, CA (US); and Luis F. Goncalves, Pasadena, CA (US)
Filed by Enrico Di Bernardo, Glendora, CA (US); and Luis F. Goncalves, Pasadena, CA (US)
Assigned to VEDERI, LLC, Pasadena, CA (US)
Reexamination Request No. 95/000,682, Aug. 17, 2012.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,239,760, issued Jul. 3, 2007, Appl. No. 11/130,004, May 16, 2005.
Application 95/000,682 is a division of application No. 09/758,717, filed on Jan. 11, 2001, granted, now 6,895,126.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/238,490, filed on Oct. 6, 2000.
Inter Partes Reexamination Certificate issued on Mar. 27, 2024.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06T 3/40 (2024.01); G06T 3/4038 (2024.01); H04N 1/387 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3848 (2020.08) [G01C 11/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/387 (2020.08); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06T 3/4038 (2013.01); H04N 1/3876 (2013.01); H04N 5/77 (2013.01)]
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Attention is directed to the decision of Vederi, Llc v. Google Llc U.S. District-California (Western Division) 2:10cv7 relating to this patent. This reexamination may not have resolved all questions raised by this decision. See 37 CFR 1.552(c) for ex parte reexamination and 37 CFR 1.906(c) for inter partes reexamination.
 
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1-5, 7, 8, 12-18, 20-26, 29 and 32-38 are cancelled.
Claims 6, 9-11, 19, 27, 28, 30 and 31 were not reexamined.
1. In a system including an image source and a user terminal having a screen and an input device, a method for enabling visual navigation of a geographic area from the user terminal, the method comprising:
receiving a first user input specifying a first location in the geographic area;
retrieving from the image source a first image associated with the first location, the image source providing a plurality of images depicting views of objects in the geographic area, the views being substantially elevations of the objects in the geographic area, wherein the images are associated with image frames acquired by an image recording device moving along a trajectory;
receiving a second user input specifying a navigation direction relative to the first location in the geographic area;
determining a second location basal on the user specified navigation direction; and
retrieving from the image source a second image associated with the second location.