| CPC H04N 23/661 (2023.01) [H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/64 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)] | 16 Claims |
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1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a mobile device, images depicting a road that includes two road markers for guiding traffic, the images acquired by a camera;
receiving, at the mobile device, indicators of: a width between the two road markers; a distance of the camera from the road; and a height of the camera;
providing, via the mobile device, at a display screen: an image acquired by the camera; and two virtual road markers at fixed positions on the display screen, the two virtual road markers based on the width, the distance, and the height;
receiving, at the mobile device, respective indicators of the two road markers in the image, the respective indicators pinned to the two road markers at the display screen in further images received from the camera as the two road markers move in the further images, as an orientation of the camera changes, wherein the respective indicators of the two road markers are received as manual input at one or more of the mobile device and the display screen; and
as the orientation of the camera changes:
receiving, at the mobile device, the further images from the camera;
overlaying, at the mobile device, onto the further images, the two virtual road markers at the fixed positions on the display screen;
as the two road markers at the display screen move in the further images: moving the respective indicators of the two road markers such that the respective indicators remained pinned to the two road markers; and maintaining the two virtual road markers at the fixed positions on the display screen; and
when the respective indicators are about aligned with the two virtual road markers, overlaid on one or more of the further images on the display screen at the fixed positions, providing, at the mobile device, a notification.
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