Under one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining one or more media objects having location-related content in response to a search query, wherein the location-related content represents one or more locations corresponding to one or more spatial references in the one or more media objects, obtaining respective spatial thumbnails for the one or more spatial references, obtaining respective summaries of the one or more media objects, obtaining a respective one or more hyperlinks referencing to the one or more media objects, and causing to display for the one or more media objects the respective spatial thumbnails, the respective summaries, and the respective one or more hyperlinks.

Under one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining one or more media objects having location-related content in response to a search query, wherein the location-related content represents one or more locations corresponding to one or more spatial references in the one or more media objects, obtaining respective spatial thumbnails for the one or more spatial references, obtaining respective summaries of the one or more media objects, obtaining a respective one or more hyperlinks referencing to the one or more media objects, and causing to display for the one or more media objects the respective spatial thumbnails, the respective summaries, and the respective one or more hyperlinks.

Systems and methods for photograph mapping are disclosed herein. In one embodiment a first digital image and at least one user-generated datum is received from at least one user. The first image is geographically organized according to the at least one datum. The first image is associated with at least one location and at least one direction. The first image is provided from a first person perspective to a user in response to a request.

Systems and methods for photograph mapping are disclosed herein. In one embodiment a first digital image and at least one user-generated datum is received from at least one user. The first image is geographically organized according to the at least one datum. The first image is associated with at least one location and at least one direction. The first image is provided from a first person perspective to a user in response to a request.

Mobile phones and other portable devices are equipped with a variety of technologies by which existing functionality can be improved, and new functionality can be provided. Some aspects relate to visual search capabilities, and determining appropriate actions responsive to different image inputs. Others relate to processing of image data. Still others concern metadata generation, processing, and representation. Yet others concern user interface improvements. Other aspects relate to imaging architectures, in which a mobile phone's image sensor is one in a chain of stages that successively act on packetized instructions/data, to capture and later process imagery. Still other aspects relate to distribution of processing tasks between the mobile device and remote resources (the cloud). Elemental image processing (e.g., simple filtering and edge detection) can be performed on the mobile phone, while other operations can be referred out to remote service providers. The remote service providers can be selected using techniques such as reverse auctions, through which they compete for processing tasks. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

Glasses wearable by a user and responsive to gestural commands and method for operating the glasses to control one or more devices. In a preferred form, the glasses include a plurality of spaced, depth cameras that react to a user's hand command based, at least in part, on the distance of the hand from the depth camera. The depth cameras can recognize multiple distances and gesture movement, as well as hand configuration.

Methods and apparatuses generate and render data embedded with associated meta-data in a human or machine recognizable format. The apparatus includes an obtaining device to acquire first data in a predetermined format and associated second data comprising information of the first data, and to output the first data and the associated second data; a processing device to receive the first data and the associated second data from the obtaining device, to process the first data and the associated second data to thereby generate meta-data based on the first data and/or the associated second data, to convert the meta-data into the predetermined format of the first data, and to embed the converted meta-data into the first data as a combined data in the predetermined format; and a rendering device to receive the combined data from the processing device, and to render the combined data in the human or machine recognizable format.

Methods and apparatuses generate and render data embedded with associated meta-data in a human or machine recognizable format. The apparatus includes an obtaining device to acquire first data in a predetermined format and associated second data comprising information of the first data, and to output the first data and the associated second data; a processing device to receive the first data and the associated second data from the obtaining device, to process the first data and the associated second data to thereby generate meta-data based on the first data and/or the associated second data, to convert the meta-data into the predetermined format of the first data, and to embed the converted meta-data into the first data as a combined data in the predetermined format; and a rendering device to receive the combined data from the processing device, and to render the combined data in the human or machine recognizable format.

In an exemplary embodiment, user input is received, a selected portion of a digital image is identified based on the user input, a data instance is selected, and a tag is applied to the selected portion of the digital image. The applied tag provides an association between the selected portion of the digital image and the data instance. In certain examples, a visual indicator representative of the tag is provided for display together with the tagged digital image.

In an exemplary embodiment, user input is received, a selected portion of a digital image is identified based on the user input, a data instance is selected, and a tag is applied to the selected portion of the digital image. The applied tag provides an association between the selected portion of the digital image and the data instance. In certain examples, a visual indicator representative of the tag is provided for display together with the tagged digital image.