Vehicles, methods, and computer readable storage media are provided for providing transportation of a gesturing pedestrian by an autonomous vehicle. The vehicle can be operated by identifying that an individual is interested in receiving a transportation. A second vehicle can then receive information about the individual that is interested in receiving the transportation. The first vehicle is then informed regarding the second vehicle.

The disclosure relates to interactive and adaptive systems and methods for tracking location-sensitive objects. An example method includes presenting a first set of user interfaces for receiving a visual image of the location-sensitive object, and using the image to determine an identifier and identify a geographic location. The example method also includes transmitting the identifier and the location to a remote computing device, and in response to receiving location-specific requirements. A second set of user interfaces may be generated and presented to guide a user to comply with the location-specific requirements.

To generate navigation directions for a driver of a vehicle, a route for guiding the driver to a destination is obtained, visual landmarks corresponding to prominent physical objects disposed along the route are retrieved, and real-time imagery is collected at the vehicle approximately from a vantage point of the driver during navigation along the route. Using (i) the retrieved visual landmarks and (ii) the imagery collected at the vehicle, a subset of the visual landmarks that are currently visible to the driver is selected. Navigation directions describing the route are provided the driver, the navigation directions referencing the selected subset of the visual landmarks and excluding the remaining visual landmarks.

An autonomous vehicle receives geographic location data defined via a mobile computing device operated by a user. The geographic location data is indicative of a device position of the mobile computing device. The autonomous vehicle also receives image data generated by the mobile computing device. The image data is indicative of a surrounding position nearby the device position. The surrounding position is selected from an image captured by a camera of the mobile computing device. A requested vehicle position (e.g., a pick-up or drop-off location) is set for a trip of the user in the autonomous vehicle based on the geographic location data and the image data. A route from a current vehicle position of the autonomous vehicle to the requested vehicle position for the trip of the user in the autonomous vehicle is generated. Moreover, the autonomous vehicle can follow the route to the requested vehicle position.

A route planning system applied in a server or in a mobile client device can plan a travel route according to client device location information. The route planning system includes an obtaining module, a selection module, and a calculation module. The obtaining module obtains the client device location information. The selection module determines a distance or scanning range according to the client device location information, and selects first pictures from the server or the client device of destinations or attractions which are within the scanning range, according to the location information of all the stored pictures. The calculation module calculates at least one route according to the location information of the first pictures. A route planning method is also provided.

An information processing apparatus performs first correction for correcting, in a case where a loop of a movement path of a sensor is detected, a position and orientation associated with a first measurement point used for estimation of a position and orientation to a position and orientation based on a second measurement point that is present near the sensor when the loop is detected.

An apparatus for setting a navigation destination includes an image acquisition device configured to acquire a predetermined image, a vision-based recognition device configured to recognize a figure in the predetermined image and to determine a destination, a database configured to store map data, and a controller configured to control the image acquisition device and the vision-based recognition device, wherein, when receiving user input for requesting recognition of a rough map, the controller recognizes a region of the rough map from an image acquired by the image acquisition device and captures a rough map image, controls the vision-based recognition device to recognize the destination and a nearby place of the destination from the rough map image, and searches for a candidate of the destination from the database.

Provided is a method for moving route planning and marker automatic making, including reading, by a computing device, a first map in which a north direction is marked to display the first map on a monitor, acquiring, by the computing device, a user input regarding an azimuth to change a direction indicated by an arrow icon to be displayed on the monitor based on the user input regarding the azimuth, acquiring, by the computing device, a user input regarding node creation to display two or more nodes in a state of being overlapped on the first map based on the user input regarding the node creation, acquiring, by the computing device, a user input regarding link creation to display an arrow-shaped link connecting between two nodes disposed on the monitor in a state of being overlapped on the first map based on the user input regarding the link creation, creating, by the computing device, a table of a first type of markers respectively corresponding to the two or more nodes displayed in the state of being overlapped on the first map and a second type of markers corresponding to links displayed in the state of being overlapped on the first map, and outputting, by the computing device, the first type of markers and the second type of markers in a form of an image file based on information included in the table to store the output markers in a storage device.

Disclosed is a method, performed by an electronic device, of obtaining location information of the electronic device, the method including obtaining at least one image captured by the electronic device, identifying a plurality of feature points included in the at least one image, obtaining a plurality of distances between the plurality of feature points and the electronic device, obtaining location information of the plurality of feature points, generating a plurality of circles having the obtained distances as radii and having the plurality of feature points as centers, based on the location information of the plurality of feature points, and obtaining location information of the electronic device based on a point where the plurality of circles overlap each other.

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to associate danger information with a location where biological information indicative of the danger information has been measured from a user.