Abstract: There is provided an approach for using street view images, captured from a selected geographical area, to obtain one or more of a landmark saliency score and a street crossing simplicity score, with each score reflecting a degree to which a computer-implemented circuit (including image recognition engines and a visual element matching module) can recognize and identify a landmark in at least one of the street view images. In turn, a navigational plan for a selected geographical area, including travel directions, is generated with the one or more of the landmark saliency score and the street crossing simplicity score.

Abstract: Generating a pedestrian tour includes: receiving a query from a user device via a network, the query indicative of a request for a pedestrian tour and including a location and preferences including a target length for the pedestrian tour; obtaining a graph of a geographical area around the location of the user device, the graph including nodes indicative of path crossings and arcs indicative of paths connecting pairs of the nodes; determining scores for the arcs based on characteristics of the arcs, respectively, and the preferences; selecting connecting ones of the arcs based on the scores of the connecting ones of the arcs, lengths of the selected connecting ones of the arcs, and the target length; adding the selected connecting ones of the arcs to the pedestrian tour to initialize the pedestrian tour; and transmitting the pedestrian tour to the user device via the network for display.

Abstract: Generating a pedestrian tour includes: receiving a query from a user device via a network, the query indicative of a request for a pedestrian tour and including a location and preferences including a target length for the pedestrian tour; obtaining a graph of a geographical area around the location of the user device, the graph including nodes indicative of path crossings and arcs indicative of paths connecting pairs of the nodes; determining scores for the arcs based on characteristics of the arcs, respectively, and the preferences; selecting connecting ones of the arcs based on the scores of the connecting ones of the arcs, lengths of the selected connecting ones of the arcs, and the target length; adding the selected connecting ones of the arcs to the pedestrian tour to initialize the pedestrian tour; and transmitting the pedestrian tour to the user device via the network for display.

Abstract: A Virtual Reality (VR) method and system for text manipulation. According to an exemplary embodiment, a VR method displays and provides a user with interaction with displayed documents in a Virtual Environment (VE), the VE including a VR head-mounted display and one or more gesture sensors. Text manipulation is performed using natural human body interactions with the VR system.

Abstract: A processing method includes, associating each of a plurality of hand gestures that are detectable with a three-dimensional sensor with a respective one of a plurality of item processing tasks in memory. A plurality of graphic objects is displayed on a touch-sensitive display device, each graphic object being associated with a respective item. With the three-dimensional sensor, a hand gesture is detected. The respective one of the item processing tasks that is associated with the detected hand gesture is identified and the identified one of the item processing tasks is implemented on the displayed graphic objects, comprising causing at least a subset of the displayed graphic objects to respond on the display device based on attributes of the respective items. Item processing tasks may also be implemented through predefined touch gestures.

Abstract: A method of configuring a widget and a tactile user interface which displays the widget are disclosed which enable menu-setting operations with minimal touch gestures and occupation of screen space. The interface includes a touch sensitive display device and memory which stores instructions for displaying the widget and a set of graphic objects together on the display device. The widget has two or more virtual sides, each of the sides being associated with a respective functionality. The widget is flipped, in response to a recognized touch gesture, from a first of the sides to a second of the sides, whereby the functionality of the widget is changed. The graphic objects are associated, in memory, with respective items having attributes. The graphic objects exhibit a response to the widget functionality of a currently displayed one of the sides of the widget based on the attributes of the respective items.

Abstract: A method of configuring a widget and a tactile user interface which displays the widget are disclosed which enable menu-setting operations with minimal touch gestures and occupation of screen space. The interface includes a touch sensitive display device and memory which stores instructions for displaying the widget and a set of graphic objects together on the display device. The widget has two or more virtual sides, each of the sides being associated with a respective functionality. The widget is flipped, in response to a recognized touch gesture, from a first of the sides to a second of the sides, whereby the functionality of the widget is changed. The graphic objects are associated, in memory, with respective items having attributes. The graphic objects exhibit a response to the widget functionality of a currently displayed one of the sides of the widget based on the attributes of the respective items.