US Patent 10896327 Device with a camera for locating hidden object

A search contour, defining at least a two-dimensional geographic area is displayed on a portable, wireless and mobile computing device with a camera and a screen which may be a smartphone and which has positional and orientation devices. The camera is positioned in a direction of the search contour and the search contour is activated. The mobile computing device queries a geographic database that is searchable on geographic coordinates for a presence of one or more objects with geographic coordinates located within the search contour. An object within the one or more objects is selected and information, including an image, of the selected object is displayed on the screen.