Displaying objects based on a plurality of models
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorJanne Matias Kontkanen
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for displaying surfaces of an object from a vantage point different from the vantage point from which imagery of the object was captured. In some aspects, imagery may be generated for display by combining visual characteristics from multiple source images and applying greater weight to the visual characteristics of some of the source images relative to the other source images. The weight may be based on the orientation of the surface relative to the location from which the image was captured and the location from which the object will be displayed.
Claims20
A method of generating an image, the method comprising:
- accessing a model of orientation and visual characteristics of a first surface of an object and a second surface of the object, wherein the visual characteristics comprise a first set of visual characteristics representing the appearance of the first surface from a first vantage point and a second set of visual characteristics representing the appearance of the second surface from a second vantage point different from the first vantage point;
- identifying a third vantage point for the image;
- determining that the first surface is closer to the third vantage point than the second surface using the model;
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- generating the image using the first set of visual characteristics based on the determination that the first surface is closer to the third vantage point than the second surface.
A system for generating an image, the system comprising one or more processors configured to:
- access a model of orientation and visual characteristics of a first surface of an object and a second surface of the object, wherein the visual characteristics comprise a first set of visual characteristics representing the appearance of the first surface from a first vantage point and a second set of visual characteristics representing the appearance of the second surface from a second vantage point different from the first vantage point;
- identify a third vantage point for the image;
- determine that the first surface is closer to the third vantage point than the second surface using the model;
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- generate the image using the first set of visual characteristics based on the determination that the first surface is closer to the third vantage point than the second surface.
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