Camera controller
AssigneeNCTech Ltd
InventorsNeil Tocher, Cameron Ure, Mansour Ahmadian
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Abstract
A processing system for a camera, such as a panoramic camera, and an associated mobile device, vehicle, computer program product and method of use. The processing system being configured to access a data store that stores priority or value data, the priority or value data indicating respective priorities or values for each of a plurality of roads, locations, regions or areas. The processing system is configured to determine or identify a location and determine the priority or value for the determined or identified location from the priority or value data.
Claims20
A processing system for a camera configured to collect visualization data comprising a plurality of images to be composited together to form composite images or three-dimensional (3D) models, the processing system at least one of comprising or being configured to access a data store that stores priority or value data, the priority or value data indicating respective priorities or values of each of a plurality of roads, locations, regions, or areas,
- wherein:
- the processing system is configured to:
- determine or identify a location;
- pre-determine or pre-assign the priority or value for the determined or identified location from the priority or value data, the priority or value representing a level of requirement for the visualization data for the composite images or 3D models;
- and
- subsequent to the pre-determining or pre-assigning of the priority or value for the determined or identified location, at least one of:
- prior to collection of visualization data using the camera, cause a display to show a representation of the predetermined or pre-assigned priority or value data of the associated one or more roads, locations, regions or areas;
- or
- control the camera to selectively operate to collect visualization data based on the predetermined or pre-assigned priority or value data and the determined or identified location, wherein the determined or identified location is the current location of the camera and/or processing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.