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US 2009/0153586 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for viewing panoramic images
OwnerGehua Yang, Charles Stewartinventors
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for viewing panoramic images comprising a panorama viewer which further comprises at least two layers with each layer corresponding to a point of time within an interval during which a set of images are taken. Each layer is constructed by taking into account only the images taken at the point of time. A time dimension control is included to allow a user to navigate through the panorama based on relative time of occurrence.
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A method for constructing a panorama viewer comprising:
- a. detecting panorama images
- b. Aligning the images either manually or automatically
- c. separating the images by time segments in which the images were recorded
- d. assigning the images to layers based on the time segments
- e. constructing a panorama comprised of the layers
- f. constructing an image area to display the panorama
- g. constructing a control area further comprising
- i. an up control
- ii. a down control
- iii. a zoom in control
- iv. a zoom out control
- v. a right control
- vi. a left control and
- vii. a time dimension control.
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A system for viewing a panorama comprising:
- a. a panorama viewer that includes multiple layers with each layer corresponding to a point of time within an interval during which a set of images were taken;
- b. an image area;
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- c. a control area, the control area further comprising an up control, a down control, a zoom in control, a zoom out control, a left control, a right control, and a time dimension control.
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