Using Image Content to Facilitate Navigation in Panoramic Image Data
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsJiajun Zhu, Daniel Filip, Luc Vincent
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Abstract
The present invention relates to using image content to facilitate navigation in panoramic image data. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for navigating in panoramic image data includes: (1) determining an intersection of a ray and a virtual model, wherein the ray extends from a camera viewport of an image and the virtual model comprises a plurality of facade planes; (2) retrieving a panoramic image; (3) orienting the panoramic image to the intersection; and (4) displaying the oriented panoramic image.
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A computer-implemented method for navigating in panoramic image data, comprising:
- (1) determining an intersection of a ray and a virtual model, wherein the ray extends from a camera viewport of an image and the virtual model comprises a plurality of facade planes;
- (2) retrieving a panoramic image;
- (3) orienting the panoramic image to the intersection;
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- (4) displaying the oriented panoramic image.
A method for creating and displaying annotations, comprising:
- (1) creating a virtual model from a plurality of two-dimensional images;
- (2) determining an intersection of a ray, extended from a camera viewport of a first image, and the virtual model, wherein the virtual model corresponds to a feature in a second image;
- (3) retrieving a panoramic image;
- (4) orienting the panoramic image to face the intersection;
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- (5) displaying the oriented panoramic image.
A system for creating and displaying annotations corresponding to a virtual model, wherein the virtual model was created from a plurality of two-dimensional images, comprising:
- a server that includes a navigation controller that determines an intersection of a ray, extended from a camera viewport of an image, and a virtual model, wherein the virtual model comprises a plurality of facade places, retrieves a panoramic image and orients the panoramic image to face the intersection.
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