US 2016/0253777 A1 · IMAGE SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS

Abstract

An image switching method and apparatus. The method includes: displaying an image in a first format; receiving an input instruction for switching the image from the first format to a second format; and displaying the image in the second format. The first format is a panorama image format or a wide-view image format, the second format is a panorama image format or a wide-view image format, and the first format is different from the second format. According to the method and the device in the embodiments of the present invention, a manner of simple and flexible interaction between a panorama image and a street side image is provided.

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Dependent claims

An image switching method, wherein the method comprises:

displaying an image in a first format;
receiving an input instruction for switching the image from the first format to a second format;
and
displaying the image in the second format, wherein the first format is a panorama image format or a wide-view image format, the second format is a panorama image format or a wide-view image format, and the first format is different from the second format;, wherein a panorama image is an effect image stitched by multiple images that are shot from different directions by simulating a shooting subject standing in a specific position, and a wide-view image is an effect image stitched by multiple sub-images of a side that are shot by simulating a shooting subject moving along a track.

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An image switching apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a display module and a switching instruction receiving module, wherein the display module is configured to display an image in a first format, the switching instruction receiving module is configured to receive an input instruction for switching the image from the first format to a second format, and the display module is further configured to display the image in the second format, wherein the first format is a panorama image format or a wide-view image format, the second format is a panorama image format or a wide-view image format, and the first format is different from the second format, wherein a panorama image is an effect image stitched by multiple images that are shot from different directions by simulating a shooting subject standing in a specific position, and a wide-view image is an effect image stitched by multiple sub-images of a side that are shot by simulating a shooting subject moving along a track.

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Facts

Application

14/984,854Filed 30 Dec 2015

Priority

CN 201510088822.426 Feb 2015

Published

1 Sep 2016

Term ends

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Classification21 codes

G06T 3/047
Context-preserving transformations, e.g. by using an importance map: fisheye or wide-angle transformations
G06F 3/013
Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality: eye tracking input arrangements
G06F 3/017
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a…
G06F 3/04817
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…

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