Icon referenced panoramic image display
AssigneeFullView, Inc.
InventorVishvjit Singh Nalwa
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Abstract
Panoramic images are displayed with referencing icons that assist the user in conceptualizing the panoramic image as an unrolled cylindrical representation of a panoramic image. Icons above and below the image indicate a cylinder by their substantially elliptical shape. The icons also include left and right extensions with reference marks that give the impression of a cylindrical surface being unrolled. As a result, a user more readily understands the relationship between objects in different parts of the panoramic image.
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A method for displaying a panoramic image, comprising the steps of:
- displaying at least a portion of the panoramic image on a display area;
- and
- displaying a substantially elliptical icon adjacent to the portion of the panoramic image
- wherein the substantially elliptical icon comprises at least one reference mark that corresponds to at least one mark associated with the panoramic image.
A method for displaying a panoramic image, comprising the steps of:
- displaying at least a portion of the panoramic image on a display area;
- and
- displaying a substantially elliptical icon adjacent to the portion of the panoramic image,
- wherein the substantially elliptical icon is above the portion of the panoramic image and
- wherein the substantially elliptical icon has a left extension portion and a right extension portion.
A method for displaying a panoramic image, comprising the steps of:
- displaying at least a portion of the panoramic image on a display area;
- and
- displaying a substantially elliptical icon adjacent to the portion of the panoramic image,
- wherein the substantially elliptical icon is above the portion of the panoramic image,
- wherein a left portion of the substantially elliptical icon has a different appearance than a right portion of the substantially elliptical icon and wherein the substantially elliptical icon has a left extension portion and a right extension portion.
A method for displaying a panoramic image, comprising the steps of:
- displaying at least a portion of the panoramic image on a display area;
- and
- displaying a substantially elliptical icon adjacent to the portion of the panoramic image,
- wherein the substantially elliptical icon is below the portion of the panoramic image and
- wherein the substantially elliptical icon has a left extension portion and a right extension portion.
A method for displaying a panoramic image, comprising the steps of:
- displaying at least a portion of the panoramic image on a display area;
- and
- displaying a substantially elliptical icon adjacent to the portion of the panoramic image,
- wherein the substantially elliptical icon is below the portion of the panoramic image,
- wherein a left portion of the substantially elliptical icon has a different appearance than a right portion of the substantially elliptical icon and wherein the substantially elliptical icon has a left extension portion and a right extension portion.
A method for displaying a panoramic image, comprising the steps of:
- displaying at least a portion of the panoramic image on a display area;
- displaying a first substantially elliptical icon above the portion of the panoramic image;
- and
- displaying a second substantially elliptical icon below the portion of the panoramic image wherein at least one of the first and second substantially elliptical icons comprises at least one reference mark that corresponds to at least one mark associated with the panoramic image.
A method for displaying a panoramic image, comprising the steps of:
- displaying at least a portion of the panoramic image on a display area;
- displaying a first substantially elliptical icon above the portion of the panoramic image;
- and
- displaying a second substantially elliptical icon below the portion of the panoramic image, wherein the first substantially elliptical icon has a first left extension portion and a first right extension portion, and the second substantially elliptical icon has a second left extension portion and a second right extension portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.