Method and apparatus for creating virtual environment, and record medium having recorded thereon computer readable program for creating virtual environment

A method of creating a virtual environment comprising:

• a step of arranging a panoramic image of an inside of a room picked-up from a single view point on a cylindrical body in a virtual space such that information about an angle of view of the relevant panoramic image is reflected;
• a step of arranging at least one of a ceiling plane and a floor plane of said room in said virtual space such that at least one of the ceiling plane and floor place is brought into contact with at least one of an upper plane and a lower plane of said cylindrical body;
• a step of deriving a radius (r), a circumferencial length (L) and a height (H) of the cylindrical body as well as an angle of view (θ) at which said panoramic image is picked-up;
• a step of setting, on the panoramic image, markers corresponding to vertices (A, B) of a plurality of posts defining a shape of the virtual space, at said vertices the posts being brought into contact with the ceiling plane and floor plane, respectively of the virtual space;
• a step of deriving heights (a, b) of said markers on the panoramic image;
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• a step of setting a position of the view point (H/2) of said panoramic image, and deriving a distance (Zp) from a virtual view point (O) in the virtual space to a post (A-B line) and a height (w) of said virtual view point (O) as well as a height (h) of said room in the virtual space from said position of the view point (H/2), said radius (r) of the cylindrical body and said heights (a, b) of said markers on the panoramic image;
• wherein a virtual environment model within said room is created from said panoramic image.

A computer readable record medium, having a program recorded thereon, wherein said program is to make the computer execute the following procedures for creating a virtual environment from a panoramic image of an inside of a room picked-up from a single view point;

• to arrange said panoramic image on a cylindrical body in a virtual space such that information about an angle of view of the relevant panoramic image is reflected and upper and lower planes of said cylindrical body are brought into contact with ceiling and floor planes, respectively of said room;
• to derive a circumferencial length, a radius and a height of said cylindrical body;
• to derive heights of markers set on the panoramic image, said markers corresponding to vertices of a plurality of posts defining a shape of the virtual space, at said vertices the posts being brought into contact with the ceiling plane and floor plane, respectively in the virtual space;
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• to derive a distance from a virtual view point in the virtual space to a post and a height of said virtual view point from said radius and height of the cylindrical body and said heights of said markers in the panoramic image, wherein a virtual environment model of the inside of the room is created from said panoramic image.

A computer readable record medium, having a program recorded thereon, wherein said program is to make the computer execute the following procedures for creating a virtual environment from a panoramic image of an inside of a room picked-up from a single view point;

• to arrange said panoramic image on a cylindrical body in a virtual space such that information about an angle of view of the relevant panoramic image is reflected and at least one of upper and lower planes of said cylindrical body is brought into contact with at least one of ceiling and floor planes of said room;
• to derive a circumferencial length, a radius and a height of said cylindrical body as well as an angle of view with which said panoramic image is picked-up;
• to derive heights of markers set on the panoramic image, said markers corresponding to vertices of a plurality of posts, at said vertices the posts are brought into contact with the ceiling plane and floor plane, respectively in the virtual space;
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• to derive a distance from a virtual view point in the virtual space to a post and a height of said virtual view point from a position of said view point set on the panoramic image, said radius of the cylindrical body and said heights of said markers on the panoramic image, and to create the virtual environment of the inside of said room from the panoramic image.

A method of creating a virtual environment comprising:

• a step of arranging a panoramic image of an inside of an architecture picked-up from a single view point on a cylindrical body in a virtual space such that information about an angle of view of the relevant panoramic image is reflected;
• a step of arranging two mutually parallel virtual planes of said architecture in said virtual space such that said two virtual planes are brought into contact with an upper plane and a lower plane, respectively of said cylindrical body;
• a step of deriving a radius of the cylindrical body from a circumferencial length of said panoramic image arranged on the circumferencial surface of the cylindrical body;
• a step of deriving a height of said panoramic image;
• a step of setting markers on the panoramic image, said markers corresponding to two points which situates on said two mutually parallel virtual planes at a same horizontal position;
• a step of deriving heights of said markers on the panoramic image;
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• a step of deriving a distance from a virtual view point in the virtual space to a straight line connecting said two points on said two mutually parallel virtual planes at the same horizontal position and a height of said virtual view point from said radius of the cylindrical body, said height of the panoramic image and said heights of the markers on the panoramic image;
• wherein a virtual environment model of the inside of said architecture is created from said panoramic image.

A method of creating a virtual environment comprising:

• a step of arranging a panoramic image of an inside of an architecture picked-up from a single view point on a cylindrical body in a virtual space such that information about an angle of view of the relevant panoramic image is reflected;
• a step of arranging at least one virtual plane within said architecture in said virtual space such that said at least one virtual plane is brought into contact with at least one of an upper plane and a lower plane of said cylindrical body;
• a step of deriving a radius, a circumferencial length and a height of the cylindrical body as well as an angle of view at which said panoramic image is picked-up;
• a step of setting, on the panoramic image, at least one marker corresponding to a point at which said at least one virtual plane intersects a straight line at right angles;
• a step of deriving a height of said at least one marker on the panoramic image;
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• a step of setting a position of the view point of said panoramic image, and deriving a distance from a virtual view point in the virtual space to said straight line which intersects perpendicularly said at least one virtual plane and a height of said virtual view point as well as a height of the inside of said architecture in the virtual space from said view point on the panoramic image, said radius of the cylindrical body and said height of said at least one marker in the panoramic image;
• wherein a virtual environment model within said architecture is generated on the basis of said panoramic image.
• wherein a virtual environment of the inside of said architecture is created from the panoramic image.

A computer readable record medium, having a program recorded thereon, wherein said program is to make the computer execute the following procedures for creating a virtual environment from a panoramic image of an inside of an architecture picked-up from a single view point;

• to arrange said panoramic image on a cylindrical body in a virtual space such that information about an angle of view of the relevant panoramic image is reflected and upper and lower planes of said cylindrical body are brought into contact with two mutually parallel virtual planes within said architecture;
• to derive a circumferencial length, a radius and a height of said cylindrical body;
• to derive heights of markers set in the panoramic image, said markers corresponding to two points which situates on said two mutually parallel virtual planes at the same horizontal position;
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• to derive a distance from a virtual view point in the virtual space to a straight line connecting said two points on said two mutually parallel virtual planes and a height of said virtual view point from said radius and height of the cylindrical body and said heights of said markers on the panoramic image, and to create the virtual environment model of the inside of the architecture from said panoramic image.

A computer readable record medium, having a program recorded thereon, wherein said program is to make the computer execute the following procedures for creating a virtual environment from a panoramic image of an inside of an architecture picked-up from a single view point;

• to arrange said panoramic image on a cylindrical body in a virtual space such that information about an angle of view of the relevant panoramic image is reflected and at least one of upper and lower planes of said cylindrical body is brought into contact with at least one of two mutually parallel virtual planes within said architecture;
• to derive a circumferencial length, a radius and a height of said cylindrical body as well as an angle of view with which said panoramic image is picked-up;
• to derive heights of at least one marker set on the panoramic image, said at least one marker corresponding to a cross point between said at least one of two mutually parallel virtual planes and a straight line which intersects said virtual plane at right angles in the virtual space;
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• to derive a distance from a virtual view point in the virtual space to said straight line and a height of an inside of the architecture from a position of said view point set on the panoramic image, said radius of the cylindrical body and said height of said at least one marker on the panoramic image, and to create the virtual environment model from the panoramic image.

A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave, wherein said computer data signal is constructed by computer readable program codes for creating a virtual environment from a panoramic image of an inside of an architecture picked-up from a single view point comprising:

• a computer readable program code for arranging said panoramic image on a cylindrical body in a virtual space such that information about an angle of view of the relevant panoramic image is reflected and arranging two mutually parallel virtual planes in said architecture on said virtual space such that said two virtual planes are brought into contact with an upper plane and a lower plane, respectively of said cylindrical body;
• a computer readable program code for deriving a radius, a height and a circumferencial length of said cylindrical body;
• a computer readable program code for deriving heights of markers on the panoramic image, said markers being set at positions on the panoramic image corresponding to two points which situate on said two mutually parallel virtual planes at the same horizontal position;
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• a computer readable program code for deriving a distance from a virtual view point in the virtual space to a straight line connecting said two points on said two mutually parallel virtual planes at the same horizontal position and a height of said virtual view point from said radius and height of the cylindrical body and said heights of said markers on the panoramic image to create a virtual environment model of the inside of said architecture.

A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave, where said computer data signal is constructed by computer readable program codes for creating a virtual environment from a panoramic image of an inside of an architecture picked-up from a single view point comprising:

• a computer readable program code for arranging said panoramic image on a cylindrical body in a virtual space such that information about an angle of view of the relevant panoramic image is reflected and at least one of upper and lower planes of said cylindrical body is brought into contact with at least one of two mutually parallel virtual planes in said architecture within said virtual space;
• a computer readable program code for deriving a circumferencial length, a radius and a height of said cylindrical body as well as an angle of view with which said panoramic image is picked-up;
• a computer readable program code for deriving a height of at least one marker set on the panoramic image, said at least one marker corresponding to a cross point between said at least one of two mutually parallel virtual planes and a straight line which intersects said virtual plane at right angles;
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• a computer readable program code for deriving a distance from a virtual view point in the virtual space to said straight line and a height of an inside of the architecture from a position of said view point set on the panoramic image, said radius of the cylindrical body and said height of said at least one marker on the panoramic image to create a virtual environment of the inside of said architecture.