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US 8,554,015 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for generating a continuum of image data
OwnerWilliam D. Meadow, Randall A. Gordie, Jr.inventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for generating a continuum of image data. The continuum can include image data representing a street level view of a geographic area. The image data can be captured at multiple disparate points along another continuum. Each continuum of image data can include a ribbon of data representing the geographic area. In some examples, image data can be simultaneously captured which represents multiple continuums of image data.
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Apparatus for processing a continuum of image data, the apparatus comprising:
- a computer comprising a processor and a storage device in logical communication with the processor;
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- executable software stored on the storage device and executable on demand, the software operative with the processor to cause the computer to:
- transmit a request for composite image data comprising a subject, wherein the request is transmitted across a communications network comprising the Internet;
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- receive digital data across the communications network based upon the transmitted request, wherein the received digital data comprises a composite image comprising multiple portions of each of the two or more images of the subject, wherein the two or more images are captured from disparate points on a first continuum and the two dimensional composite image includes a second continuum comprising the image data.
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