Controlling a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation
AssigneeTriangle Software LLC
InventorsAndré Guéziec, Briac Blanquart
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Abstract
Control of a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation is disclosed. The three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation may be generated based on dynamic information such as traffic information, weather information, or other information that may be featured on a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation. A signal generated by a control device maneuvered by a presenter and reflecting positional information of the control device is received. A view of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation is manipulated in response to the received signal, the manipulation of the virtual broadcast presentation at least partially based on positional information of the control device.
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A method for controlling a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation, the method comprising:
- receiving dynamic information at a communications interface from a communications network;
- executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor:
- generates a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation based on the dynamic information, wherein the dynamic information includes two-dimensional satellite images of a geographic area and wherein generation of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast includes processing the two-dimensional satellite images and associated contextual information regarding the geographic area to create a three-dimensional satellite image,
- generates an interactive element in the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation, wherein the interactive element is selectable only when it is in the center of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation,
- manipulates a view of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation in response to a received representation of a signal generated by a control device maneuvered by a presenter, wherein the interactive element is centered in the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation, the manipulation of the virtual broadcast presentation at least partially based on positional information of the control device,
- allows for selection of the interactive element using the control device in response to feedback from the control device;
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- displays additional information related to the interactive element within the three-dimensional broadcast presentation.
A system for controlling a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation, the system comprising:
- a server including a memory and a processor, and wherein the processor executes instructions stored in the memory of the server, the instructions executable by the processor to:
- generate a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation based on dynamic information, wherein the dynamic information includes two-dimensional satellite images of a geographic area and wherein generation of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast includes processing the two-dimensional satellite images and associated contextual information regarding the geographic area to create a three-dimensional satellite image,
- generate an interactive element in the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation, wherein the interactive element is selectable only when it is in the center of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation, and
- manipulate a view of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation in response to a received representation of a signal generated by a control device maneuvered by a presenter by zooming into or panning across the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation, the manipulation of the virtual broadcast presentation at least partially based on positional information of the control device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program embodied thereon, the program executable by a processor to perform method for controlling a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation, the method comprising:
- generating a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation based on dynamic information, wherein the dynamic information includes two-dimensional satellite images of a geographic area and wherein generation of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast includes processing the two-dimensional satellite images and associated contextual information regarding the geographic area to create a three-dimensional satellite image;
- generating an interactive element in the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation, wherein the interactive element is selectable only when it is in the center of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation;
- manipulating a view of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation in response to a received representation of a signal generated by a control device maneuvered by a presenter, wherein the interactive element is centered in the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation, the manipulation of the virtual broadcast presentation at least partially based on positional information of the control device;
- allowing for selection of the interactive element using the control device in response to feedback from the control device;
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- displaying additional information related to the interactive element within the three-dimensional broadcast presentation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.