Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for displaying panoramic images
- Patent Title (中): 用于显示全景图像的装置和方法
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Application No.: US13392002Application Date: 2010-05-19
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Publication No.: US09251561B2Publication Date: 2016-02-02
- Inventor: Kyoko Furumura , Takeshi Yamagishi , Shinichi Hirata
- Applicant: Kyoko Furumura , Takeshi Yamagishi , Shinichi Hirata
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agent Matthew B. Dernier, Esq.
- Priority: JP2009-225305 20090929
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/003362 WO 20100519
- International Announcement: WO2011/039904 WO 20110407
- Main IPC: H04N7/00
- IPC: H04N7/00 ; G06T3/00

Abstract:
When there is a shooting location of another panoramic image in a shooting direction of a panoramic image to be displayed, a marker setting unit associates a marker, indicating the presence of the another panoramic image in the shooting direction, with the panoramic image to be displayed. A mapping processing unit maps the panoramic image to be displayed, which has been associated with markers for the other panoramic images, into a three-dimensional (3D) panoramic space as textures. A 3D image generator generates a 3D panoramic image when the 3D panoramic space is viewed in a specified line of sight, with the shooting location of the panoramic image to be displayed being set as a viewpoint position. An interface receives an instruction from a user concerning the displayed 3D panoramic image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120200665A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PANORAMIC IMAGES Public/Granted day:2012-08-09
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