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Navigating among images of an object in 3D space

  • US 10,503,962 B2
  • Filed: 03/02/2018
  • Issued: 12/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computing device comprising a display screen, the computing device configured to display on the display screen a graphical user interface comprising an image display area that alternately displays:

  • a first image of an object, the first image selected from a number of images taken of the object, and showing a surface of the object from a first viewpoint;

    an animation of a spatial transition from the first viewpoint to a second viewpoint that provides an improved view of a user-selected location on the surface of the object in the first image, the animation rendered from a three-dimensional model of the object; and

    a second image of the object selected from the number of images and showing the object from the second viewpoint,except that if a user interrupt of the animation is received during the display of the animation, then the image display area automatically exits the animation at a point of the interrupt and displays a nearest image from the number of images at the point of the interrupt.

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