Image-based digital representation of a scenery
First Claim
1. An image-based digital representation of a scenery for visually presenting the scenery, the representation being stored in an image information storing structure comprising vertices, each representing a digital image, and edges binding together a first vertex with a second vertex, each edge representing information of a transition between a first image in the first vertex and a second image in the second vertex, the first and the second image depicting different views of the scenery, the first image having a first area and the second image having a second area, wherein the depictions of the first area substantially correspond to the depictions of the second area, said transition information defining a manipulation of at least one of the first and the second images, said manipulation comprising a computation of at least one transition image, the transition image depicting a new view of the scenery depicted in the first and second images.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An image-based digital representation of a scenery for visually presenting the scenery is stored in an image information storing structure, which comprises vertices, each representing a digital image, and edges binding together a first vertex with a second vertex. Each edge represents information of a transition between a first image in the first vertex and a second image in the second vertex, the first and the second image depicting different views of the scenery, the first image having a first area and the second image having a second area, wherein the depictions of the first area substantially correspond to the depictions of the second area. The transition information defines a manipulation of at least one of the first and the second images, said manipulation comprising a computation of at least one transition image, the transition image depicting a new view of the scenery depicted in the first and second images.
Also, a method for presentation of a navigation in a scenery, a method for presentation of images, and a device, a method, and a computer program for creating an image information storing structure is disclosed.
26 Citations
55 Claims
-
1. An image-based digital representation of a scenery for visually presenting the scenery, the representation being stored in an image information storing structure comprising
vertices, each representing a digital image, and edges binding together a first vertex with a second vertex, each edge representing information of a transition between a first image in the first vertex and a second image in the second vertex, the first and the second image depicting different views of the scenery, the first image having a first area and the second image having a second area, wherein the depictions of the first area substantially correspond to the depictions of the second area, said transition information defining a manipulation of at least one of the first and the second images, said manipulation comprising a computation of at least one transition image, the transition image depicting a new view of the scenery depicted in the first and second images.
-
16. The image-based digital representation according to claim l,wherein the transition information defines a function for altering a presentation of at least a part of the first image to a presentation of at least a part of the second image via a presentation of the at least one transition image.
-
22. A method for presentation of a navigation in a scenery represented by digital images, said method comprising the steps of:
-
accessing a first and a second digital image, the first and the second image depicting different views of the scenery, the first image having a first area and the second image having a second area, wherein the depictions of the first area substantially correspond to the depictions of the second area, accessing information of a transition between the first image and the second image, said transition defining a manipulation of at least one of the first and the second images, determining at least one transition image using the defined manipulation, said transition image depicting a new view of the scenery depicted in the first and second images, performing a visual navigation in the scenery by replacing a presentation of an image depicting a view of the scenery by a presentation of another image depicting a different view of the scenery. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
-
-
30. An image information storing structure for altering a presentation of a first image so that a transition is made to a presentation of a second image, said image information storing structure being accessible by a presentation device and comprising:
-
vertices, each representing an image, and edges binding together a first vertex with a second vertex, each edge representing information of a transition from a first image in the first vertex to a second image in the second vertex, the first image having a first area and the second image having a second area, information in the first area substantially corresponding to information in the second area, said transition information defining a manipulation of at least one of the first and the second images, said manipulation forming a function for altering a presentation of the first image so that a transfer is made to a presentation of the second image via a presentation of at least one transition image.
-
-
31. An image information storing structure for altering a presentation of a first image so that a transition is made to a presentation of a second image, said image information storing structure being accessible by a presentation device and comprising:
-
a first image and a second image, the first image having a first area and the second image having a second area, information in the first area substantially corresponding to information in the second area, information of a transition from a first image to a second image, said transition information defining a manipulation of at least one of the first and the second images, said manipulation forming a function for altering a presentation of the first image so that a transfer is made to a presentation of the second image via a presentation of at least one transition image.
-
-
32. A method for presentation of digital images, said method comprising the steps of:
-
accessing a first and a second stored digital image, said first image having a first area and said second image having a second area, information in the first area substantially corresponding to information in the second area, accessing information of a defined transition from the first to the second image, presenting the first image on a presentation device, performing the transition from the first image to the second image by calculating a manipulation of at least one of the first and the second images, presenting at least one transition image on the presentation device, said transition image being created by the manipulation, presenting the second image on the presentation device to complete the transition of presentation of the first image to presentation of the second image.
-
-
33. A device for creating an image-based digital representation of a scenery for visually presenting the scenery, said device comprising
means for obtaining a first and a second digital image, the first and the second image depicting different views of the scenery, means for defining a first area of the first image and a second area of the second image, wherein the depictions of the first area substantially correspond to the depictions of the second area, means for defining information of a transition between the first image and the second image, said transition information defining a manipulation of at least one of the first and the second images, said manipulation comprising a computation of at least one transition image, the transition image depicting a new view of the scenery depicted in the first and second images, means for storing the first and the second images as two vertices in a graph of an image information storing structure and the defined transition information between the first and the second image as an edge binding together said two vertices in the graph of the image information storing structure.
-
42. A method for creating an image-based digital representation of a scenery for visually presenting the scenery, said method comprising the steps of:
-
obtaining a first and a second digital image, the first and the second image depicting different views of the scenery, defining a first area of the first image and a second area of the second image, wherein the depictions of the first area substantially correspond to the depictions of the second area, defining information of a transition between the first image and the second image, said transition information defining a manipulation of at least one of the first and the second images, said manipulation comprising a computation of at least one transition image, the transition image depicting a new view of the scenery depicted in the first and second images, storing the first and the second images as two vertices in a graph of an image information storing structure and the defined transition information between the first and the second image as an edge binding together said two vertices in the graph of the image information storing structure. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
-
-
49. A computer program for creating an image-based digital representation of a scenery for visually presenting the scenery, said computer program comprising
code for obtaining a first and a second digital image, the first and the second image depicting different views of the scenery, code for defining a first area of the first image and a second area of the second image, wherein the depictions of the first area substantially correspond to the depictions of the second area, code for defining information of a transition between the first image and the second image, said transition information defining a manipulation of at least one of the first and the second images, said manipulation comprising a computation of at least one transition image, the transition image depicting a new view of the scenery depicted in the first and second images, code for storing the first and the second images as two vertices in a graph of an image information storing structure and the defined transition information between the first and the second image as an edge binding together said two vertices in the graph of the image information storing structure.
Specification