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PROCESS FOR DISPLAYING AND NAVIGATING PANORAMIC VIDEO, AND METHOD AND USER INTERFACE FOR STREAMING PANORAMIC VIDEO AND IMAGES BETWEEN A SERVER AND BROWSER-BASED CLIENT APPLICATION

  • US 20080244648A1
  • Filed: 03/12/2008
  • Published: 10/02/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for organizing and delivering compressed video for streaming panoramic video to a user, the panoramic video obtained by projecting two dimensional video onto a three dimensional proxy and developing a two dimensional video of a desired view, the method comprising the steps of:

  • for a given location, storing a series of sequential, two dimensional, compressed video segments along a movement track in first and second directions for each of a plurality of viewable surfaces of the three dimensional proxy, each of said video segments having a length of approximately one keyframe distance; and

    retrieving the video segments appropriate for providing the user a streamed video in a desired direction for projection.

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