VIEWING AND NAVIGATING WITHIN PANORAMIC IMAGES, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF
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1. A method for viewing panoramic images, comprising:
- (a) receiving at least a portion of a first panoramic image;
(b) presenting a viewport that displays the portion of the first panoramic image, the viewport including a three-dimensional overlay rendered with the first panoramic image; and
(c) changing the three-dimensional overlay'"'"'s orientation in three-dimensional space as it is rendered with the first panoramic image so as to match a change in orientation of the first panoramic image within the viewport.
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Abstract
A panorama viewer is disclosed which facilitates navigation from within the panorama of a larger, structured system such as a map. The panorama viewer presents a viewport on a portion of a panoramic image, the viewport including a three-dimensional overlay rendered with the panoramic image. As the orientation of the viewport within the panoramic image changes, the three-dimensional overlay'"'"'s orientation in three-dimensional space also changes as it is rendered with the panoramic image in a manner that matches the change in orientation of the viewport.
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1. A method for viewing panoramic images, comprising:
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(a) receiving at least a portion of a first panoramic image; (b) presenting a viewport that displays the portion of the first panoramic image, the viewport including a three-dimensional overlay rendered with the first panoramic image; and (c) changing the three-dimensional overlay'"'"'s orientation in three-dimensional space as it is rendered with the first panoramic image so as to match a change in orientation of the first panoramic image within the viewport. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for viewing panoramic images, comprising:
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a panorama viewer that receives at least a portion of a first panoramic image, and presents a viewport that displays the portion of the first panoramic image, the viewport including a three-dimensional overlay rendered with the first panoramic image, wherein the panorama viewer changes the thee-dimensional overlay'"'"'s orientation in thee-dimensional space as it is rendered with the first panoramic image so as to match a change in orientation of the first panoramic image within the viewport. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for serving panoramic images and metadata, comprising:
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a server that sends data to a client, the data including at least a portion of a panoramic image, a metadata associated with the panoramic image, and a file, wherein the file instructs the client to present a viewport that displays the portion of the first panoramic image, the viewport including a three-dimensional overlay rendered with the panoramic image according to the metadata, and wherein the file instructs the client to change the three-dimensional overlay'"'"'s orientation in three-dimensional space as it is rendered with the panoramic image so as to match a change in orientation of the panoramic image within the viewport. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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