SENDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES OVER A NETWORK

• US 20090231333A1
• Filed: 05/27/2009
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Skyline Software Systems Incorporated (Aecom Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Skyline Software Systems Incorporated (Aecom Incorporated)
• Inventors: Shor, Ofer, Yaron, Ronnie
• Granted Patent: US 8,237,713 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0242 Determining effectiveness of advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0247 Calculate past, present or future revenues
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/003 Navigation within 3D models or images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/16 involving adaptation to the client's capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/4092 Image resolution transcoding, e.g. by using client-server architectures

Abstract

A benefit is obtained for sending digital information over a network. The digital information is representative of three-dimensional images which include photographic images. The receiving computer renders the images from the received digital information, and a viewer at the receiving computer can interactively choose a viewpoint or perspective to view the images on a display of the receiving computer. The benefit to the sender can be monetary compensation and/or increased recognition of the sender, for example.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a three-dimensional representation of an object, wherein the physical features of a portion of the object are represented by data arranged according to a hierarchical structure at a plurality of resolution levels comprising:

retrieving locally stored data corresponding to the portion of the three-dimensional surface from a local memory and determining whether the store data is at a resolution level lower than a desired resolution and requesting additional information.