METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VISUALIZING WHOLE STREETS BASED ON IMAGERY GENERATED FROM PANORAMIC STREET VIEWS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- directing presentation of a first panoramic view representing a first side of a street; and
directing presentation of a second panoramic view representing a second side of the street;
wherein the first panoramic view and the second panoramic view are presented in a street-view in a perspective representation wherein a bottom of the first panoramic view and a bottom of the second panoramic view are foreshortened relative to a top of each respective panoramic view, and wherein the bottom of the first panoramic view and the bottom of the second panoramic view are located on either side of a representation of the street.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method is provided for visualizing both sides of a street based on imagery generated from panoramic street views. In particular, example methods may include directing presentation of a first panoramic view representing a first side of a street, and directing presentation of a second panoramic view representing a second side of the street. The first and second panoramic views may be presented in a street view in a perspective representation where a bottom of the first panoramic view and a bottom of the second panoramic view may be foreshortened relative to a top of each respective panoramic view, and where the bottom of each of the first panoramic view and the second panoramic view are located on either side of a representation of the street. The first panoramic view and the second panoramic view may each be formed of at least two image segments stitched together.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method comprising:
-
directing presentation of a first panoramic view representing a first side of a street; and directing presentation of a second panoramic view representing a second side of the street; wherein the first panoramic view and the second panoramic view are presented in a street-view in a perspective representation wherein a bottom of the first panoramic view and a bottom of the second panoramic view are foreshortened relative to a top of each respective panoramic view, and wherein the bottom of the first panoramic view and the bottom of the second panoramic view are located on either side of a representation of the street. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least perform:
-
direct presentation of a first panoramic view representing a first side of a street; and direct presentation of a second panoramic view representing a second side of the street; wherein the first panoramic view and the second panoramic view are presented in a street-view in a perspective representation wherein a bottom of the first panoramic view and a bottom of the second panoramic view are foreshortened relative to the top of each respective panoramic view, and wherein the bottom of the first panoramic view and the bottom of the second panoramic view are located on either side of a representation of the street. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
-
15. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising:
-
program code instructions for directing presentation of a first panoramic view representing a first side of a street; and program code instructions for directing presentation of a second panoramic view representing a second side of the street; wherein the first panoramic view and the second panoramic view are presented in a street-view in a perspective representation wherein a bottom of the first panoramic view and a bottom of the second panoramic view are foreshortened relative to the top of each respective panoramic view, and wherein the bottom of the first panoramic view and the bottom of the second panoramic view are located on either side of a representation of the street.
-
Specification