Systems and Methods for Acceleration-Based Motion Control of Virtual Tour Applications
First Claim
1. A computerized method for telespotting from a first virtual tour environment to a second virtual tour environment, the method useful in association with a mobile device configured to be hand-held by a user, the telespotting method comprising:
- detecting a telespotting motion of a mobile device configured to conduct a virtual tour for a user;
evaluating a magnitude of the telespotting motion; and
if the magnitude of the telespotting motion is greater than a threshold, then telespotting from a first virtual tour environment of the virtual tour to a second virtual tour environment of the virtual tour.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods for reliably detecting motion control of mobile devices to navigate virtual tour applications. In one embodiment, a computerized hand-held mobile device is configured to telespot from a first virtual tour environment to a second virtual tour environment upon detection of an intentional user motion, such as a flick, using a motion sensor. Upon detection of a potentially telespotting motion that is greater than a threshold and a viewing field of the mobile device substantially overlapping with an annotated link of the virtual tour, the mobile device telespots from the first virtual tour environment of the virtual tour to the second virtual tour environment of the virtual tour.
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27 Claims
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1. A computerized method for telespotting from a first virtual tour environment to a second virtual tour environment, the method useful in association with a mobile device configured to be hand-held by a user, the telespotting method comprising:
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detecting a telespotting motion of a mobile device configured to conduct a virtual tour for a user; evaluating a magnitude of the telespotting motion; and if the magnitude of the telespotting motion is greater than a threshold, then telespotting from a first virtual tour environment of the virtual tour to a second virtual tour environment of the virtual tour. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computerized method for potentially telespotting from a first virtual tour environment to a second virtual tour environment, the method useful in association with a mobile device configured to be hand-held by a user, the potentially telespotting method comprising:
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detecting a potentially telespotting motion of a mobile device configured to conduct a virtual tour for a user; evaluating a magnitude of the potentially telespotting motion; and if the magnitude of the potential telespotting motion is greater than a threshold, then detecting if a viewing field of the mobile device substantially centered with respect to an annotated link of the virtual tour; and if the viewing field is substantially centered with respect to the annotated link, then telespotting from a first virtual tour environment of the virtual tour to a second virtual tour environment of the virtual tour; else if the viewing field is not substantially centered with respect to the annotated link, then telescoping the viewing field along a substantially lateral axis of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computerized method for telescoping a viewing field of a mobile device, the method useful in association with the mobile device configured to be hand-held by a user, the telescoping method comprising:
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detecting a telescoping motion along a substantially lateral axis of a mobile device configured to conduct a virtual tour for a user; evaluating a magnitude of the advancing motion; and if the magnitude of the telescoping motion is greater than a given threshold, then telescoping a viewing field of the mobile device along a substantially lateral axis of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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