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Sending Three-Dimensional Images over a Network

  • US 20140160112A1
  • Filed: 05/28/2013
  • Published: 06/12/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1999
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of streaming over a network a three-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional surface, wherein three-dimensional features of said surface are represented by data which includes elevation information and image data arranged in a hierarchical structure including portions of said surface at a plurality of detail levels comprising:

  • retrieving locally stored data that includes elevation information corresponding to a portion of said surface at a certain detail level from a local memory;

    determining whether said three dimensional portion of said surface is at a detail level that satisfies a calculated detail level, anddynamically streaming over a network remotely stored additional three dimensional data that includes elevation information of portions of said surface until the calculated detail level is satisfied.

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