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Method and system for panorama viewing

  • US 6,192,393 B1
  • Filed: 04/07/1998
  • Issued: 02/20/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for viewing scenes over a server-client network comprising:

  • storing multiple resolutions of an environment map of a scene on a server, each resolution being stored as a plurality of image tiles;

    receiving at a server from a client a request to view a perspective portion of the scene;

    selecting a resolution from the multiple resolutions of the environment map, corresponding to the perspective portion of the scene requested by the client for viewing;

    further selecting at least one image tile from the stored plurality of image tiles for the selected resolution of the environment map, corresponding to the perspective portion of the scene requested by the client for viewing;

    transmitting from the server to the client the selected at least one image tile; and

    carrying out an individual tile-wise perspective correction on the selected at least one image tile.

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