Methods for automated and semiautomated composition of visual sequences, flows, and flyovers based on content and context
First Claim
1. A system that dynamically composes a sequence of visual views comprising:
- a processor;
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer executable instructions to implement the system, including;
a user interface engine component that receives display content for the sequence of views;
a rendering component that automatically renders the sequence of visual views on a display component by connecting each view of the sequence of views in a conceptual or geometrical manner per angels and transitions to create a seamless graphical depiction of traversal of the sequence of visual views, wherein connecting each view of the sequence of views includes determining an amount of time to display each view within the sequence of visual views based at least in part on a determined complexity or a user'"'"'s familiarity with the rendered views, and wherein connecting each view includes altering a zoom level of the sequence of visual views from a first point of interest in the sequence of visual views to a second point of interest in the sequence of visual views.
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Abstract
A system with the ability to dynamically compose a sequence of visual views or flows allowing a single object or region, or multiple objects or regions, to be viewed from different perspectives and visual distances is described. The sequence of views can provide smooth flyovers over positions and details on objects that are deemed to be of interest, with changes in zoom level and/or velocity that are functions of the estimated complexity and/or unfamiliarity with features of the object. In an example, a flyover displaying different views on a map of a city arterial system on a small-screened mobile device is composed based on current traffic conditions, swooping up and down with parabolic trajectories, based on distances being traversed, and pausing at times over key traffic jams and other findings of interest based on the estimated visual complexity and predicted atypicality of situations.
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15 Claims
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1. A system that dynamically composes a sequence of visual views comprising:
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a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer executable instructions to implement the system, including; a user interface engine component that receives display content for the sequence of views;
a rendering component that automatically renders the sequence of visual views on a display component by connecting each view of the sequence of views in a conceptual or geometrical manner per angels and transitions to create a seamless graphical depiction of traversal of the sequence of visual views, wherein connecting each view of the sequence of views includes determining an amount of time to display each view within the sequence of visual views based at least in part on a determined complexity or a user'"'"'s familiarity with the rendered views, and wherein connecting each view includes altering a zoom level of the sequence of visual views from a first point of interest in the sequence of visual views to a second point of interest in the sequence of visual views. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer implemented method for providing a user with a dynamically composed sequence of views, comprising:
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employing a processor to execute computer executable instructions stored in memory to perform the following acts; constructing a flyover of a representation of an object; and rendering a seamless graphical depiction of the flyover to on a portable device by conceptually or geometrically connecting views per angles and transitions such that a magnification level of the flyover is continuously altered a function of distance from a point of interest of the flyover where a velocity of the rendering of the flyover is a function of the user'"'"'s familiarity with the flyover views. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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