Hybrid maps with embedded street-side images
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented system that provides a scene having a ground-level, first-person perspective within a global map, the system comprising:
- a global map having a top-down perspective;
a first image having a ground-level, first-person perspective and depicting a scene visible from a position within the extent of the global map, the scene including one or more objects located within the extent of the global map; and
an interpolation component that embeds the first image in the global map to produce a hybrid map, the first image embedded in the global map at or near the position and oriented to accurately reflect the location of the one or more objects included in the scene and the perspective of the first image.
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter relates to a computer-implemented architecture that can generate a map. The map can be a hybrid between an orthographic projection map and street-side images, thus including useful aspects from both types of representations. For example, an orthographic projection map is very effective at presenting global relationships among the features of the map but not effective at presenting local detail. In contrast, street -side images show excellent detail but do not convey the global information of an orthographic projection map. The hybrid map can thus provide a richer set of information than conventional maps and can also display objects/features of the hybrid map in multiple perspectives simultaneously on a single representation that is printable.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented system that provides a scene having a ground-level, first-person perspective within a global map, the system comprising:
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a global map having a top-down perspective; a first image having a ground-level, first-person perspective and depicting a scene visible from a position within the extent of the global map, the scene including one or more objects located within the extent of the global map; and an interpolation component that embeds the first image in the global map to produce a hybrid map, the first image embedded in the global map at or near the position and oriented to accurately reflect the location of the one or more objects included in the scene and the perspective of the first image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A hybrid map that provides information about an object included in a scene visible from a position within the extent of a map, comprising:
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a global, orthogonal perspective map having a top-down perspective; and a first group of images depicting scenes visible from positions near a first object within the extent of the global map, the scenes each including the first object, wherein each image in the first group of images shows the first object from a different ground-level, first-person perspective, and wherein each image in the first group of images is embedded in the global map and oriented to accurately reflect the location of the first object and the perspective of the image. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. One or more computer storage media storing computer-executable instructions for performing a method for generating a hybrid map that provides street-side detail information and global map context, the method comprising:
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receiving a street-side image depicting a scene from a position within the extent of a global, orthographic projection map, the scene including a corporeal object located within the extent of the global map, the street-side image having a ground-level, first-person perspective, and the global map having a top-down perspective; determining the position from which the scene of the street-side image is depicted; determining an orientation of the street-side image; determining a display style for the street-side image; and inserting the street-side image into the global map to create a hybrid map without a dominant perspective, wherein the street-side image is displayed with the determined display style at the determined position and in the determined orientation.
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