3D content aggregation built into devices

• US 8,204,299 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2008
• Issued: 06/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Arcas, Blaise Aguera y, Brewer, Brett D., Cohen, Michael Fredrick, Drucker, Steven, Farouki, Karim, Flake, Gary W., Lazier, Ariel J., Lawler, Stephen L., Lindsay, Donald James
• Primary Examiner(s): STREGE, JOHN B
• Application Number:
  US12/137,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20090310851A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,468 Days
• Field of Search: 382/154, 382/284, 382/294
• US Class Current: 382/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10016 Video; Image sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20092 Interactive image processing based on input by user
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/55 from multiple images

Abstract

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates capturing a portion 2-dimensional (2D) data for implementation within a 3-dimensional (3D) virtual environment. A device that can capture one or more 2D images, wherein the 2D image is representative of a corporeal object from a perspective dictated by an orientation of the device. The device can comprise a content aggregator that can construct a 3D image from two or more 2D images collected by the device, in which the construction is based at least in part upon aligning each corresponding perspective associated with each 2D image.

Claims

1. A system that facilitates capturing a portion of 2-dimensional (2D) data for construction of a 3-dimentional (3D) object, comprising:

a device that captures a 2D image, the 2D image is representative of a corporeal object from a perspective dictated by an orientation of the device;

the device comprising a content aggregator that constructs a 3D object from two or more 2D images collected by the device, the construction is based at least in part upon aligning each corresponding perspective associated with each 2D image, each corresponding perspective is dependent upon the orientation of the device;

the device comprising a navigation component that provides a portion of guidance that instructs capturing a 2D image in accordance with a pre-defined structure in order to capture 2D content for the 3D object, the portion of guidance identifies at least one of a geographic location, a perspective, an angle for the device, an orientation for the device, or a zoom level for the device; and

the device leverages a global positioning system (GPS) component that provides geographic data to facilitate providing the portion of guidance.

2. The system of claim 1, the content aggregator renders the 3D object by aligning two or more 2D images that include at least one of a portion of substantially similar imagery or a portion of substantially similar perspective.

3. The system of claim 1, the 2D image is at least one of a photograph, a digital photograph, an image of the corporeal object, a frame from a segment of video capturing the corporeal object, or a frame of a portion of video.

4. The system of claim 1, the device is at least one of a digital camera, a video camera, a camera, a smartphone, a handheld, a web camera, a mobile device, a portable digital assistant (PDA), a cellular device, a disposable camera, an integrated camera within a device, or a computing device with an image capturing capability.

5. The system of claim 1, the device further comprising an evaluator that analyzes a 2D capture request, the 2D capture request defines a context for capturing the 2D image and relates to at least one of a creation of a new 3D object, a re-creation of a 3D object, or a supplementation of an existing 3D object.

6. The system of claim 5, the evaluator leverages a 3D environment that remotely hosts at least one 3D object to ascertain if the 3D object is at least one of an existing 3D object within the 3D environment, a previously accessed 3D object, or a new 3D object.

7. The system of claim 6, the device captures at least one 2D image for the supplementation of an existing 3D object, the captured 2D image supplements an existing 3D object and is communicated to the 3D environment.

8. The system of claim 7, the evaluator identifies a pre-defined structure for an existing 3D object or a previously accessed 3D object, the pre-defined structure is a blueprint defining 2D content and placement of such 2D content in order to construct a corresponding 3D object.

9. The system of claim 8, the content aggregator creates a pre-defined structure for a new 3D object in real time based at least in part upon evaluating content displayed within the 2D image.

10. The system of claim 9, the portion of guidance is at least one of a portion of audio, a portion of video, a route, a route on a geographic map, a set of geographic directions, a portion of text, or a portion of a graphic.

11. The system of claim 10, the portion of guidance is communicated via the device, the device further includes at least one of a speaker or a display.

12. The system of claim 9, the device further comprising an accelerometer that provides orientation data to facilitate providing the portion of guidance.

13. The system of claim 1, the device further comprising a real time tagging component that appends a captured 2D image associated with construction of a 3D object with a portion of metadata.

14. The system of claim 13, the portion of metadata is at least one of a portion of geographic data, a portion of author data, a portion of owner data, a portion of security data, a time, a date, an angle, a perspective, a portion of device data, a zoom level, a zoom, a point-of-view, a portion of 3D object association data, a position within a 3D object, an alignment within a 3D object, a category definition, a topic definition, a ranking, a popularity ranking, a quality ranking, a frame rate, a resolution, an object representation, a portion of pure view data, or a portion of authentic view data.

15. A computer-implemented method that facilitates incorporating 3-dimensional (3D) object construction within a device that captures 2-dimensional (2D) content, comprising:

capturing a portion of 2D content with a device;

providing a portion of guidance that instructs capturing the portion of 2D content in accordance with a pre-defined structure in order to capture 2D content for the 3D object, the portion of guidance identifies at least one of a geographic location, a perspective, an angle for the device, an orientation for the device, or a zoom level for the device;

using a global positioning system (GPS) component that provides geographic data to facilitate providing the portion of guidance;

creating the 3D object by aligning two or more portions of 2D content based at least in part upon the two or more portions of 2D content having corresponding perspectives, each corresponding perspective is dependent upon an orientation of the device, the creation of the 3D object is provided within the device; and

appending the captured portion of 2D content with a portion of metadata within the device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a request related to capturing a portion of the 2D content with the device;

evaluating the request to determine a 2D capture mode, the 2D capture mode is at least one of a re-creation of an existing 3D object or a supplementation of an existing 3D object; and

providing guidance to a location and a perspective to collect a portion of 2D content based in part upon the determined 2D capture mode.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising

optimizing a device setting based upon the capture of 2D content for construction of a 3D object.

18. A device, comprising:

means for capturing a 2-dimensional (2D) image, the 2D image is representative of a corporeal object from a perspective dictated by an orientation of a device;

means for constructing a 3-dimensional (3D) object from two or more 2D images collected by the device, the construction is based at least in part upon aligning each corresponding perspective associated with each 2D image;

means for generating a portion of guidance to a geographic location in order to capture the 2D image representative of a portion of the 3D object;

means for communicating the portion of guidance via at least one of a display on the device or a speaker on the device;

means for leveraging a global positioning service (GPS) component to identify a location to facilitate generating the portion of guidance;

means for utilizing an accelerometer to identify an orientation for the device to facilitate generating the portion of guidance;

means for automatically appending the captured 2D image with a portion of metadata, the metadata relates to at least one of a geographic location, a content, or a relationship to the 3D object; and

means for optimizing a device setting on the device based upon a characteristic of the 2D image or the constructed 3D object.