System and method for producing multi-angle views of an object-of-interest from images in an image dataset
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving image data from an image capture device, wherein the image data includes a first photographic image and a second photographic image captured after the first photographic image;
receiving distance data from a range-finding device;
associating a plurality of pixels of the image data with the distance data;
transforming, by a processor, the first photographic image using a portion of the image data from the second photographic image according to the received distance data;
wherein the second photographic image includes a virtual object, and wherein transforming the first photographic image comprises adding the virtual object from the second photographic image to test visibility of the virtual object from a perspective of the first photographic image; and
displaying the transformed image to a user to virtually navigate the image.
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Abstract
Disclosed are a system and method for creating multi-angle views of an object-of-interest from images stored in a dataset. A user specifies the location of an object-of-interest. As the user virtually navigates through the locality represented by the image dataset, his current virtual position is determined. Using the user'"'"'s virtual position and the location of the object-of-interest, images in the image dataset are selected and interpolated or stitched together, if necessary, to present to the user a view from his current virtual position looking toward the object-of-interest. The object-of-interest remains in the view no matter where the user virtually travels. From the same image dataset, another user can select a different object-of-interest and virtually navigate in a similar manner, with his own object-of-interest always in view. The object-of-interest also can be “virtual,” added by computer-animation techniques to the image dataset. For some image datasets, the user can virtually navigate through time as well as through space.
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8 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving image data from an image capture device, wherein the image data includes a first photographic image and a second photographic image captured after the first photographic image; receiving distance data from a range-finding device; associating a plurality of pixels of the image data with the distance data; transforming, by a processor, the first photographic image using a portion of the image data from the second photographic image according to the received distance data; wherein the second photographic image includes a virtual object, and wherein transforming the first photographic image comprises adding the virtual object from the second photographic image to test visibility of the virtual object from a perspective of the first photographic image; and displaying the transformed image to a user to virtually navigate the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
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receiving a first viewpoint; receiving a second viewpoint; selecting image data including a first image in a perspective of the first viewpoint and a second image in a perspective of the second viewpoint, wherein the first image was captured before the second image; receiving distance data associated with the image data; and transforming the first image in the perspective of the first viewpoint and the second image in the perspective of the second viewpoint according to the received distance data associated with the image data; wherein the second image includes a virtual object, and wherein transforming the first image comprises adding the virtual object from the second image to test visibility of the virtual object from a perspective of the first image; and displaying the transformed image to a user to virtually navigate the image. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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