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Path side imagery

  • US 9,404,764 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2011
  • Issued: 08/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving optical data measured in three-dimensional geographic coordinates using an optical distancing system and collected along a path;

    projecting, using a controller, the optical data onto three or more predefined two-dimensional planes, wherein the three or more predefined two-dimensional planes are defined by different horizontal distance ranges from the path;

    receiving image data from at least one panoramic image collected along the path, the image data including spherical coordinates;

    mapping, using the controller, the spherical coordinates of the image data to the geographical coordinate space of the optical data;

    determining, using the controller, a pixel value for a point of the optical data on the three or more predefined two-dimensional planes by selecting a pixel in the mapped image data having a three-dimensional geographic coordinate corresponding to the three-dimensional geographic coordinate of the point of the optical data;

    defining three or more images, wherein each image includes pixel values for one of the three or more predefined two-dimensional planes;

    selecting two or more of the three or more images; and

    providing the two or more images to a map application, wherein the map application overlays the two or more images to create a pathway view.

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