Methods and devices for outputting a zoom sequence

• US 9,508,172 B1
• Filed: 12/05/2013
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Hume, Thomas Weedon, Koser, Mikkel Crone, Ferreira, Tony, Smith, Christopher James, Trochtova, Lenka, Ananin, Michael, Paulina, Marc, Lyon, Jeremy, Baraldi, Waldemar Ariel, Mawhinney, Bryan, Popescu, Andrei, Ingram, David, Lerda, Flavio, Vaitukaitis, Vytautas
• Primary Examiner(s): Amini, Javid A
• Application Number:
  US14/098,120
• Time in Patent Office: 1,090 Days
• Field of Search: 345/667
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/00 Geometric image transformations in the plane of the image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/00 Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/30 on the same track as the main recording

Abstract

Certain embodiments of this disclosure include methods and devices for outputting a zoom sequence. According to one embodiment, a method is provided. The method may include: (i) determining first location information from first metadata associated with one or more images, wherein the first location information identifies a first location; and (ii) outputting, for display, a first zoom sequence based on the first location information, wherein the first zoom sequence may include a first plurality of mapped images of the first location from a first plurality of zoom levels and the plurality of mapped images are sequentially ordered by a magnitude of the zoom level.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a computing device, first location information from first metadata associated with one or more images, wherein the first location information identifies a first location where the one or more images were captured; and

outputting, for display, a first zoom sequence based on the first location information,

wherein the first zoom sequence comprises a video comprising a first plurality of mapped images of the first location from a first plurality of zoom levels, and

wherein the plurality of mapped images are sequentially ordered by a magnitude of the zoom level.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting, for display, the one or more images.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining second location information from second metadata associated with different one or more images, wherein the second location information identifies a second location; and

outputting, for display, a second zoom sequence based on the second location information, wherein the second zoom sequence comprises a second plurality of mapped images of the second location from a second plurality of zoom levels, and

wherein the second plurality of mapped images are sequentially ordered by a magnitude of the zoom level.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

outputting, for display, the different one or more images.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the second plurality of zoom levels is the same as the first plurality of zoom levels.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein each zoom level of the plurality of different zoom levels is associated with a different magnification.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

compiling a slideshow presentation comprising the one or more images and the first zoom sequence, wherein compiling the slideshow presentation comprises inserting the one or more images and the first zoom sequence into a single digital file.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program, the computer program comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computer having at least one processor causes the computer to perform a method comprising:

determining first location information from first metadata associated with one or more images, wherein the first location information identifies a first location where the one or more images were captured; and

outputting, for display, a first zoom sequence based on the first location information, wherein the first zoom sequence comprises a video comprising a first plurality of mapped images of the first location from a first plurality of zoom levels, and wherein the plurality of mapped images are sequentially ordered by a magnitude of the zoom level.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform the method comprising the additional step of:

outputting, for display, the one or more images.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform the method comprising the additional steps of:

determining second location information from second metadata associated with different one or more images, wherein the second location information identifies a second location; and

outputting, for display, a second zoom sequence based on the second location information, wherein the second zoom sequence comprises a second plurality of mapped images of the second location from a second plurality of zoom levels, and wherein the second plurality of mapped images are sequentially ordered by a magnitude of the zoom level.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform the method comprising the additional step of:

outputting, for display, the different one or more images.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the second plurality of zoom levels is the same as the first plurality of zoom levels.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform the method comprising the additional step of:

compiling a slideshow presentation comprising the one or more images and the first zoom sequence, wherein compiling the slideshow presentation comprises inserting the one or more images and the first zoom sequence into a single digital file.

14. A system comprising:

memory comprising executable instructions;

a processor operatively connected to the memory, the processor configured to execute the executable instructions in order to effectuate a method comprising;

determining first location information from first metadata associated with one or more images, wherein the first location information identifies a first location where the one or more images were captured; and

outputting, for display, a first zoom sequence based on the first location information,

wherein the first zoom sequence comprises a video comprising a first plurality of mapped images of the first location from a first plurality of zoom levels, and

wherein the plurality of mapped images are sequentially ordered by a magnitude of the zoom level.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions in order to effectuate the method further comprising:

outputting, for display, the one or more images.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions in order to effectuate the method further comprising:

determining second location information from second metadata associated with different one or more images, wherein the second location information identifies a second location; and

outputting, for display, a second zoom sequence based on the second location information, wherein the second zoom sequence comprises a second plurality of mapped images of the second location from a second plurality of zoom levels, and

wherein the second plurality of mapped images are sequentially ordered by a magnitude of the zoom level.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions in order to effectuate the method further comprising:

outputting, for display, the different one or more images.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the second plurality of zoom levels is the same as the first plurality of zoom levels.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein each zoom level of the plurality of zoom levels is associated with a different magnification.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions in order to effectuate the method further comprising:

compiling a slideshow presentation comprising the one or more images and the first zoom sequence, wherein compiling the slideshow presentation comprises inserting the one or more images and the first zoom sequence into a single digital file.