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Methods, systems and apparatuses for multi-directional still pictures and/or multi-directional motion pictures

  • US 9,697,869 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2015
  • Issued: 07/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for generating multi-directional pictures, the system implemented at least in part on one or more computing devices, the system comprising:

  • one or more processor circuits coupled to a memory unit;

    a picture-taking device, coupled to the one or more processor circuits, for capturing pictures; and

    an interface for guiding a user configured to;

    guide a user to capture one or more pictures from a first location of a represented object using the picture-taking device; and

    guide the user to capture one or more pictures from a second location of the represented object using the picture-taking device, wherein the one or more processor circuits are configured to;

    generate a first multi-directional picture including the one or more pictures from the first location;

    generate a second multi-directional picture including the one or more pictures from the second location;

    determine that at least a subset of a picture of the one or more pictures of the first multi-directional picture at least partially matches at least a subset of a resized picture of the one or more pictures of the second multi-directional picture to indicate a line of sight from the picture of the one or more pictures of the first multi-directional picture to the picture of the one or more pictures of the second multi-directional picture;

    add a link with the second multi-directional picture to the first multi-directional picture, the first multi-directional picture including one or more links;

    add a link with the first multi-directional picture to the second multi-directional picture, the second multi-directional picture including one or more links; and

    cause the memory unit to store the first and the second multi-directional pictures, wherein the memory unit stores at least a plurality of multi-directional pictures, the plurality of multi-directional pictures interlinked corresponding to a shape of the represented object to enable portrayal of the represented object of any shape.

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