Methods and devices for outputting a zoom sequence

• US 9,990,694 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2016
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Hume, Thomas Weedon, Kser, Mikkel Crone, Ferreira, Tony, Lyon, Jeremy, Baraldi, Waldemar Ariel, Mawhinney, Bryan, Smith, Christopher James, Trochtova, Lenka, Popescu, Andrei, Ingram, David, Lerda, Flavio, Ananin, Michael, Vaitukaitis, Vytautas, Paulina, Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): Amini, Javid A
• Application Number:
  US15/362,371
• Publication Number:
  US 20170076427A1
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• Field of Search: 345667
• 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;

generating a first zoom sequence based on the first location information, wherein the first zoom sequence comprises a plurality of mapped images of the first location from a first plurality of zoom levels, the plurality of mapped images being sequentially ordered by a magnification associated with each mapped image'"'"'s respective zoom level; and

outputting, for display, the first zoom sequence.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first zoom sequence comprises a video.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting, for display, the one or more images.

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

5. 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 where the different one or more images were captured;

generating a second zoom sequence based on the second location information, wherein the second zoom sequence comprises a plurality of mapped images of the second location from a second plurality of zoom levels; and

outputting, for display, the second zoom sequence.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

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

7. The method of claim 5, wherein each zoom level in the second plurality of zoom levels is associated with a different magnification, and wherein each mapped image in the plurality of mapped images of the second location is sequentially ordered by a magnification associated with each mapped image'"'"'s respective zoom level.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

compiling a slideshow presentation, wherein the slideshow presentation comprises the one or more images and the first zoom sequence; and

outputting, for display, the slideshow presentation.

9. A method comprising:

generating, by a computing device, a first zoom sequence based on first location information identifying a first location where one or more images were captured, wherein the first zoom sequence comprises a plurality of mapped images of the first location from a first plurality of zoom levels, the plurality of mapped images being sequentially ordered by a magnification associated with each mapped image'"'"'s respective zoom level;

compiling a slideshow presentation comprising the first zoom sequence and the one or more images; and

outputting, for display, the slideshow presentation.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first zoom sequence comprises a video.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein each zoom level of the first plurality of zoom levels is associated with a different magnification.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

generating a second zoom sequence based on second location information identifying a second location where different one or more images were captured, wherein the second zoom sequence comprises a plurality of mapped images of the second location from a second plurality of zoom levels; and

wherein the slideshow presentation further comprises at least one of the second zoom sequence and the different one or more images.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second plurality of zoom levels is the same as the first plurality of zoom levels.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the second zoom sequence comprises a video.

15. 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;

generating a first zoom sequence based on the first location information, wherein the first zoom sequence comprises a plurality of mapped images of the first location from a first plurality of zoom levels, the plurality of mapped images being sequentially ordered by a magnification associated with each mapped image'"'"'s respective zoom level; and

outputting, for display, the first zoom sequence.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform the method comprising the additional steps of:

outputting, for display, the one or more images.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, 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 where the one or more different images were captured;

generating a second zoom sequence based on the second location information, wherein the second zoom sequence comprises a plurality of mapped images of the second location from a second plurality of zoom levels; and

outputting, for display, the second zoom sequence.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform the method comprising the additional steps of:

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

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein at least one of the first zoom sequence and the second zoom sequence comprises a video.