Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Three dimensional navigation among photos
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Application No.: US15195155Application Date: 2016-06-28
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Publication No.: US09600932B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Steven Maxwell Seitz
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: G06K9/54
- IPC: G06K9/54 ; H04N1/00 ; G06F12/00 ; G06T19/00 ; G06F17/30 ; G06T15/20

Abstract:
An exemplary method for navigating among photos includes determining, using one or more computing devices, visual characteristics of a person depicted in a first image associated with a first location. These visual characteristics of the person are detected in a second image associated with a second location. Using the one or more computing devices, a series of intermediate images are identified based on the first location and the second location. Each intermediate image is associated with a location. The series of intermediate images and the second image are provided. Images of an intermediate destination from the series of intermediate images are selected based on a density of images at the intermediate destination. A 3D reconstruction of the intermediate destination is then generated based on the selected images. Thereafter, a visual presentation of images traversing through the 3D reconstruction of the intermediate destination to the second image is prepared for display.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160307370A1 THREE DIMENSIONAL NAVIGATION AMONG PHOTOS Public/Granted day:2016-10-20
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