System and method for creating interactive panoramic walk-through applications
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[0054]Referring now to FIGS. 1-4 and 8-9, an image capture system 20 consists of a panoramic optic 30, 30′, a camera 40 and a memory device 50 such as a computer, mounted on a vehicle 70 or other portable holding device.
[0055]The panoramic optic 30, 30′ is a physical panoramic optic providing 2D panoramic images. The optic 30, 30′ including either, a “lens and mirror” based optic system (catadioptric system) 32, 38, 42 as shown in FIG. 1, or a physical optical panoramic system 33 (consisting of an ultra wide angle lens or fisheye system with lens providing more than 200° of continuous vertical field of view), without mirror, as shown in FIG. 3. Both systems 30, 30′ are commercially available and reflect the substantially 360 degree panoramic field of view into the lens based optics connected to camera 40.
[0056]The mirror shape and lens used is specifically chosen and disposed such that the effective camera 40 maintains a single viewpoint. Such a lens is available...
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