Live and Panoramic Image Correlation for Seamless AR Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in efficiently navigating between live and prerecorded panoramic views of locations, as existing systems require manual switching between different applications and layers of Internet browsing, leading to inconvenience and discouragement in accessing combined geo-tagged content.
Innovation Solution
A system that correlates and automatically alternates between live camera images and prerecorded panoramic images based on matching locations, allowing seamless switching between views without the need for multiple applications, using a processor and memory configuration to manage the correlation and presentation on a device screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually switch between applications and browsing layers to access live and prerecorded views, then they can access both types of content, but the operation becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines live camera view functionality and prerecorded panoramic view functionality into a single integrated application interface. The system merges these previously separate functions so users can access both live and historical views without switching applications, directly resolving the operational complexity and time loss associated with manual switching between multiple applications and browsing layers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal platform that performs multiple functions: displaying live camera feeds, showing prerecorded panoramic images, enabling switching between these views, and providing navigation capabilities all within one application. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate applications for each function, improving ease of operation and reducing time loss.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users access live camera views, then they see current locations, but the availability is limited to what cameras can capture
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces prerecorded panoramic images as an intermediary resource that bridges the gap between limited live camera coverage and user information needs. When live camera views are unavailable or insufficient, the system provides prerecorded panoramic images of the same locations as a complementary information source, enabling users to view locations beyond what current cameras can capture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary capture and storage of panoramic images at various locations before users need them. These prerecorded images are prepared in advance and stored in a database, allowing users to access historical views of locations even when no live camera is currently capturing that area, thus expanding adaptability and reducing information loss.
3Loss of information
If users access prerecorded panoramic views, then they get well-organized geo-tagged content, but the images may be outdated and significantly different from current views
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a dynamic viewing system where the display alternates between live camera views and prerecorded panoramic images based on user interaction or system conditions. This dynamic switching allows users to compare current live imagery with historical prerecorded content, enabling them to assess changes over time while maintaining access to both the currency of live views and the organized geo-tagged content of prerecorded views.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements periodic or alternating presentation of live and prerecorded views, allowing users to cycle between current and historical imagery. This periodic switching provides a temporal comparison mechanism where users can regularly alternate between up-to-date live camera feeds and archived panoramic images, balancing the need for current information with access to historical context and organized geo-tagged content.
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AI summary
An approach is provided for correlating and navigating between a live camera image and a prerecorded panoramic image. A mapping and augmented reality application correlates at least one live image with a prerecorded panoramic image, when a location of a device used to capture the at least one live image matches a location of a device used to capture the panoramic prerecorded image. The mapping and augmented reality application causes, at least in part, automatically alternating presentation on a screen of the device capturing the at least one live image, of the at least one live image and the prerecorded panoramic image.