Panorama Navigation Paths Using Location and Time Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for providing panoramic images do not effectively allow users to create personalized navigation experiences by connecting panoramic images based on geographic location and timestamp information, limiting the ability to create immersive and logical connections between images.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that identifies panoramic images associated with geographic location and timestamp information, determines suggested paths between them, and generates navigation data for a navigation experience, enabling users to connect and navigate through panoramic images as if moving through physical space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If systems provide panoramic images with geographic location information, then users can view images of different locations, but users cannot effectively create personalized navigation experiences by connecting panoramic images
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-calculates and provides suggested paths between panoramic images based on geographic location information before users need to create navigation experiences. This preliminary organization of images into potential navigation routes reduces the operational burden on users while enabling personalized navigation experiences.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary layer of suggested paths that mediates between raw panoramic images and user-created navigation experiences. These suggested paths serve as a bridge, providing users with pre-processed connection options that they can selectively adopt or modify, thus easing the complexity of creating personalized navigation experiences.
2Adaptability or versatility
If systems allow users to click on edges of displayed panorama to rotate, then users can feel as if rotating within virtual world, but systems cannot provide logical and practical navigation paths between multiple panoramic images
Solution Approach 1:
The system makes geographic location information serve multiple functions: it is used both for displaying panoramic images and for calculating suggested navigation paths between them. This multi-functional use of location data enables logical navigation paths without requiring additional information, thus preventing information loss while enhancing adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the utilization parameter of geographic location information from merely positional display to path calculation. By reusing the same location data for a different purpose (navigation path generation), the system enables logical navigation between panoramic images without requiring additional information inputs.
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AI summary
Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to allowing users to create their own image navigation experiences. As an example, a set of panoramic images may be identified using manual and/or automated methods. One or more suggested potential paths connecting ones of the panoramic images may be determined. This information may be displayed to a user with an interface that allows the user to create and change relationships between the panoramic images. For example, users may activate the suggested paths and create connections between the panoramic images of the set. Users may also draw their own connecting paths between panoramic images. The panoramic images and the connections between them may be used to provide a navigation experience.