Panoramic Street View Visualization with Foreshortened Perspective
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing navigation and mapping programs provide limited visualization and interaction capabilities, particularly in displaying both sides of a street, as they often rely on satellite views with limited detail and street-level views that are restricted to incremental steps, lacking a comprehensive and immersive representation.
Innovation Solution
The method involves presenting panoramic views of both sides of a street in a perspective representation, with the bottom edges foreshortened to resemble a view from above, allowing users to interact by zooming in for detailed plan views or zooming out for satellite views, and incorporating interest content, adaptable to portrait and landscape modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If satellite views are used for navigation and mapping, then a broad overview of the area is provided, but the detail and visualization quality are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines satellite imagery with street-level panoramic photography to create a hybrid visualization system. The satellite view provides the base map and contextual information, while panoramic images overlaid on specific locations provide detailed street-level views, effectively merging two different data sources to simultaneously achieve broad overview and detailed information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D satellite imagery to a multi-dimensional visualization by incorporating 360-degree panoramic photographs. This allows users to view streets from multiple angles and perspectives, adding a dimensional aspect that enhances detail visibility while maintaining the overhead satellite context.
2Loss of information
If street-level views are provided in incremental steps, then specific locations can be examined in detail, but comprehensive visualization of entire streets is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The panoramic visualization system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides comprehensive street-level visualization showing entire blocks, maintains the ability to examine specific locations in detail through interactive navigation, and offers context through satellite imagery. This multi-functional approach resolves the contradiction between comprehensive view and detailed examination.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the level of detail and view scope based on user interaction. Users can zoom in to examine specific locations with high precision or zoom out to see comprehensive street visualizations, with the system seamlessly transitioning between these states rather than being fixed at a single level.
3Loss of information
If panoramic views of both sides of the street are displayed simultaneously, then comprehensive street visualization is achieved, but the complexity of the display system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the panoramic visualization into distinct segments representing different sides of the street. Each side is captured and displayed as a separate but coordinated view, making it easier to process and render the complex information while still providing comprehensive coverage of both sides simultaneously.
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AI summary
A method is provided for visualizing both sides of a street based on imagery generated from panoramic street views. In particular, example methods may include directing presentation of a first panoramic view representing a first side of a street, and directing presentation of a second panoramic view representing a second side of the street. The first and second panoramic views may be presented in a street view in a perspective representation where a bottom of the first panoramic view and a bottom of the second panoramic view may be foreshortened relative to a top of each respective panoramic view, and where the bottom of each of the first panoramic view and the second panoramic view are located on either side of a representation of the street. The first panoramic view and the second panoramic view may each be formed of at least two image segments stitched together.