Street View Server Segmentation for Diverse Path Coverage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current street view services lack the ability to provide fast image updates and cover various paths, including those that vehicles cannot pass through, such as stairs and narrow alleys, using post-processed omnidirectional images from multiple users' image processing apparatuses.
Innovation Solution
A street view service method and apparatus that utilizes a server to receive and process omnidirectional images from multiple users' image processing apparatuses, generating user provision information for providing video-based street views, including paths that people can move along, by excluding redundant images and dividing path images based on imaging location information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If omnidirectional images are collected from multiple users' image processing apparatuses, then the coverage of diverse paths including those inaccessible to vehicles is improved, but the complexity of processing and managing multiple images increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the omnidirectional images by dividing them into multiple path images based on imaging location information. This segmentation allows the system to handle and process images from different paths separately, making the overall processing task more manageable while maintaining comprehensive path coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a street view service server as an intermediary that receives omnidirectional images from multiple users, performs automated processing, and generates user provision information. This intermediary handles the complex processing tasks centrally, reducing the burden on individual user devices and simplifying the overall system architecture.
2Productivity
If post-processing is performed on omnidirectional images from multiple users, then fast image updates are achieved, but the loss of time for processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by automatically processing omnidirectional images as soon as they are received from users. The server proactively generates user provision information without waiting for additional processing steps, enabling fast image updates while minimizing processing delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual or mechanical processing methods with automated server-based processing. The street view service server automatically receives, processes, and generates results from omnidirectional images, eliminating time-consuming manual operations and significantly reducing processing time.
3Measurement precision
If path images are divided based on imaging location information, then the precision of path-specific street views is improved, but the complexity of image processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments omnidirectional images into multiple path images based on imaging location information. This segmentation enables precise identification and processing of specific paths while maintaining manageable processing complexity through systematic division of the image data.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by processing different path images with specific characteristics according to their unique imaging location information. Each path image receives tailored processing appropriate to its specific characteristics, improving precision while avoiding unnecessary complex processing across all images uniformly.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a method for a street view service and an apparatus for performing same method. The method for a street view service may comprise: a step in which a street view service server receives a first path image for a first path from a first image processing apparatus; a step in which the street view service server generates first user provision information for the street view service for the first path on the basis of the first path image; and a step in which the street view service server transmits the first user provision information to a user apparatus.