System and method of integrated spatial and temporal navigation
US7589732B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 5, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The system displays an image portraying a virtual space as viewed by a virtual camera at a first location on a spatially navigable camera surface within the virtual space. A user begins a drag operation. Based on the dragging, the virtual camera is spatially translated from the first location on the spatially navigable region to a second location on the spatially navigable region. The orientation of the virtual camera at the second location may be automatically set to either point towards the pre-defined look-at point or to point in a direction normal to the spatially navigable region at the second location. The system then displays an image portraying the virtual space in accordance with the location and orientation of the virtual camera at the second location in the spatially navigable camera surface. While the drag operation continues, the system determines that further translating the virtual camera would place the virtual camera beyond the spatially navigable region. In response, the system begins displaying a transition, which may be an interpolated animation of the virtual camera, an animation semi-transparently blended with a slate, a pre-authored animation of the virtual c…
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