Method for interactively viewing full-surround image data and apparatus therefor
US8077176B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 1, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B37/02
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of modeling of the visible world using full-surround image data includes steps for selecting a view point within a p-surface, selecting a direction of view within the p-surface, texture mapping full-surround image data onto the p-surface such that the resultant texture map is substantially equivalent to projecting full-surround image data onto the p-surface from the view point to thereby generate a texture mapped p-surface, and displaying a predetermined portion of the texture mapped p-surface. An apparatus for implementing the method is also described.
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