Patent · US Active

Method, system, and computer program product for providing a target user interface for capturing panoramic images

US9325861B1 · kind B1 · utility

12Cited by
12References
21Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateOct 26, 2012
Grant dateApr 26, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 5, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/02
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided to generate a number of targets for a panoramic image based on operating parameters of a user device, where each of the targets is associated with a portion of the panoramic image, display an initial target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the initial target, capture a first image for the initial target using a camera of the user device, display proximate targets that are connected to the initial target in a target graph of the targets, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to a next target of the proximate targets, capture a second image for the next target using the camera of the user device, and generate the panoramic image using the first image and the second image.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.