Patent ID: 9686466
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a continuous live video of a plurality of portions of an environment from a video camera on a sharing device while the video camera pans over the plurality of portions of the environment; determining a still photo panorama of the environment by stitching together image frames of the plurality of portions of the environment from the continuous live video; determining a registration data stream, wherein, for each respective image frame of the continuous live video, the registration data stream indicates coordinates at which to place the respective image frame of the continuous live video within the still photo panorama of the environment; transmitting the still photo panorama, the continuous live video, and the registration data stream to a remote viewing device; receiving, from the remote viewing device, live data indicative of current coordinates of a field of view of the remote viewing device within the still photo panorama, wherein the current coordinates of the field of view indicate a portion of the panorama currently viewed by the remote viewing device; determining, based on the live data and the registration data stream, a current direction of the current coordinates of the field of view of the remote viewing device within the still photo panorama relative to current coordinates of the continuous live video within the still photo panorama; and providing for display of visual cues indicating the determined current direction.