Patent ID: 9589354
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06T

Claim:
1. A virtual model viewing method comprising: using a user device, accessing model data which may be used to generate a plurality of views of a virtual model which comprises a structure; using a camera of the user device, generating image data of content of the physical world; using the model data and the image data, creating one of the views of the virtual model which comprises at least some of the content of the physical world; displaying the one view of the virtual model using a display screen of the user device; wherein the creating the one view of the virtual model comprises creating using a virtual camera positioned at a view point which is located within an interior of the structure of the virtual model; wherein the displayed one view of the virtual model includes an interior portion of the structure of the virtual model; and wherein the at least some of the content of the physical world is visible within an area of the displayed one view of the virtual model which is defined by the interior portion of the structure of the virtual model.