Patent ID: 9554060
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more computing devices, a panoramic image of a three-dimensional scene captured by a user using a camera; in response to receiving the panoramic image, providing for display on an interface to the user, by the one or more computing devices, a request for the user to have the camera capture a new zoomed-in image of the same three-dimensional scene related to the panoramic image, wherein the request is provided in order to increase a likelihood that the new zoomed-in image and the panoramic image will be captured under a same ambient lighting condition; receiving, by the one or more computing devices, the new zoomed-in image captured by the camera in response to the request; determining, by the one or more computing devices, an area of the panoramic image that corresponds to the new zoomed-in image; and associating, by the one or more computing devices, the zoomed-in image with the area of the panoramic image.