Patent ID: 9589385
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06T

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing location information for planar regions in two-dimensional views of a three-dimensional environment, the method comprising: receiving a request for a first two-dimensional view of the three-dimensional environment, the first two-dimensional view being from a first location within the three-dimensional environment; performing, using one or more computing devices, a coordinate transformation on a rendered first two-dimensional view of the three dimensional environment to generate three-dimensional coordinates, the three-dimensional coordinates corresponding to the rendered first two-dimensional view and indicating at least a location of a first planar region within the three-dimensional environment; determining, using the one or more computing devices, a distance and a direction between a second location within the three-dimensional environment and the location of the first planar region based at least on the three-dimensional coordinates; and providing for display of a second two-dimensional view of the three-dimensional environment, the second two-dimensional view being from the second location in the three-dimensional environment, and being based on the determined distance and direction.