Patent ID: 9679406
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06T,H04B,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a visualization of sightline obstructions, the method comprising: providing, by one or more computing devices, a rendering of a physical environment surrounding a receiver antenna for display within a user interface, wherein the user interface is provided on a display; determining, by the one or more computing devices, one or more sightlines between the receiver antenna and one or more satellites; providing, by the one or more computing devices, the one or more sightlines for display within the user interface in association with the rendering, wherein the one or more sightlines superimpose the rendering of the physical environment; and determining, by the one or more computing devices, whether the one or more sightlines are obstructed by analyzing the rendering and the one or more sightlines.