Patent ID: 7271803
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying panoramic image data, corresponding first and second portions of the panoramic image data being selected for a right visual field and a left visual field based upon a visual direction of an observer, the selected first and second portions of the panoramic image data being displayed to the right visual field and the left visual field of the observer, the corresponding first and second portions of the panoramic image data being updated based upon a change in the visual direction of the observer, comprising the steps of: a) forming a 3D image based upon the panoramic image data captured from at least three predetermined sets of image-capturing locations; b) using the same first corresponding portion of the previously displayed panoramic image data without a change for one of the two visual fields in response to the visual directional change; and c) changing the second corresponding portion of the panoramic image data for the other of the two visual fields in response to the visual directional change.