Patent ID: 9019279
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A machine-implemented method of rendering a sequence of orthographic approximation images corresponding to camera poses to generate an animation moving between an initial view and a final view of a target area, the method comprising: identifying, with one or more processors, an initial image of the target area, the initial image corresponding to an initial camera pose directed at the target area; identifying, with the one or more processors, a final image and an associated depthmap of the target area, the final image and the associated depthmap corresponding to a final camera pose directed at the target area, wherein the initial camera pose is different from the final camera pose; and performing, with the one or more processors, interpolation on the initial image, the final image, and the associated depthmap in order to produce a plurality of intermediate images corresponding to a plurality of camera poses directed at the target area, each intermediate image being associated with a point along a navigational path between the initial camera pose and the final camera pose, wherein an animation of the plurality of intermediate images produces a transition of views between the initial camera pose and the final camera pose, the interpolation comprising: