Patent ID: 9041714
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G01C,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for depicting one or more objects by an electronic device comprising a display, the method comprising: determining, by the electronic device, a geolocation of the one or more objects; determining, by the electronic device, a location of a light source relative to the geolocation according to a date and time; determining, by the electronic device, a vector from the objects to the light source; applying shading to the objects according to the vector; determining, by the electronic device, shadows cast by the objects according to the vector; and depicting the objects in the geolocation with one or more of the applied shading and the cast shadows according to the geolocation, date, time, and a faced direction, wherein the geolocation, date, time, and faced direction of the depicting are determined independently of a current location, date, time, and faced direction of the electronic device.