Patent Document ID: 9342911
Application ID: 14850334
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for generating automated tours using images, the method comprising: receiving a request, by one or more computing devices having one or more processors, to generate an automated tour based on a set of images, each particular image in the set of images being associated with geographic location information and linking information linking the particular image with one or more other images in the set of images; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, an order of the set of images based on the linking information associated with the set of images; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a first transition of a first transition type, for transitioning between a pair of adjacent images in the order, based on a set of parameters that includes an overlap threshold parameter that identifies a minimum degree of overlap in the fields of view between two images at a particular orientation; and generating the automated tour, by the one or more computing devices, using an identifier for a first image of the pair of images, the first transition, and a second identifier for a second image of the pair of images.