Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090240431 | Panoramic Images Within Driving Directions - Embodiments of the present invention enable displaying a plurality of driving direction steps that form a driving directions path between a start address and a destination address; receiving input selecting a driving direction step of said plurality of driving direction steps; and displaying a panoramic image of a geographic area where a driving action associated with said selected driving direction step would be performed by a driver. In other embodiments, the panoramic image is replaced and/or complemented with one or more of 3D models, full-motion video, full-motion video of 360 degrees images, and live feeds from video cameras to provide enhanced driving directions. | 09-24-2009 |
20100250581 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGES BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS - In one aspect, the system and method provides a modified image in response to a request for a street level image at a particular location, wherein the previously captured image is modified to illustrate the current conditions at the requested location. By way of example only, the system and method may use local weather, time of day, traffic or other information to update street level images. | 09-30-2010 |
20100293173 | System and method of searching based on orientation - A system and method is provided whereby, in one aspect, advertisements are displayed based on search terms that were selected based on the angle at which a user is viewing a street level image. | 11-18-2010 |
20120120100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGES BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS - In one aspect, the system and method provides a modified image in response to a request for a street level image at a particular location, wherein the previously captured image is modified to illustrate the current conditions at the requested location. By way of example only, the system and method may use local weather, time of day, traffic or other information to update street level images. | 05-17-2012 |
20140160119 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OVERLAYS WITHIN NAVIGABLE PANORAMIC IMAGES, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A panorama viewer is disclosed which facilitates navigation from within the panorama of a larger, structured system such as a map. The panorama viewer presents a viewport on a portion of a panoramic image, the viewport including a three-dimensional overlay rendered with the panoramic image. As the orientation of the viewport within the panoramic image changes, the three-dimensional overlay's orientation in three-dimensional space also changes as it is rendered with the panoramic image in a manner that matches the change in orientation of the viewport. | 06-12-2014 |
20150161820 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OVERLAYS WITHIN NAVIGABLE PANORAMIC IMAGES, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A panorama viewer is disclosed which facilitates navigation from within the panorama of a larger, structured system such as a map. The panorama viewer presents a viewport on a portion of a panoramic image, the viewport including a three-dimensional overlay rendered with the panoramic image. As the orientation of the viewport within the panoramic image changes, the three-dimensional overlay's orientation in three-dimensional space also changes as it is rendered with the panoramic image in a manner that matches the change in orientation of the viewport. | 06-11-2015 |
20150262391 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING ANNOTATIONS ON GEOGRAPHIC OBJECT SURFACES - A system and method of displaying information on images representing geographic objects captured by a camera is provided. In one aspect, the information is an advertisement and the advertisement is displayed such that its shape is based on the surface angle of the geographic object relative to the perspective from which the object is being viewed. | 09-17-2015 |
20150278878 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS - In one aspect, a system and method is provided whereby advertisements are associated with a first image, and if a second image is displayed that is visually similar to the first image, the advertisement is displayed in connection with the second image as well. | 10-01-2015 |