Google Inc.

Daniel Joseph Filip

Luc Vincent

Alan Sheridan

Jiajun Zhu

Aaron Michael Donsbach

Andrew Timothy Szybalski

Scott Ettinger

Jeremy Bryant Pack

Daniel Cotting

Fred P Pighin

David R Martin

Bryan M Klingner

Dragomir Dimitrov Anguelov

Stephen Chau

David C Lee

Craig Lewin Robinson

James Roseborough

Evan Rapoport

Mikkel Crone Köser

Bryan Feldman

Zhonghao Yang

Christopher Richard Uhlik

Stephane Lafon

Charles Goran

Xiaoxu Ma

Stephen Charles Hsu

Tianqiang Liu

Jacob Mintz

Stéphane Lafon

David Martin

Marcos Seefelder De Assis Araujo

Cardin Everett Moffett

Jacqueline Anne Lai

Lingyun Liu

Zhen Yang

Santiago David Lopez Lopez

Julien Benjamin Brette

Ilies Ghanzouri

Meng Yi

Bryan Klingner

Xin Mao

Jake Mintz

A position fix identifying a geographic location of a receiver is received. The position fix was generated using signals received at the receiver from respective high-altitude signal sources (such as satellites). Imagery of a geographic area that includes the geographic location is also received. The imagery is automatically processed to determine whether one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated. In response to determining that one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated, the position fix is identified as being potentially erroneous.

Accounting for atmospheric and terrestrial obstacles in geographic positioning

A system and method is provided that displays cursors for street level images, where the cursor changes appearance based on the objects in the image, such as the geographic distance between the objects and the camera position and the surface of the objects. For example, the cursor may appear to lie flat against the objects in the image change size based on the distance between the camera and object's surface.

System and method of indicating the distance or the surface of an image of a geographical object

The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and devices for projecting user-generated media content into three-dimensional immersive views. A system can obtain a three-dimensional representation of a location generated based on a plurality of images. The system can access user-generated media content associated with the location. The system can receive path information representing a path through the three-dimensional representation of the location. The system can select one or more pieces of user-generated media content based on the path information. The system can integrate the one or more pieces of user-generated media content into the three-dimensional representation of the location based on the path information and a portion of the three-dimensional representation to be displayed to a user, wherein the pieces of user-generated media content are presented within visual pop-outs in the three-dimensional representation. The system can provide the three-dimensional representation of the location for display to a user.

Projecting existing user-generated content into an immersive view

In one aspect, a request to generate an automated tour based on a set of panoramic images is received. Each particular panoramic image is associated with geographic location information and linking information linking the particular panoramic image with one or more other panoramic images in the set. A starting panoramic image and a second panoramic image are determined based at least in part on the starting panoramic image and the linking information associated with the starting and second panoramic images. A first transition between the starting panoramic image and the second panoramic image is also determined based at least in part on the linking information for these panoramic images. Additional panoramic images as well as a second transition for between the additional panoramic images are also determined. The determined panoramic images and transitions are added to the tour according to an order of the tour.

Automatically generating panorama tours

The present disclosure is directed to determining geographic orientation based at least in part on imagery. In particular, the methods and systems of the present disclosure can: receive data generated by a camera () and representing imagery that includes at least a portion of a physical real-world environment comprising the camera () and a travelway (); and determine, based at least in part on the data and a machine-learning model, a geographic orientation of the camera () with respect to the travelway ().

Methods and systems for determining geographic orientation based on imagery

Methods, systems, devices, and tangible non-transitory computer readable media for determining orientation are provided. The disclosed technology can include capturing images of an environment visible in a field of view of the mobile computing device. Location data associated with a location of the mobile computing device can be received. Image data including information associated with the images can be generated. Based on the image data and one or more machine-learned models, features of one or more objects in the environment can be determined. Based on the location data and the features of the objects, respective orientations of the objects relative to the location of the mobile computing device can be determined. Furthermore, orientation data that includes a geographic orientation of the mobile computing device can be generated based on the respective (geographic) orientations of the objects.

Orientation determination for mobile computing devices

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to generating turn-by-turn direction previews. In one aspect, one or more computing devices, may receive a request for a turn-by-turn direction preview. The one or more computing devices may generate a set of directions from a first geographic location to a second geographic location. Each turn of the directions may be associated with a corresponding waypoint. The one or more computing devices may then identify street level images corresponding with the waypoints, and display a preview of their associated turns by displaying their street level images and a map in between.

Generating turn-by-turn direction previews

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to generating turn-by-turn direction previews. In one aspect, one or more computing devices, may receive a request for a turn-by-turn direction preview. The one or more computing devices may generate a set of turn-by-turn directions based on a series of road segments connecting a first geographic location and a second geographic location. Each direction in the set of turn-by-turn directions may be associated with a corresponding waypoint. The one or more computing devices then identify a set of images corresponding the series of road segments between two adjacent waypoints of the set of turn-by-turn directions, and determine a subset of the set of images to include in the turn-by-turn direction preview. Subsequently, the one or more computing devices may generate the turn-by-turn direction preview based on at least in part on the determined subset of the set of images.

The present invention relates to annotating images. In an embodiment, the present invention enables users to create annotations corresponding to three-dimensional objects while viewing two-dimensional images. In one embodiment, this is achieved by projecting a selecting object onto a three-dimensional model created from a plurality of two-dimensional images. The selecting object is input by a user while viewing a first image corresponding to a portion of the three-dimensional model. A location corresponding to the projection on the three-dimensional model is determined, and content entered by the user while viewing the first image is associated with the location. The content is stored together with the location information to form an annotation. The annotation can be retrieved and displayed together with other images corresponding to the location.

Three-dimensional annotations for street view data

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Daniel Joseph Filip