Be Here Corporation

Derek Fluker

Edward C Driscoll, Jr

Robert George Hoffman

Katerina L Shiffer

John L W Furlan

John L Warpakowski Furlan

Karen L Bechtel

Daniel B Curtis

Venugopal Garimella

Methods and apparatus for defining a view path through at least one wide-angle video stream and for creation of a resultant unwarped video stream responsive to the view path. Aspects of the invention allow an operator to monitor the wide-angle video stream(s) and select which portion of the wide-angle frame to unwarp in real-time. Further, the operator can stop the playback of the wide-angle video stream and dwell within a particular wide-angle frame to create special effects such as camera tilt, pan and zoom operations in a stop action situation.

Method and system for generation of multiple viewpoints into a scene viewed by motionless cameras and for presentation of a view path

This patent discloses an electronic image distribution apparatus for distributing motion panoramic images. The main portion of the apparatus is a motion panoramic image server that has a source of motion panoramic images. The source of panoramic image frames may be a motion panoramic image playback device or a connection to a motion panoramic camera system. The motion panoramic image server transforms the panoramic image frames into an intermediate format that is more conducive for electronic transmission. In particular, portions of the panoramic image are encoded at a higher quality as compared to other portions of the panoramic image. A client computer obtains information about the encoding and subscribes to one or more tiles depending on the viewpoint of interest. The client computer receives and presents the data in these tiles. In addition, the patent discloses how to adjust the subscription based on the actual and/or predicted pan operations to obtain a quality presentation.

Method and apparatus for electronically distributing motion panoramic images

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