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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Greg Coombe, Mounatain View, CA (US);
Francois Bailly, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A staged camera traversal for navigating a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment is provided. The staged camera traversal can include a launch stage and an approach stage. During the launch stage, the tilt angle can be decreased towards zero tilt (i.e. straight down) with respect to the vertical. During an approach stage, the tilt angle of the virtual camera can be increased from about zero tilt towards the tilt angle associated with a target location. In certain implementations, the staged camera traversal can further include a traversal stage occurring between the launch stage and the approach stage. The tilt angle of the virtual camera can be maintained at about zero tilt during the traversal stage. The approach path of the virtual camera can be aligned along a view direction associated with the target destination during the approach stage.