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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2004
Applicant:
Blaise Aguera Y Arcas, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Sand Codex, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed that facilitates realistic navigation of visual content by displaying an interpolated image during navigation and a more exact image when the navigation ceases. Methodologies are disclosed for rendering and displaying 'tiles', portions of the visual content at different levels of detail to minimize perceivable discontinuities.