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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2009
Stephen Chau, Stanford, CA (US);
Stephane Lafon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jie Shao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew Timothy Szybalski, San Francisco, CA (US);
Luc Vincent, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Stephen Chau, Stanford, CA (US);
Stephane Lafon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jie Shao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew Timothy Szybalski, San Francisco, CA (US);
Luc Vincent, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
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.