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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Ruston John David Panabaker, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Johannes Klein, Redmond, WA (US);
Gregory Baribault, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Feng Zhao, Issaquah, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for collecting data and generating synthesized data from the collected data. For example, a request for an image may be received from a requestor and at least one data capture device may be identified as capable of providing at least a portion of the requested image. A request may be sent to identified data capture devices to obtain an image corresponding to the requested image. Multiple images may be received from the data capture devices and may further be connected or stitched together to provide a panoramic, 3-dimensional image of requested subject matter.