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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2012
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeremy Bryant Pack, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relates generally to deciding which part of a panoramic image is most important and using that as a reference point for displaying the panoramic image to user. For example, a 360 degree panoramic image associated with orientation and location information may be identified. Related images, for example, in content and location may also be identified. The related images may be projected as points on a unit circle representing the orientations of the panoramic image. The point farthest from an average location of the points may be removed until the average location of the points is at least a minimum distance from the center of the circle. When this occurs, an angular location of the average location relative to the circle may be identified as a reference orientation. The reference orientation may be associated with the panoramic image, and the association may be stored in memory.