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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
May. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jonah Jones, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ram Brijesh Jagadeesan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/60 (2006.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/60 (2013.01); G06T 15/506 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06T 2215/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide digital maps on a portable device, a graphical representation of an object is displayed for display on a digital map, current orientation of the portable device relative to the sun is determined, and orientation of the graphical representation of the object relative to a virtual sun is determined based on the determined current orientation of the portable device relative to the sun. Using the virtual sun as a light source, a shadow cast by the graphical representation is generated for display on the digital map.