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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2014
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Dingding Liu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thomas Donald Barclay, Westminster, CO (US);
Bimal K. Mehta, Sammamish, WA (US);
Wolfgang Schickler, Boulder, CO (US);
Kartik Muktinutalapati, Bellevue, WA (US);
Khomkrit Kaowthumrong, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for image blending and/or facilitating image transitions. In an example, a map interface displays map information, such as of a town, through a visualization. A first image having a first level of detail and a first image type (e.g., satellite imagery of the town) may be displayed through the visualization. While zoomed into the town, a second image having a second level of detail and a second image type (e.g., aerial imagery of the town) may be displayed through the visualization. Instead of merely transitioning the visualization from displaying the first image to displaying the second image (during zooming), which may otherwise provide a visually abrupt transition, one or more intermediate blended images, having intermediate levels of detail between the first image and the second image, may be generated and displayed during the transition between the first image and the second image.