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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Joshua S. Schpok, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G01C 21/3676 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
To orient a user within a map display, a portable device displays a panoramic view representative of the user's real-world surroundings. The portable device also displays a map representation of an adjacent area above the panoramic view so that the area displayed in the map representation appears further away than the real-world surroundings depicted in the panoramic view. The portable device may also display an intersection which includes a commonly shared boundary between the panoramic view and the map representation so that the user can identify the relationship between the two displays.