Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Reexamination Certificate
1998-08-28
2001-09-04
Bayerl, Raymond J. (Department: 2773)
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
C345S215000, C345S215000, C345S182000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06285365
ABSTRACT:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED INVENTION
This application is related to commonly assigned and concurrently filed U.S. patent application entitled “Split Mirrored Panoramic Image Display.”
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to displays; more particularly, panoramic displays.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the past, panoramic images were displayed as a single rolled out panoramic display.
FIG. 1
illustrates such a display.
FIG. 1
can be thought of as a cylindrical panoramic view that is unrolled on a display. Unfortunately, such a display is disorienting to a user. For example, a user who is looking in the direction indicated by arrow
10
does not get a clear understanding of how the view 180 degrees away from arrow
10
appears. As a result, there is a need for a display that more clearly shows panoramic images.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention solves the aforementioned problems by displaying panoramic images with referencing icons that assist the user in conceptualizing the panoramic image as an unrolled cylindrical representation of a panoramic image. Icons above and below the image indicate a cylinder by their substantially elliptical shape. The icons also include left and right extensions with reference marks that give the impression of a cylindrical surface being unrolled. As a result, a user more readily understands the relationship between objects in different parts of the panoramic image.
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Bayerl Raymond J.
FullView, Inc.
Malvone Christopher N.
Nguyen Thomas T.
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