DISPLAYING OBJECTS BASED ON A PLURALITY OF MODELS

摘要

A system and method is provided for displaying surfaces of an object from a vantage point different from the vantage point from which imagery of the object was captured. In some aspects, imagery may be generated for display by combining visual characteristics from multiple source images and applying greater weight to the visual characteristics of some of the source images relative to the other source images. The weight may be based on the orientation of the surface relative to the location from which the image was captured and the location from which the object will be displayed.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
one or more processors, memory storing a model of the orientation and visual characteristics of the surface of an object relative to vantage points, wherein the visual characteristics comprise a first set of visual characteristics representing the appearance of the surface from a first vantage point and a second set of visual characteristics representing the appearance of the surface from a second vantage point, and instructions, executable by the one or more processors, comprising: receiving a request for an image of the object from a requested vantage point different from the first vantage point and the second vantage point; identifying a first visual characteristic from the first set of visual characteristics and a second visual characteristic from the second set of visual characteristics, determining a first weight value for the first visual characteristic based on the orientation of the surface relative to the requested vantage point and the first vantage point, determining a second weight value for the second visual characteristic based on the orientation of the surface relative to the requested vantage point and the second vantage point, determining a visual characteristic of the requested image based on the first and second visual characteristics and the first and second weight values; and providing the requested image.