Navigable telepresence method and system

摘要

Methods and systems permit one or more users to navigate through imagery of an environment. The system may include a first user interface device having first user inputs associated with first movement through the environment and a second user interface device having second user inputs associated with a second movement through the environment. Thus, a first user and a second user are able to navigate simultaneously and independently. In certain embodiments the system processes imagery of the environment to smooth user navigation through the environment.

主权项

1. A system for providing at least a first user with a first view of multiple locations through a remote environment and a second user with a second view of multiple locations through the environment, the first view being different than the second view, the system comprising:
one or more electronic storage devices; one or more processing elements configured to: receive, from a first user interface device associated with the first user, first user inputs associated with the first view through the environment; receive, from a second user interface device associated with the second user, second user inputs associated with the second view through the environment; store electronic imagery of progressively different perspectives of the environment having overlapping fields of view in the one or more electronic storage devices; generate mosaic imagery from the electronic imagery of the environment; based on the first user inputs, sequentially provide to the first user interface device mosaic imagery along the first view, thereby allowing the first user to navigate along the first view of the environment; based on the second user inputs, sequentially provide to the second user interface device mosaic imagery along the second view, thereby allowing the first user and second user to navigate simultaneously and independently along the first view and second view of the environment, respectively.