Analysis of images located within three-dimensional environments

摘要

Images are analyzed within a 3D environment that is generated based on spatial relationships of the images and that allows users to experience the images in the 3D environment. Image analysis may include ranking images based on user viewing information, such as the number of users who have viewed an image and how long an image was viewed. Image analysis may further include analyzing the spatial density of images within a 3D environment to determine points of user interest.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method being performed by one or more computing devices including at least one processor, for ranking images, the method comprising:
receiving user viewing information associated with each of a plurality of images of a geographically contiguous area, the plurality of images being a collection of photographs obtained from a variety of sources including at least one person, the geographically contiguous area representing a scene comprising adjacent objects or different perspectives of a common object in the real world, each of the images being automatically positioned in a three-dimensional (3D) environment based on spatial information corresponding to the geographically contiguous area and derived from each of the images, the 3D environment comprising a 3D model having been automatically generated from the plurality of images and representing a model of the real world scene; and ranking at least a portion of the plurality of images based on the user viewing information associated with users viewing the images within the 3D environment to provide one or more image rankings.