IP Library Granted Patent US 10,885,657
Granted Patent B2
US 10,885,657 · App. 16/177,302 · Granted Jan 5, 2021

Configuration for indicating image capture device position

Inventors: Steven Chapman (Thousand Oaks, CA); Mehul Patel (Stevenson Ranch, CA); Joseph Popp (Cerritos, CA); Alice Taylor (Burbank, CA)
Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
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Patent No.
US 10,885,657
App. No.
16/177,302
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A process determines a position of an image capture device with respect to a physical object. The position corresponds to a vantage point for an initial image capture of the physical object performed by the image capture device at a first time. Further, the process generates an image corresponding to the position. In addition, the process displays the image on the image capture device. Finally, the process outputs one or more feedback indicia that direct a user to orient the image capture device to the image for a subsequent image capture at a second time within a predetermined tolerance threshold of the vantage point.

Claims (34)

1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage device having a computer readable program stored thereon, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

determine a position of an image capture device with respect to a physical object, the position corresponding to a vantage point for an initial image capture of the physical object performed by the image capture device at a first time;

generate an image corresponding to the position;

display the image on the image capture device; and

output one or more feedback indicia configured to direct a user to orient the image capture device to the image for a subsequent image capture at a second time within a predetermined tolerance threshold of the vantage point.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the one or more feedback indicia comprises a visual indicator.

3. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the one or more feedback indicia comprises a haptic vibration.

4. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the computer is further caused to determine the position of the image capture device with respect to the physical object via one or more sensors.

5. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, a GPS, a liquid gravitational sensor, a radio signal strength sensor, a direction detector, or a combination thereof.

6. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the image capture device comprises a smartphone, a tablet device, a virtual reality headset, augmented reality glasses, or a camera.

7. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the computer is further caused to automatically perform the subsequent image capture upon the image capture device being positioned within the predetermined tolerance threshold of the vantage point at the second time.

8. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the one or more feedback indicia includes the image of the physical object corresponding to the vantage point for the initial image capture.

9. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage device having a computer readable program stored thereon, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

determine a plurality of positions of an image capture device with respect to a physical object, the plurality of positions corresponding to a motion path of vantage points of the physical object at a subsequent time;

generate a first plurality of images corresponding to the motion path;

display at least one of the first plurality of images on the image capture device;

output one or more feedback indicia configured to direct a user to orient the image capture device along the motion path at the subsequent time; and

generate at the subsequent time a second plurality of images captured at the plurality of positions.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the one or more feedback indicia comprises a visual indicator.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the one or more feedback indicia comprises a haptic vibration.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the computer is further caused to determine the plurality of positions of the image capture device with respect to the physical object via one or more sensors.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, a GPS, a liquid gravitational sensor, a radio signal strength sensor, a direction detector, or a combination thereof.

14. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the image capture device comprises a smartphone, a tablet device, a virtual reality headset, augmented reality glasses, and a camera.

15. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the computer is further caused to automatically generate the second plurality of images at the plurality of positions.

16. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage device having a computer readable program stored thereon, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

receive a plurality of positions of an image capture device with respect to a physical object corresponding to a motion path;

generate a plurality of images corresponding to the motion path;

display the plurality of images on the image capture device; and

output one or more feedback indicia configured to direct a user to orient the image capture device along the motion path with respect to a plurality of vantage points of the physical object, wherein the plurality of positions correspond to the plurality of vantage points, respectively.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the motion path was originally generated with respect to the plurality of vantage points by a device distinct from the image capture device.

18. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the motion path was originally generated independently of the plurality of vantage points with respect to the physical object.

19. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the one or more feedback indicia comprises a visual indicator.

20. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the one or more feedback indicia comprises a haptic vibration.

21. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the computer is further caused to generate a second plurality of images at the plurality of positions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2018
From: CHAPMAN, STEVEN; PATEL, MEHUL; POPP, JOSEPH; TAYLOR, ALICE
To: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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