IP Library Granted Patent US 12,273,626
Granted Patent B2
US 12,273,626 · App. 18/028,524 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

System for providing panoramic image

Inventors: Ho-Dong Lee (Daegu, KR); Hu-Dong Lee (Daegu, KR)
H04N23/698H04N7/185H04N23/66B64U10/00B64U2101/30B64U2201/20
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Patent No.
US 12,273,626
App. No.
18/028,524
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for providing a panoramic image that allows work to be done conveniently and all at once, from a taking picture by means of a drone to a panoramic web service, and enables real-time monitoring of work progress. The present invention relates to a system for providing a panoramic image that: when taking a picture by means of a drone, uses a drone app (Dfos APP) to allow for taking a picture conveniently with a regular camera; when planar spatial data is converted into panoramic spatial coordinates, makes it possible to display and confirm the planar spatial data through a panorama service, such that existing or necessary planar spatial data can be utilized; and connects a service provider who provides the service (a photographer through a drone) and a service user who needs the service (a user of the panorama service) through the advancement of a business model and activation of the panorama service, thus creating value through active transactions and ultimately generating revenue.

Claims (36)

1. A system for providing a panoramic image comprising:

a drone ( 10 ) having a camera to capture an image and remotely receiving a signal to control flight and driving of the camera;

a supplier terminal ( 20 ) having a drone control application capable of controlling the drone, and collecting and transmitting image information received from the drone, the drone control application having functions including mission management of the drone, flight mission setting, and airframe setting, a three-dimensional altitude flight API service function, and a safety setting function considering user safety and the image information including data for a GIS background map service and Web geographic information for controlling the drone;

a management server ( 30 ) having an information storage DB ( 30 i ) storing information including the collected and edited panoramic image information, collecting, storing and editing the image information received from the supplier terminal to provide a panoramic image, and converting position information of the drone controlled through the drone control application of the supplier terminal into spatial coordinates, the information storage DB ( 30 i ) including a drone information DB ( 30 d ) storing information including information of the collected and edited panoramic image, supplier information, and user information, and separately storing only the drone information; and

a user terminal ( 40 ) receiving the panoramic image information provided from the management server,

wherein the management server ( 30 ) includes a service module ( 30 m ) to provide panoramic image information to the user terminal ( 40 ) using a messaging service, and includes a streaming server ( 30 s ) to transmit image information captured by the drone to a control system, and receive video information captured by the drone and provide the received video information to the user terminal ( 40 ),

wherein in a case in which the management server ( 30 ) converts the position information of the drone controlled through the drone control application of the supplier terminal into two-dimensional panorama spatial coordinates and three-dimensional panorama spatial coordinates,

the spatial coordinates include two-dimensional panorama spatial coordinates and three-dimensional panorama spatial coordinates,

the two-dimensional panorama spatial coordinates include a pitch, which is a ground altitude value at a photographing location and a distance value between coordinates to be converted from the ground coordinate of the photographing location, and a yaw which is an angle of the coordinate to be converted from the photographing location:

pitch

=

-

atan

(

h

d

)

,

wherein, h is a relative altitude at the panoramic image photographing location, and d is a distance ranging from the ground coordinates of the panoramic image photographing position to the conversion coordinates, and

the three-dimensional panorama spatial coordinates include a ground altitude value at a photographing location, a distance value between coordinates (2D) to be converted from the ground coordinate (2D) of the photographing location, a pitch calculated from an altitude value of coordinates to be converted, and a yaw which is an angle of the coordinate to be converted from the photographing location:

pitch

=

-

a

tan

(

h

-

z

d

)

,

wherein h is a relative altitude at the panoramic image photographing location, and d is a distance ranging from the ground coordinates of the panoramic image photographing position to the conversion coordinates, and z is a reference height of the panoramic image photographing position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2023
From: LEE, HO-DONG; LEE, HU-DONG
To: IGIS CO., LTD
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0108977 · Aug 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240031681A1 · Jan 25, 2024
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