Apple develops 3D Street View

A new Apple patent application has been released, showing a panoramic image-based virtual view, similar to the popular Google Street View app .

Inspired by the US Patent and Trademark Office over the weekend, the 3D panoramic vision application at Apple's location describes a graphical user interface (GUI) that uses sensors Transform your iPhone or iPad to orient your panoramic images.

It's possible to understand the same Apple application, but there are many improvements to Google Street View. Google Street View provides users with 360-degree imagery, such as an image 'bubble' , and must navigate with devices such as a mouse or touch screen.

Instead of that traditional approach, Apple's application proposes a tracking system and built-in sensors in mobile devices, which move the user's physical movements into a graphical navigation interface. overview. For example, the speed sensor, camera, will help users 'move' in a virtual space such as a street.

First, Apple's patent requires users to enter a specific street address already in the data, by 'configuring' them from the map or by touching the icon. When you switch to "on the street", users can navigate the device (iPhone or iPad) to see directions on the virtual street. Motion is controlled by moving the device forward or backward.

In that process, the sensors capture the motion data, including the direction and velocity, to convert those movements into the GUI.

In addition, Apple's applications allow for a number of deeper steps in the graphical interface, such as ' stepping into ' a commercial building with true-to-life 3D images, and ' selecting an item to buying'.

The iOS Map app currently has no street view option because there are no image data. It is unclear whether Apple will implement this new technology in future versions of Maps.

Apple's Street View 3D patent application was filed in September 2011, with authors Patrick Piemonte and Billy Chen.