Abstract: A method and device for the pictorial representation of space-related data, for example, geographical data of the earth. Such methods are used for visualising visualizing topographical or meteorological data in the form of weather maps or weather forecast films. Further fields of application are found in tourism, in traffic control, in navigation aids and also in studio technology. The space-related data, for example topography, actual cloud distribution, configurations of roads, rivers or frontiers, satellite images, actual temperatures, historical views, CAD-models, actual camera shots, are called up, stored or generated in a spatially distributed fashion. For a screen representation of a view of the object according to a field of view of a virtual observer, the required data are called up and shown only in the resolution required for each individual section of the image.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 21, 2013
Date of Patent:
October 22, 2013
Assignee:
ART + COM Innovationpool GmbH
Inventors:
Pavel Mayer, Axel Schmidt, Joachim Sauter, Gerd Gruneis