Patents by Inventor Julian R Walker
Julian R Walker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8831380Abstract: A system for displaying hybrid image data produced by embedding additional media objects within street-level panoramic images includes a user interface through which a user may view, search for, and/or navigate through additional media objects in the context of browsing a virtual environment of a location at street level. In response to user input indicating a request to view a geographic location and/or an additional media object, street-level panoramic image data associated with the geographic location, in which one or more additional media objects also associated with the geographic location have been embedded, may be provided for display through the user interface. The user interface may be provided by a client device including one or more processors that receive hybrid image data produced by one or more processors of a server and display the image data to the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eyal Ofek, Michael Kroepfl, Julian R. Walker, Gonzalo A. Ramos, Blaise Hilary Aguera y Arcas
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Publication number: 20130229434Abstract: A system for displaying hybrid image data produced by embedding additional media objects within street-level panoramic images includes a user interface through which a user may view, search for, and/or navigate through additional media objects in the context of browsing a virtual environment of a location at street level. In response to user input indicating a request to view a geographic location and/or an additional media object, street-level panoramic image data associated with the geographic location, in which one or more additional media objects also associated with the geographic location have been embedded, may be provided for display through the user interface. The user interface may be provided by a client device including one or more processors that receive hybrid image data produced by one or more processors of a server and display the image data to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eyal Ofek, Michael Kroepfl, Julian R. Walker, Gonzalo A. Ramos, Blaise Hilary Aguera y Arcas
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Patent number: 8447136Abstract: A system for displaying hybrid image data produced by embedding additional media objects within street-level panoramic images includes a user interface through which a user may view, search for, and/or navigate through additional media objects in the context of browsing a virtual environment of a location at street level. In response to user input indicating a request to view a geographic location and/or an additional media object, street-level panoramic image data associated with the geographic location, in which one or more additional media objects also associated with the geographic location have been embedded, may be provided for display through the user interface. The user interface may be provided by a client device including one or more processors that receive hybrid image data produced by one or more processors of a server and display the image data to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eyal Ofek, Michael Kroepfl, Julian R. Walker, Gonzalo A. Ramos, Blaise Hilary Aguera y Arcas
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Publication number: 20110173565Abstract: A system for displaying hybrid image data produced by embedding additional media objects within street-level panoramic images includes a user interface through which a user may view, search for, and/or navigate through additional media objects in the context of browsing a virtual environment of a location at street level. In response to user input indicating a request to view a geographic location and/or an additional media object, street-level panoramic image data associated with the geographic location, in which one or more additional media objects also associated with the geographic location have been embedded, may be provided for display through the user interface. The user interface may be provided by a client device including one or more processors that receive hybrid image data produced by one or more processors of a server and display the image data to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Eyal Ofek, Michael Kroepfl, Julian R. Walker, Gonzalo A. Ramos, Blaise Hilary Aguera y Arcas
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Patent number: 7933473Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, multiple folders are generated each corresponding to one of multiple levels of an image pyramid, and each of the multiple levels including one or more tiles. In each of the multiple folders, one or more files are stored, each file including image data for a tile of the level corresponding to the folder. In accordance with other aspects, a first version of an image is generated, the first version of the image having a lower resolution than the image. The image is compressed using a first compression process, and the first version of the image is compressed using a second compression process, the second compression process being a higher quality process than the first compression process. Both the compressed image and the compressed first version of the image are stored as an image pyramid for the image.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2008Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lutz Gerhard, Paul D Jones, Olivier Z Garamfalvi, Julian R Walker
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Publication number: 20090317010Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, multiple folders are generated each corresponding to one of multiple levels of an image pyramid, and each of the multiple levels including one or more tiles. In each of the multiple folders, one or more files are stored, each file including image data for a tile of the level corresponding to the folder. In accordance with other aspects, a first version of an image is generated, the first version of the image having a lower resolution than the image. The image is compressed using a first compression process, and the first version of the image is compressed using a second compression process, the second compression process being a higher quality process than the first compression process. Both the compressed image and the compressed first version of the image are stored as an image pyramid for the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2008Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Lutz Gerhard, Paul D. Jones, Olivier Z. Garamfalvi, Julian R. Walker