Systems and methods for providing a visualization of satellite sightline obstructions
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06T-015/00
G06T-011/60
H04B-007/185
H04N-005/232
G06T-017/05
G06T-019/00
H04W-016/22
출원번호
US-0991380
(2016-01-08)
등록번호
US-9679406
(2017-06-13)
발명자
/ 주소
Robinson, Craig Lewin
Roseborough, James Brian
Filip, Daniel Joseph
출원인 / 주소
Google Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Dority & Manning, P.A.
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3
초록▼
Systems and methods for providing a visualization of satellite sightline obstructions are provided. An example method includes identifying an approximate position of a receiver antenna. The method further includes providing a rendering of a physical environment surrounding the receiver antenna for d
Systems and methods for providing a visualization of satellite sightline obstructions are provided. An example method includes identifying an approximate position of a receiver antenna. The method further includes providing a rendering of a physical environment surrounding the receiver antenna for display within a user interface. The user interface can be provided on a display. Satellite positional data associated with the position of a satellite is accessed and a sightline between the approximate position of the receiver antenna and the position of the satellite is determined. The method further includes presenting the sightline within the user interface in association with the rendering. An example system includes a data capture system and a computing device to provide a visualization of satellite sightline obstructions.
대표청구항▼
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a visualization of sightline obstructions, the method comprising: providing, by one or more computing devices, a rendering of a physical environment surrounding a receiver antenna for display within a user interface, wherein the user interface is provid
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a visualization of sightline obstructions, the method comprising: providing, by one or more computing devices, a rendering of a physical environment surrounding a receiver antenna for display within a user interface, wherein the user interface is provided on a display;determining, by the one or more computing devices, one or more sightlines between the receiver antenna and one or more satellites;providing, by the one or more computing devices, the one or more sightlines for display within the user interface in association with the rendering, wherein the one or more sightlines superimpose the rendering of the physical environment; anddetermining, by the one or more computing devices, whether the one or more sightlines are obstructed by analyzing the rendering and the one or more sightlines. 2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising: identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a satellite as obstructed when a sightline associated with that satellite is determined to be obstructed by analyzing the rendering and the one or more sightlines; andmodifying, by the one or more computing devices, data associated with an approximate position of the receiver antenna based upon the identification. 3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising: identifying, by the one or more computing devices, an approximate position of the receiver antenna; andwherein the approximate position of the receiver antenna is used at least in part to provide a rendering of the physical environment surrounding the receiver antenna for display within a user interface. 4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising: accessing, by the one or more computing devices, satellite positional data describing a position of each satellite; andwherein the satellite positional data describing a position of each satellite is used at least in part to determine one or more sightlines between the receiver antenna and the one or more satellites. 5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the rendering comprises a rendering of a three-dimensional panorama. 6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the three-dimensional panorama comprises an approximately spherical panorama, and wherein the method further comprises centering, by the one or more computing devices, the rendering of the approximately spherical panorama about an approximate position of the receiver antenna. 7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the rendering comprises a rendering of data generated from a laser scanner. 8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the data generated from the laser scanner comprises a plurality of points, wherein each point is associated with a geographic coordinate location. 9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising: centering, by the one or more computing devices, the rendering of the data generated from the laser scanner about an approximate position of the receiver antenna. 10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a request from a user to present the rendering from a vantage point selected by the user; andpresenting, by the one or more computing devices, the rendering within the user interface from the vantage point selected by the user. 11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the rendering comprises a rendering of an approximately spherical panorama, and wherein the vantage point selected by the user comprises a coordinate location included in the volume enclosed by the approximately spherical panorama. 12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the rendering comprises a rendering of an approximately spherical panorama, and wherein the vantage point selected by the user comprises a coordinate location external to the approximately spherical panorama. 13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising: modifying, by the one or more computing devices, a transparency factor associated with the rendering. 14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the rendering comprises a plurality of elements and the transparency factor is modified for selected of the plurality of elements. 15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations, the operations comprising: providing, by one or more computing devices, an interactive rendering of a physical environment surrounding a receiver antenna for display within a user interface, wherein the user interface is provided on a display of the one or more computing devices;determining, by the one or more computing devices, one or more sightlines between the receiver antenna and one or more satellites;providing, by the one or more computing devices, the one or more sightlines for display within the user interface in association with the rendering, wherein the one or more sightlines superimpose the rendering of the physical environment; anddetermining, by the one or more computing devices, whether the one or more sightlines are obstructed by analyzing the rendering and the one or more sightlines. 16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a satellite as obstructed when a sightline associated with that satellite is determined to be obstructed by analyzing the rendering and the one or more sightlines; andmodifying, by the one or more computing devices, data associated with an approximate position of the receiver antenna based upon the identification. 17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: identifying, by the one or more computing devices, an approximate position of the receiver antenna; andwherein the approximate position of the receiver antenna is used at least in part to provide a rendering of the physical environment surrounding the receiver antenna for display within a user interface. 18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: accessing, by the one or more computing devices, satellite positional data describing a position of each satellite; andwherein the satellite positional data describing a position of each satellite is used at least in part to determine one or more sightlines between the receiver antenna and the one or more satellites. 19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the rendering comprises one of a rendering of an approximately spherical panorama or a rendering of data generated from a laser scanner. 20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a request from a user to present the rendering from a vantage point selected by the user; andpresenting, by the one or more computing devices, the rendering within the user interface from the vantage point selected by the user.
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