ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,491, issued on May 6, was assigned to Threshold 360 Inc..
"Automated panoramic image connection for autoplay with transitions" was invented by Brian Teeter (Tampa, Fla.), Sean Kovacs (Tampa, Fla.), Joshua Paine (Tampa, Fla.), Ben Griffin (Tampa, Fla.), Will Barrett (Tampa, Fla.), Ben Robbins (Tampa, Fla.) and Jordan Raynor (Tampa, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Connecting images to generate a virtual tour is provided. The system receives images and metadata captured by a first client device, and detects features of the images to establish an order. The system identifies, based at least in part on the images and the metadata, a p...