Augmented reality systems and methods for vehicle inspection

An augmented reality inspection system comprising:

• a computing device having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable memory;
• a camera communicatively coupled to the computing device;
• a display device communicatively coupled to the computing device;
• and
• a machine-readable instruction set stored in the non-transitory computer readable memory that causes the augmented reality inspection system to perform at least the following when executed by the processor:
• capture an image of a portion of a subject vehicle with the camera,
• compare the image of the portion of the subject vehicle to a repository of images of acceptable vehicle configurations,
• determine numeric similarity values for predefined portions of the image of the portion of the subject vehicle, wherein the numeric similarity values define a similarity measure for the predefined portions of the image of the portion of the subject vehicle as compared to one or more images of the repository of images of acceptable vehicle configurations,
• generate a heat map including a first highlighted portion and a second highlighted portion, wherein the first highlighted portion includes a first color associated with a first numeric similarity value and the second highlighted portion includes a second color associated with a second numeric similarity value, and the first numeric similarity value is different than the second numeric similarity value, and
• present on the display device the heat map overlaid on the image of the portion of the subject vehicle.

A method of providing an augmented reality inspection of a subject vehicle, the method comprising:

• capturing an image of a portion of the subject vehicle with a camera;
• comparing the image of the portion of the subject vehicle to an image of an acceptable vehicle configuration;
• determining whether one or more features within the image of the portion of the subject vehicle matches at least one acceptable vehicle configuration based on the image of the acceptable vehicle configuration;
• and
• in response to determining that the one or more features does not match at least one acceptable vehicle configuration, presenting on a display device a first highlighted portion configured to identify the one or more features within the image of the portion of the subject vehicle that does not match.