Image capture for a multi-dimensional building model
AssigneeHover Inc.
InventorsManish Upendran, William Castillo, Ajay Mishra, Adam J. Altman
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Abstract
A process for creating, responsive to a desired analysis, estimate information from received imagery by determining whether the imagery meets a minimum criterion for creating a multi-dimensional model that can address the desired analysis and building an aggregate set of images meeting the minimum criterion from which a multi-dimensional model is then built and an estimate responsive to the desired analysis is derived. The multi-dimensional model, and the responsive estimate, may be refined as additional images are provided to the aggregate set. Desired analyses may include dimensions such as square footage of a roof for building objects.
Claims28
A method of processing imagery comprising:
- receiving a plurality of input camera images comprising imagery of a building object;
- receiving a desired estimate analysis related to the building object within the imagery, wherein the desired estimate analysis comprises a requested dimension of the building object;
- determining, for each of the received input cameras images, whether a minimum criterion is met, wherein the minimum criterion indicates applicability for constructing a multi-dimensional building model based on the desired estimate analysis;
- aggregating an image set comprising each of the input camera images meeting the minimum criterion;
- constructing a base multi-dimensional building model of the building object from the aggregated image set;
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- returning a responsive estimate based on the constructed base multi-dimensional building model, wherein the responsive estimate comprises the requested dimension of the building object.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, upon execution, cause a computing system to perform operations including:
- receiving a plurality of input camera images comprising imagery of a building object;
- receiving a desired estimate analysis related to the building object within the imagery, wherein the desired estimate analysis comprises a requested dimension of the building object;
- determining, for each of the received input cameras images whether a minimum criterion is met, wherein the minimum criterion indicates applicability for constructing a multi-dimensional building model based on the desired estimate analysis;
- aggregating an image set comprising each of the input camera images meeting the minimum criterion;
- constructing a base multi-dimensional building model of the building object from the aggregated image set;
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- returning a responsive estimate based on the constructed base multi-dimensional building model, wherein the responsive estimate comprises the requested dimension of the building object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.