Vehicle photographic and inspection booth
AssigneeCarvana, LLC
InventorDavo Scheich
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Abstract
A booth for photographing or inspecting a vehicle includes walls that bounding a planar stage, each of the walls has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion has a first length and extending up from the planar stage. A first end of the first portion forms a first obtuse angle with the planar stage inside the booth, the second portion has a second length and extending up from a second end of the first portion. A first end of the second portion forms a second obtuse angle with the second end of the first portion inside the booth. A platform is also suspended above the stage. A lighting source is positioned on the platform. The lighting source is configured to direct light toward the second portion of each of the walls.
Claims20
A booth for at least one of photographing or inspecting a vehicle, the booth comprising:
- a plurality of walls bounding a planar stage, each wall of the plurality of walls comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a first length and extending up from the planar stage, a first end of the first portion forming a first obtuse angle with the planar stage inside the booth, the second portion having a second length and extending up from a second end of the first portion, a first end of the second portion forming a second obtuse angle with the second end of the first portion inside the booth;
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- a lighting source configured to direct light toward the second portion of each wall of the plurality of walls, wherein the lighting source is configured to increase an intensity of emitted light behind a photographer while decreasing an intensity of emitted light in front of the photographer, thereby allowing the photographer to capture images of interior compartments of the vehicle without background flare.
A method of providing a booth for photographing or inspecting a vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of walls bounding a planar stage, each wall of the plurality of walls comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a first length and extending up from the planar stage, a first end of the first portion forming a first obtuse angle with the planar stage inside the booth, the second portion having a second length and extending up from a second end of the first portion, a first end of the second portion forming a second obtuse angle with the second end of the first portion inside the booth;
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- providing a lighting source configured to direct light toward the second portion of each of wall of the plurality of walls, wherein the lighting source is configured to increase an intensity of emitted light behind a photographer while decreasing an intensity of emitted light in front of the photographer, thereby allowing the photographer to capture images of interior compartments of the vehicle without background flare.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.