Guided material data collection
AssigneeCentric Software, Inc.
InventorsHumberto Roa, Rammohan Akula, Fabrice Canonge, Nicholas Fjellberg Swerdlowe, Rohit Ghatol, Grif Von Holst
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Abstract
A material data collection system allows capturing of material data. For example, the material data collection system may include digital image data for materials. The material data collection system may ensure that captured digital image data is properly aligned, so that material data may be easily recalled for later use, while maintaining the proper alignment for the captured digital image. The material data collection system may include using a capture guide, to provide cues on how to orient a mobile device used with the material data collection system.
Claims14
A method comprising:
- providing a capture guide device comprising a first border in a first direction and a second border in a second direction, wherein the first direction is transverse to the second direction,
- the first and second borders intersect at an origin point,
- a first ruled scale is formed on the first border, extending from the origin point along the first border,
- a second ruled scale is formed on the second border, extending from the origin point along the second border,
- a first alignment indicator, formed in an intersection region of the first and second border,
- a second alignment indicator, formed on the first border, distal from the intersection region,
- a third alignment indicator, formed on the second border, distal from the intersection region;
- providing a mobile device comprising a camera and an operation to capture a material sample, comprising:
- displaying on a screen of the mobile device a camera view of the material sample, held by the capture guide device, and the capture guide device as captured by the camera, and
- in the camera view, creating and displaying on the screen a first camera alignment indicator, a second camera alignment indicator, and a third camera alignment indicator;
- capturing an initial material sample image using an application executing on the mobile device;
- transforming the initial material sample image, based upon a bounded polygon formed using alignment indicators, to render an alignment corrected material sample image;
- from the alignment corrected material sample image, identifying a sample material swatch area, wherein the sample material swatch area includes at least one instance of a pattern found in the initial material sample image;
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- storing on the mobile device the sample material swatch area and the initial material sample image.
A method comprising:
- receiving a digital image of a real-world material sample;
- analyzing the digital image to determine at least two marker areas found on a capture guide included with the digital image;
- correcting, based on the at least two marker areas, a color of the digital image;
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- creating, after correcting the digital image, a cropped version of the digital image comprising:
- identifying at least one pattern of the real-world material sample, and
- including the at least one pattern of the real-world material sample in the cropped version of the digital image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.