Home management, maintenance, repair, remodeling and redecoration system and method
AssigneeUnited States Gypsum Company
InventorsJorge ANGEL, Mark Miklosz, Daniel Jacobs, Anne McGrath
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a home management system and method with a 360-degree virtual surface rendering application. Embodiments of the invention generate a listing of home improvement projects from the inspection report to be viewed through a user interface. Homeowners may manage, prioritize, rank, and educate themselves on each listed home improvement project. Embodiments of the invention may contain a 360-degree virtual surface rendering application allowing a homeowner to select different surface types for a room, and then view them on a re-rendered image of the room before purchasing the new surfaces.
Claims20
An electronic home management system comprising:
- an application server capable of transmitting and receiving data over a communication network;
- a database capable of storing home management data;
- a home management software application running on the application server and communicatively coupled to the database;
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- a user interface responsive to user input, wherein said user interface displays, transmits and receives customized home management data between an authorized user and the software application.
A method for capturing, modifying and displaying an image a section of a home, the method comprising:
- (a) capturing an image of a section of a home to obtain a 3-dimensional bowl panoramic digital image with a digital camera;
- (b) electronically masking the 3-dimensional bowl panoramic digital image for different surface types;
- (c) electronically unfolding the masked 3-dimensional bowl panoramic digital image into a 2-dimensional masked digital image;
- (d) receiving at least one parameter from a user, through a user interface, to render a different surface finish or material on at least one surface type of the section of the home;
- (e) rendering a new surface finish or material on the 2-dimensional masked digital image using a 3-dimensional surface rendering application;
- (f) creating a rendered 3-dimensional bowl panoramic digital image using the 3-dimensional surface rendering application;
- (g) converting the 3-dimensional bowl panoramic digital image to a 360 degree virtual reality file using a virtual reality conversion application;
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- (h) playing the 360 degree virtual reality file to the user using a virtual reality player through a user interface.
A home management method comprising the steps of:
- inspecting a home for maintenance, redecorating, remodeling or repair projects;
- capturing electronic images of at least one section of the home, wherein the images include a 2-dimensional image and a 3-dimensional bowl panoramic image of the same section of the home;
- publishing a home inspection report and displaying at least a portion of a captured image to a personalized user website;
- receiving user input via a user interface to modify the surface materials or finishes on surface types on the portion of the displayed image;
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- displaying a new image as modified according to user input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.