Photo inspection guide for vehicle auction

A method for evaluating photographs of an item being offered for auction, comprising:

• displaying a plurality of the photographs of a first item as a set on a display screen for review by a reviewer, the photographs of the set being displayed in a standardized arrangement having predetermined views of the first item in each corresponding position of the standardized arrangement;
• overlaying an alignment image on predetermined ones of the photographs in the standardized arrangement;
• receiving from a reviewer a rating of the photographs of the set of the first item, the rating being received as a single keystroke entered on a keyboard by the reviewer;
• following the receiving of the rating of the set of the first item as a single keystroke, displaying a plurality of the photographs of a second item on the display screen, the photographs of the set of the second item being displayed in the standardized arrangement with the predetermined views of the second item in the same corresponding positions of the standardized arrangement as for the first item;
• and
• repeating the displaying, overlaying and receiving steps for subsequent items.

A method for evaluating a quality of a set of photographs, comprising:

• displaying a plurality of photographs of an item in a predetermined arrangement of views of the item;
• overlaying an alignment image on predetermined ones of the photographs;
• and
• receiving an evaluation of whether the item in at least one of the photographs is substantially aligned with the alignment image of the overlay.

A method for evaluating a plurality of photographs of a plurality of items, comprising:

• receiving a plurality of photographs of each item for a plurality of items;
• displaying the plurality of photographs of a first item together as a set on a display screen in a predetermined arrangement of views of the first item;
• receiving a rating of one of a pass and fail for the set of photographs of the first item;
• displaying the plurality of photographs of a second item together as a set on a display screen in a predetermined arrangement of views of the second item;
• receiving a rating of one of a pass and fail for the set of photographs of the second item;
• continuing the displaying and receiving the rating for subsequent items;
• and
• transmitting an instruction to obtain new photographs of the items that received a fail rating.

A method for orienting an object in a photograph, comprising:

• displaying a preview image of a photograph to be taken;
• overlaying on the preview image an alignment image that depicts a desired orientation and position of the object in the photograph;
• capturing the photograph of the object;
• and
• saving the captured photograph without saving the alignment image.