Computing apparatus and method
OwnerPaul WIDDOWSON, Anna GASZCZAKinventors
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide computing apparatus for determining a height of a roof load of a vehicle, the apparatus being operable to: display a captured image of at least a portion a the vehicle and roof load on display means of the apparatus; superimpose a vehicle overlay on the image; and allow a user to manipulate the vehicle overlay thereby to obtain a prescribed correspondence between the overlay and the at least a portion of the vehicle, wherein the apparatus is further operable to calculate a height of the roof load and to provide an output corresponding to the calculated height.
Claims27
An apparatus for determining a height of a roof load of a vehicle, the apparatus being operable to:
- display a captured image of at least a portion of the vehicle and roof load on display means of the apparatus;
- superimpose a vehicle overlay on the image, wherein at least a first dimension of the vehicle overlay corresponds to a known dimension of the vehicle;
- and
- allow a user to manipulate the vehicle overlay thereby to obtain a prescribed correspondence between at least the first dimension of the overlay and the at least a portion of the vehicle;
- wherein the apparatus is further operable to calculate a height of the roof load and to provide an output corresponding to the calculated height.
A method of determining a height of a roof load of a vehicle comprising:
- receiving and displaying a captured image of at least a portion of the vehicle on display means of a computing apparatus;
- superimposing a vehicle overlay on the image, wherein at least a first dimension of the vehicle overlay corresponds to a known dimension of the vehicle;
- and
- receiving an input from a user and changing an appearance of the vehicle overlay responsive to the input from the user whereby the user manipulates the overlay to obtain a prescribed correspondence between at least the first dimension of the vehicle overlay and the image,
- the method further comprising calculating a height of the roof load and providing an output corresponding to the calculated height.
Computing apparatus for determining a height of a roof load of a vehicle, the apparatus being operable to:
- display a captured image of at least a portion of the vehicle on display means of the apparatus;
- superimpose a vehicle overlay on the image, wherein at least a first dimension of the vehicle overlay corresponds to a known dimension of the vehicle;
- allow a user to manipulate the vehicle overlay thereby to obtain a prescribed correspondence between at least the first dimension of the overlay and the at least a portion of the vehicle in the image;
- and
- allow the user to provide an indication of a location of an upper boundary of the roof load on the image,
- wherein the apparatus is further operable to calculate a height of the roof load responsive to the position of the upper boundary of the roof load and a position and shape of the vehicle overlay, the apparatus being operable to provide an output corresponding to the calculated height.
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