Method and system for obtaining vehicle target views from a video stream

A mobile device comprising:

• a camera configured to generate a video stream;
• a second sensor configured to generate sensor output;
• a display;
• a memory configured to store at least one predetermined view of a vehicle, the predetermined view comprising a perspective of the vehicle;
• and
• a processor in communication with the camera, the display, and the memory, the processor configured to:
• access the video stream;
• correlating at least one datum of the sensor output to a frame in the video stream;
• analyze the frame of the video stream and the datum correlated to the frame in order to determine whether to assign the frame as an image for the predetermined view of the vehicle;
• responsive to determining to assign the frame as an image for the predetermined view of the vehicle, assign at least a part of the frame as the image for the predetermined view of the vehicle;
• and
• responsive to determining not to assign the frame as the image for the predetermined view of the vehicle, selecting a different frame in the video stream as the image for the predetermined view of the vehicle.

A mobile device comprising:

• a camera configured to generate a video stream;
• a display;
• a memory configured to store indicators for a plurality of predetermined views of a vehicle;
• and
• a processor in communication with the camera, the display, and the memory, the processor configured to:
• access the video stream;
• determine, for a frame of the video stream, whether a specific predetermined view from the plurality of predetermined views, is present in the frame of the video stream;
• responsive to determining that the specific predetermined view is present in the frame of the video stream:
• identify the frame as an image of the specific predetermined view;
• output an indication that the image of the specific predetermined view has been obtained;
• and
• determine, based on the determined specific predetermined view, at least one aspect of damage for the specific predetermined view.