Automated Tools For Assessing Building Mapping Information Generation

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• obtaining, by one or more computing devices and for a building with multiple rooms, one or more first images acquired by one or more users at one or more first acquisition locations in a subset of the multiple rooms, wherein each of the first images has visual coverage of at least some walls of one of the multiple rooms in which the respective first acquisition location for that first image is located;
• analyzing, by the one or more computing devices, visual data of the one or more first images to assess one or more attributes of the one or more first images;
• predicting, by the one or more computing devices and based at least in part on the assessed one or more attributes of the one or more first images, one or more characteristics of an automated generation process to produce a floor plan for the building, wherein the automated generation process is based on analysis of the visual data of the one or more first images and is based on future analysis of additional images to be acquired at additional acquisition locations for the building, and wherein the predicted one or more characteristics include a predicted amount of time to complete the floor plan for the building;
• presenting, by the one or more computing devices, feedback to the one or more users that includes at least the predicted amount of time, to enable improvement in the additional images to be acquired;
• obtaining, by the one or more computing devices, one or more second images of the additional images that are acquired by the one or more users at one or more additional second acquisition locations for the building;
• analyzing, by the one or more computing devices, visual data of the one or more second images to assess at least one attribute of the one or more second images;
• predicting, by the one or more computing devices and based at least in part on the assessed at least one attribute of the one or more second images, one or more updated characteristics of the automated generation process that include a revised predicted amount of time to complete the floor plan for the building;
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• presenting, by the one or more computing devices, revised feedback to the one or more users that includes at least the revised predicted amount of time, to enable further improvement in the automated generation process.

A system comprising:

• one or more hardware processors of one or more computing devices;
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• one or more memories with stored instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more hardware processors, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to perform automated operations including at least:
• obtaining, for a building with multiple rooms, one or more first images acquired at one or more first acquisition locations in one or more first rooms of the multiple rooms, wherein each of the first images has visual coverage of at least some walls of one of the first rooms that includes the respective first acquisition location for that first image;
• analyzing visual data of the one or more first images to assess one or more attributes of the one or more first images;
• generating, based at least in part on the assessed one or more attributes of the one or more first images, one or more predicted characteristics of a generation process for producing mapping information for the building that include a predicted amount of time for the producing of the mapping information, wherein the generation process is based at least in part on analysis of the visual data of the one or more first images and on future analysis of additional images to be acquired at additional acquisition locations for the building;
• providing feedback that includes at least the predicted amount of time, to enable improvement in the generation process resulting at least in part from the additional images to be acquired;
• obtaining one or more second images of the additional images that are acquired at one or more additional second acquisition locations for the building;
• analyzing visual data of the one or more second images to assess at least one attribute of the one or more second images;
• generating, based at least in part on the assessed at least one attribute of the one or more second images, one or more updated predicted characteristics of the generation process that include a revised predicted amount of time for the producing of the mapping information for the building;
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• using at least the revised predicted amount of time to enable further improvement in the generation process.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored contents that cause one or more computing devices to perform automated operations including at least:

• obtaining, by the one or more computing devices and for a building with multiple rooms, one or more first images acquired by one or more users at one or more first acquisition locations in one or more first rooms, wherein each of the first images has visual coverage of at least some walls of one of the first rooms that includes the respective first acquisition location for that first image;
• analyzing, by the one or more computing devices, visual data of the one or more first images to assess one or more attributes of the one or more first images;
• predicting, by the one or more computing devices and based at least in part on the assessed one or more attributes of the one or more first images, one or more characteristics of an automated generation process for producing a floor plan for the building, wherein the automated generation process is based on analysis of the visual data of the one or more first images and is based on future analysis of additional images to be acquired at additional acquisition locations for the building, and wherein the predicted one or more characteristics include a predicted amount of one or more resources involved with the producing of the floor plan for the building;
• providing, by the one or more computing devices, feedback to the one or more users that includes at least the predicted amount of the one or more resources, to enable improvement in the automated generation process resulting at least in part from acquiring of the additional images;
• obtaining, by the one or more computing devices, one or more second images of the additional images that are acquired by the one or more users at one or more additional second acquisition locations for the building;
• analyzing, by the one or more computing devices, visual data of the one or more second images to assess at least one attribute of the one or more second images;
• predicting, by the one or more computing devices and based at least in part on the assessed at least one attribute of the one or more second images, one or more updated characteristics of the automated generation process that include a revised predicted amount of the one or more resources involved with the producing of the floor plan for the building;
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• providing, by the one or more computing devices, revised feedback to the one or more users that includes at least the revised predicted amount of the one or more resources, to enable further improvement in the automated generation process.