Vehicle photographic chamber
AssigneeCarvana, LLC
InventorDavo Scheich
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Abstract
A circular dome for photographing vehicles includes curved frames that support a skin. Contoured walls offset from the curved frames to define a recess adapted to receive cameras and lights for photographing vehicles around a perimeter of the dome. A door matching the contour of the curved frames completes the dome and is size to receive a vehicle, to collectively implement subtractive lighting along the perimeter of the dome. A system and method are provided for automatically photographing vehicles in an enclosable circular domed structure where an automated process captures a series of vehicle images and uploads the captured images to a web template for display and recordation.
Claims20
A photographic chamber comprising:
- one or more lighting elements;
- one or more curved frames;
- one or more contoured supports coupled to the one or more curved frames, the one or more contoured supports providing internal structure for one or more contoured walls and a well area cut out for placement of the one or more lighting elements;
- one or more cameras coupled to the photographic chamber, the one or more cameras configured for photographing a vehicle in the photographic chamber;
- and
- a door comprising at least one of the one or more curved frames.
A method for using a photographic chamber comprising:
- moving a vehicle into the photographic chamber comprising:
- one or more curved frames;
- one or more contoured supports coupled to the one or more curved frames, the one or more contoured supports providing internal structure for one or more contoured walls and a well area cut out for placement of one or more lighting elements
- one or more cameras coupled to the photographic chamber;
- and
- a door comprising the one or more curved frames;
- moving the door into a closed position;
- illuminating the one or more lighting elements;
- and
- capturing one or more photographs of the vehicle.
A method of constructing a photographic chamber comprising:
- coupling one or more contoured supports to one or more curved frames, the one or more contoured supports providing internal structure for one or more contoured walls and a well area cut out for placement of one or more lighting elements;
- coupling one or more lighting elements to the photographic chamber;
- placing the one or more lighting elements in the well area cut out;
- coupling one or more cameras to the photographic chamber, the one or more cameras configured for photographing a vehicle in the photographic chamber;
- and
- coupling a door comprising at least one of the one or more curved frames to the photographic chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.