Estimating coefficient of drag

Abstract

A system receives images of a vehicle from a plurality of viewpoint locations. The system processes the images via an artificial intelligence model and outputs an estimated aerodynamic efficiency from the artificial intelligence model based on the processing. The images may include orthogonal views of the vehicle. The images may be obtained by rendering a parameterized model of the vehicle. The parameters defining the parameterized model may define an exterior shape of the vehicle. The images may be rendered with lighting, viewpoint location, and color used to generate images to train the artificial intelligence model. The artificial intelligence model may include one or more convolution layers with corresponding rectified linear units followed by a fully connected layer.

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