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US 9,805,503 B2Granted
Item model based on descriptor and images
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorSajeev Pillai
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Abstract
A model generation machine may form all or part of a network-based system. The model generation machine may generate an item model (e.g., a 3D model of the item) based on a set of images of an item and based on a product model (e.g., a 3D model of a product of which the item is a specimen). The item may be available for purchase from a seller. The model generation machine may access the set of images, as well as a descriptor of the item. Based on the descriptor, the model generation machine may identify the product model. Accordingly, the model generation machine may generate the item model from the identified product model and the accessed set of images.
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A method comprising:
- accessing a descriptor and a set of images that depict an item described by the descriptor, the item being a specimen of a product having a three-dimensional (3D) shape, an image among the set of images depicting a characteristic that is present in the item yet absent from the product of which the item is a specimen, the descriptor and the set of images being received from a seller device that corresponds to a seller of the item;
- screening the set of images by removing an unusable image;
- accessing, from a product database, a 3D model of the product based on the descriptor that describes the item;
- generating a 3D model of the item based on the accessed 3D model of the product and based on the screened set of images inclusive of the image that depicts the characteristic that is present in the item yet absent from the product, a 3D shape of the 3D model of the item matching the 3D shape of the product, the generating of the 3D model of the item being performed by one or more processors of a model generation machine;
- generating a model viewer usable to view the generated 3D model of the item;
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- transmitting a user application to a user device that corresponds to a user of a network-based system, the user application being configured to present the model viewer with the generated 3D model of the item to the user via a user interface, the transmitting of the user application to the user device being performed by one or more processors of the model generation machine.
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A system comprising:
- an access module configured to access a set of images of an item and a descriptor of the item, the item being a specimen of a product having a three-dimensional (3D) shape, an image among the set of images depicting a characteristic that is specific to the item yet absent from the product, the descriptor and the set of images being received from a seller device that corresponds to a seller of the item, and to access, from a product database, a 3D model of the product based on the descriptor of the item;
- a processor configured by a generation module to screen the set of images by removing an unusable image, to generate a 3D model of the item based on the accessed 3D model of the product and based on the screened set of images inclusive of the image that depicts the characteristic that is specific to the item yet absent from the product, a 3D shape of the 3D model of the item matching the 3D shape of the product, and to generate a model viewer usable to view the generated 3D model of the item, the generation module being implemented using one or more processors of a model generation machine;
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- a communication module configured to transmit a user application to a user device that corresponds to a user of a network-based system, the user application being configured to present the model viewer with the generated 3D model of the item to the user via a user interface, the communication module being implemented using one or more processors of the model generation machine.
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A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- accessing a descriptor and a set of images that depict an item described by the descriptor, the item being a specimen of a product having a three-dimensional (3D) shape, an image among the set of images depicting a characteristic that is present in the item yet absent from the product, the descriptor and the set of images being received from a seller device that corresponds to a seller of the item;
- screening the set of images by removing an unusable image;
- accessing, from a product database, a 3D model of the product based on the descriptor that describes the item;
- generating a 3D model of the item based on the accessed 3D model of the product and based on the screened set of images inclusive of the image that depicts the characteristic that is specific to the item yet absent from the product a 3D shape of the 3D model of the item matching the 3D shape of the product;
- generating a model viewer usable to view the generated 3D model of the item;
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- transmitting a user application to a user device that corresponds to a user of a network-based system, the user application being configured to present the model viewer with the generated 3D model of the item to the user via a user interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.