System and Method for Virtual Touring of Model Homes

• US 20130179841A1
• Filed: 01/07/2013
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Christopher Ritten, Jason Ritten, Jeremy Mutton
• Original Assignee: Christopher Ritten, Jason Ritten, Jeremy Mutton
• Inventors: Mutton, Jeremy, Ritten, Christopher, Ritten, Jason
• Application Number:
  US13/735,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20130179841A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/850
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/003 Navigation within 3D models or images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/04 Architectural design, interior design

Abstract

There is disclosed a system and method for providing a virtual tour of a model property. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises providing one or more interactive three dimensional viewing modes for viewing the model property. An interactive user control is provided for moving between the one or more interactive three dimensional interactive viewing modes, wherein, the transition between one or more interactive three dimensional viewing modes is continuous. The one or more interactive three dimensional viewing modes may include a floor plan view mode, and a three dimensional room view mode, with a seamless transition in between giving the viewer a sensation of zooming into or out of a selected room. In another embodiment, an interactive first person walk-through view mode is provided whereby a user can interact with one or more features in a room. The user is able to modify a design of one or more features in the model based upon preferences of the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing a virtual tour of a model property, comprising:

providing one or more interactive three dimensional viewing modes for viewing the model property; and

providing an interactive user control for moving between the one or more interactive three dimensional interactive viewing modes, wherein, the transition between one or more interactive three dimensional viewing modes is continuous.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein one of the interactive three dimensional viewing modes is a floor plan view mode, and another of the interactive three dimensional viewing modes is a three dimensional room view mode.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising providing an interactive first person walk-through view mode with navigation controls, whereby a user can interact with one or more features in a room.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising providing a stereoscopic three dimensional (3D) image as the user navigates a virtual tour of a model property.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising providing an interactive control to modify a design one or more features based upon preferences of the user.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising providing a list of user selectable styles from which the user can select view a room in different styles.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising providing a list of user selectable lighting options which the user can select to view a room in different lighting.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising providing different viewing options based on a demographic input received from a user.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising accessing the virtual tour remotely via an Internet website.

10. A computer system for providing a virtual tour of a model property, the system adapted to:

provide one or more interactive three dimensional viewing modes for viewing the model property; and

provide an interactive user control for moving between the one or more interactive three dimensional interactive viewing modes, wherein, the transition between one or more interactive three dimensional viewing modes is continuous.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein one of the interactive three dimensional viewing modes is a floor plan view mode, and another of the interactive three dimensional viewing modes is a three dimensional room view mode.

12. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the system is further adapted to provide an interactive first person walk-through view mode with navigation controls, whereby a user can interact with one or more features in a room.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the system is further adapted to provide a stereoscopic three dimensional (3D) image as the user navigates a virtual tour of a model property.

14. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the system is further adapted to provide an interactive control to modify a design one or more features based upon preferences of the user.

15. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the system is further adapted to provide a list of user selectable styles from which the user can select view a room in different styles.

16. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the system is further adapted to provide a list of user selectable lighting options which the user can select to view a room m different lighting.

17. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the system is further adapted to provide different viewing options based on a demographic input received from a user.

18. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the system is further adapted to provide access to the virtual tour remotely via an Internet website.

19. A non-transitory computer readable media storing computer code that when executed on a computer device adapts the device to perform a method for providing a virtual tour of a model property, the non-transitory computer readable media comprising:

code for providing one or more interactive three dimensional viewing modes for viewing the model property; and

code for providing an interactive user control for moving between the one or more interactive three dimensional interactive viewing modes, wherein, the transition between one or more interactive three dimensional viewing modes is continuous.

20. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 19, wherein one of the interactive three dimensional viewing modes is a floor plan view mode, and another of the interactive three dimensional viewing modes is a three dimensional room view mode.