DIRECTED IMAGE CAPTURE
First Claim
1. A method of directed capture of building imagery, the method comprising:
- displaying, on an image capture device, a selected graphical guide from a set of sequentially related graphical guides to assist with building image capture orientation;
receiving an assessment of quality of a building image associated with the selected graphical guide;
receiving, based on the selected graphical guide and the assessment of quality, acknowledgement of the building image being captured;
repeating the displaying and receiving steps for a plurality of the selected graphical guides from the set of sequentially related graphical guides; and
saving to memory the building images captured.
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Abstract
A process is provided for graphically guiding a user of a capture device (e.g., smartphone) to more accurately capture a series of images of a building. Images are captured as the picture taker moves around the building—taking a plurality (e.g., 4-16) of images from multiple angles and distances. Before capturing an image, a quality of the image may be determined to prevent low quality images from being captured or to provide instructions on how to improve the quality of the image capture. The series of captured images are uploaded to an image processing system to generate a 3D building model that is returned to the user. The returned 3D building model may incorporate scaled measurements of building architectural elements and may include a dataset of measurements for one or more architectural elements such as siding (e.g., aluminum, vinyl, wood, brick and/or paint), windows, doors or roofing.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of directed capture of building imagery, the method comprising:
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displaying, on an image capture device, a selected graphical guide from a set of sequentially related graphical guides to assist with building image capture orientation; receiving an assessment of quality of a building image associated with the selected graphical guide; receiving, based on the selected graphical guide and the assessment of quality, acknowledgement of the building image being captured; repeating the displaying and receiving steps for a plurality of the selected graphical guides from the set of sequentially related graphical guides; and saving to memory the building images captured. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of directed capture of building imagery, the method comprising:
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displaying, on a capture device, a graphical guide from a set of sequentially related graphical guides to assist with a building imagery capture sequence; receiving an assessment of quality of at least one image associated with the building imagery; directing, based on the graphical guide and the assessment of quality, capture of the at least one image; receiving acknowledgement of the at least one image capture; receiving the at least one image capture for a plurality of selected graphical guides of the set of sequentially related graphical guides; and saving to memory the images captured. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computing device comprises:
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an interface; a local memory; and a processing module operably coupled to the interface and the local memory, wherein the processing module functions to; display one or more select graphical guides from a set of graphical guides, the one or more select graphical guides directing a building object image capture sequence; receive an assessment of quality of the building object image; based on the received assessment, capture one or more images of at least a portion of the building object; repeat the display, receive, and capture steps for selected graphical guides of the set of graphical guides; and save to memory the one or more images captured. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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