SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE GENERATION BASED ON VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

• US 20170221229A1
• Filed: 02/03/2016
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AutoData Solutions Inc.
• Original Assignee: AutoData Solutions Inc.
• Inventors: Perrier, Gregory T., Nethercott, Jason K.
• Granted Patent: US 10,134,153 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20221 Image fusion; Image merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/50 using two or more images, e.g. averaging or subtraction

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention is directed to a system that comprises one or more processors and a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors. Herein, the memory including logic that, upon executing by the one or more processors and in response to receiving information that uniquely identifies a vehicle, automatically generating a plurality of images of the vehicle. A vehicle identification number (VIN) may be used as the information that uniquely identifies a vehicle and causes automatic generation of the interior and exterior images for that specific vehicle.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory including logic that, in response to receiving information that uniquely identifies a vehicle, automatically generating a plurality of images of the vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the information that uniquely identifies the vehicle includes a vehicle identification number.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the logic comprises analysis logic that, in response to receipt of the vehicle identification number, obtains one or more built vehicle option codes and vehicle trim information associated with the vehicle.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the logic further comprises a vehicle image layering logic that, in response to receiving information including the one or more built vehicle option codes and the vehicle trim information, generating a vehicle image of the plurality of images of the vehicle based, at least in part, on a plurality of images of components forming the vehicle and an overlay scheme that identifies an ordered layering of each of the plurality of images of components to produce the vehicle image.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the vehicle image layering logic to generate the vehicle image being a first vehicle image of the plurality of images of the vehicle representing a first viewing angle of the vehicle, the first vehicle image being formed by (i) a first plurality of images of components being a subset of the plurality of images of components forming the vehicle and (ii) the first plurality of images of components being layered in accordance with a first overlay scheme of the one or more overlay schemes.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the vehicle image layering logic to generate a second vehicle image of the plurality of vehicles images representing a second viewing angle of the vehicle differing from the first viewing angle, the second vehicle image being formed by a second plurality of images of components forming the vehicle in accordance with the second viewing angle and the second plurality of images being layered in accordance with a second overlay scheme that differs from the first overlay scheme of the one or more overlay schemes.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the logic further comprises a background insertion logic that, in response to receiving a code that identifies the dealer and including the first vehicle image, overlaying the first vehicle image over a dealer-specific background image to produce an updated vehicle image.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the logic further comprises a foreground insertion logic that, in response to receiving a code that identifies the dealer and including the first vehicle image, overlaying information that identifies the dealer over portions of the updated vehicle image.

9. A system for automatically generating displayable images of a vehicle, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory including

analysis logic that, in response to receipt of information that uniquely identifies the vehicle, obtains one or more built vehicle option codes and vehicle trim information associated with the vehicle, and

a vehicle image layering logic that, in response to receiving information including the one or more built vehicle option codes and the vehicle trim information, generating a vehicle image of the vehicle based, at least in part, on a plurality of images of components each forming at least a portion of the vehicle and each of the plurality of component images being configured to at least partially overlay each other in accordance with a prescribed ordered layering of the plurality of component images.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the information that uniquely identifies the vehicle includes a vehicle identification number.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the vehicle image layering logic to generate the vehicle image being a first vehicle image of the plurality of images of the vehicle representing a first viewing angle of the vehicle, the first vehicle image being formed by (i) a first plurality of component images being a subset of the plurality of component images forming the vehicle and (ii) the first plurality of component images being layered in accordance with a first overlay scheme of the one or more overlay schemes.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the vehicle image layering logic to generate a second vehicle image of the plurality of vehicles images representing a second viewing angle of the vehicle differing from the first viewing angle, the second vehicle image being formed by a second plurality of component images forming the vehicle in accordance with the second viewing angle and the second plurality of images being layered in accordance with a second overlay scheme that differs from the first overlay scheme of the one or more overlay schemes.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the memory further comprises background insertion logic that, in response to receiving a code that identifies the dealer and including the first vehicle image, overlaying the first vehicle image over a dealer-specific background image to produce an updated vehicle image.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the logic further comprises a foreground insertion logic that, in response to receiving a code that identifies the dealer and including the first vehicle image, overlaying information that identifies the dealer over portions of the updated vehicle image.

15. A computerized method for automatically generating displayable images of a vehicle, the system comprising:

obtaining information associated with the vehicle, the information includes one or more built vehicle option codes and vehicle trim information associated with the vehicle;

responsive to receiving the information including the one or more built vehicle option codes and the vehicle trim information, generating one or more layered images of the vehicle based, at least in part, on a plurality of vehicle sub-images each associated with a component of the vehicle, each of the plurality of vehicle sub-images being at least partially selected by the one or more built vehicle option codes and being configured to at least partially overlay each other in accordance with a prescribed ordered layering associated with the vehicle trim.

16. The computerized method of claim 15, wherein the obtaining the information associated with the vehicle is in response to receiving a vehicle identification number.

17. The computerized method of claim 15 further comprising:

responsive to receiving a code that identifies a dealer that is selling or leasing the vehicle and a first layered image of the vehicle, overlaying the first layered image of the vehicle by background insertion logic on a dealer-specific background image selected based on the code that identifies the dealer to produce an updated vehicle image.

18. The computerized method of claim 17 further comprising:

responsive to receiving the code that identifies the dealer and the updated vehicle image, generating a composite vehicle image by overlaying information that identifies the dealer over one or more portions of the updated vehicle image.

19. The computerized method of claim 18 further comprising:

resizing the composite vehicle image having a first resolution into a final vehicle image having a second resolution different than the first resolution based on a type of electronic device targeted to display the final vehicle image.