Guided photography and video on a mobile device
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1. A system comprising:
- a first user device including;
a first application configured to;
receive an indication that a user intends to photograph an object;
determine a category for the object;
use the category for the object to retrieve a wireframe overlay corresponding to the category from a plurality of possible wireframe overlays;
access an account stored for the user in a database to obtain a listing of registered devices for the user; and
trigger a camera application on one of the registered devices for the user to display the wireframe overlay to the user, informing the user as to an orientation at which to capture images using the one of the registered devices.
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Abstract
In an example embodiment, an item listing process is run in an item listing application. Upon reaching a specified point in the item listing process, a camera application on the user device is triggered (or the camera directly accessed by the item listing application) to enable a user to capture images using the camera, wherein the triggering includes providing a wireframe overlay informing the user as to an angle at which to capture images from the camera.
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1. A system comprising:
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a first user device including; a first application configured to; receive an indication that a user intends to photograph an object; determine a category for the object; use the category for the object to retrieve a wireframe overlay corresponding to the category from a plurality of possible wireframe overlays; access an account stored for the user in a database to obtain a listing of registered devices for the user; and trigger a camera application on one of the registered devices for the user to display the wireframe overlay to the user, informing the user as to an orientation at which to capture images using the one of the registered devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for guiding the capture of information from a camera, comprising:
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receiving an indication that a user intends to photograph an object; determining a category for the object; using the category for the object to retrieve a wireframe overlay corresponding to the category from a plurality of possible wireframe overlays; accessing an account stored for the user in a database to obtain a listing of registered devices for the user; and triggering a camera application on one of the registered devices for the user to display the wireframe overlay to the user, informing the user as to an orientation at which to capture images using the one of the registered devices. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having instruction data to cause a machine to execute a method to perform operations comprising:
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receiving an indication that a user intends to photograph an object; determining a category for the object; using the category for the object to retrieve a wireframe overlay corresponding to the category from a plurality of possible wireframe overlays; accessing an account stored for the user in a database to obtain a listing of registered devices for the user; and triggering a camera application on one of the registered devices for the user to display the wireframe overlay to the user, informing the user as to an orientation at which to capture images using the one of the registered devices. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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