Systems and methods for estimation of building wall area
First Claim
1. A computing system for generating estimated wall area measurements, the computing system comprising:
- at least one computer processor;
a graphical user interface; and
a memory coupled to the at least one computer processor, the memory having computer executable instructions stored on the memory, that, when executed, cause the at least one computer processor to;
generate a three dimensional roof model of a roof of a building, the roof model having measurements of the roof including information regarding one or more edges of the roof;
render, on the graphical user interface, an aerial image of the building showing an oblique view of the building;
render, on the graphical user interface, the roof model overlaid on the roof of the building shown in the aerial image and aligned with the oblique view of the building;
receive one or more measurements indicative of one or more distances between one or more reference points on the roof and a ground surface on which the building rests, based at least in part on receipt of an indication from a user of one or more reference points selected in the aerial image rendered on the graphical user interface and indicative of one or more points on the ground surface;
generate the ground surface in a corresponding area underneath the roof model based at least in part on the one or more measurements indicative of one or more distances between one or more reference points on the roof and the ground surface;
generate, based at least in part on the roof measurements and the ground surface, a three dimensional building model of the building based at least partly on creating one or more wall for the building model by extending the one or more wall from along corresponding edges of the roof toward the ground surface until either intersecting the ground surface or intersecting another surface of the roof in the roof model;
render, on the graphical user interface, the building model overlaid on the building shown in the aerial image and aligned with the oblique view of the building;
generate an estimated wall area measurement of the building from the building model; and
output a wall area measurement estimate report having the estimated wall area measurement of the building thereon, wherein the generated wall estimation report is provided for repair and/or constructing a structure of the building.
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Abstract
A wall area estimation system generates an estimated wall area measurement of a building based on the received roof measurements (e.g., those generated by, received from or found in a three dimensional model of the roof) and a reference distance. The reference distance is a measurement indicative of a distance between a reference point on the roof and a ground surface. This reference distance may be used to determine how for down to extend the walls of the building (e.g., to a ground level) when building a three dimensional digital model of the building to aid in generating wall area measurements. The resulting wall measurements, roof measurements, measurements of areas missing from the wall used to generate a wall estimate report, or a combined roof and wall estimate report including various different identifiers indicating the different features and measurements based on the three dimensional model.
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12 Claims
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1. A computing system for generating estimated wall area measurements, the computing system comprising:
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at least one computer processor; a graphical user interface; and a memory coupled to the at least one computer processor, the memory having computer executable instructions stored on the memory, that, when executed, cause the at least one computer processor to; generate a three dimensional roof model of a roof of a building, the roof model having measurements of the roof including information regarding one or more edges of the roof; render, on the graphical user interface, an aerial image of the building showing an oblique view of the building; render, on the graphical user interface, the roof model overlaid on the roof of the building shown in the aerial image and aligned with the oblique view of the building; receive one or more measurements indicative of one or more distances between one or more reference points on the roof and a ground surface on which the building rests, based at least in part on receipt of an indication from a user of one or more reference points selected in the aerial image rendered on the graphical user interface and indicative of one or more points on the ground surface; generate the ground surface in a corresponding area underneath the roof model based at least in part on the one or more measurements indicative of one or more distances between one or more reference points on the roof and the ground surface; generate, based at least in part on the roof measurements and the ground surface, a three dimensional building model of the building based at least partly on creating one or more wall for the building model by extending the one or more wall from along corresponding edges of the roof toward the ground surface until either intersecting the ground surface or intersecting another surface of the roof in the roof model; render, on the graphical user interface, the building model overlaid on the building shown in the aerial image and aligned with the oblique view of the building; generate an estimated wall area measurement of the building from the building model; and output a wall area measurement estimate report having the estimated wall area measurement of the building thereon, wherein the generated wall estimation report is provided for repair and/or constructing a structure of the building. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-implemented method for generating estimated wall area measurements, the method comprising:
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generating, by a computer processor of a system for generating estimated wall area measurements, a three dimensional roof model of a roof of a building as part of a three dimensional building model of the building, the roof model having measurements of the roof including information regarding one or more edges of the roof; rendering, on a graphical user interface, an aerial image of the building showing an oblique view of the building; rendering, on the graphical user interface, the roof model overlaid on the roof of the building shown in the aerial image and aligned with the oblique view of the building; receiving one or more measurements indicative of one or more distances between one or more reference points on the roof and a ground surface on which the building rests, based at least in part on receipt of an indication from a user of one or more reference points selected in the aerial image rendered on the graphical user interface and indicative of one or more points on the ground surface; generating, by the computer processor, the ground surface in a corresponding area underneath the roof model based at least in part on the one or more measurements indicative of one or more distances between one or more reference points on the roof and the ground surface; generating, by the computer processor, a wall within the three dimensional building model by extending the wall in the three dimensional building model from along or near an edge of the roof represented by the three dimensional roof model toward the ground surface, the wall extending a distance until either intersecting a level of the ground surface, or intersecting another surface of the roof, according to the three dimensional roof model; rendering, on the graphical user interface, the building model overlaid on the building shown in the aerial image and aligned with the oblique view of the building; using, by the computer processor, dimensions of the wall generated in the three dimensional building model to determine an area of the wall; and outputting, by the computer processor of the system for generating estimated wall area measurements, a wall estimation report having the determined area of the wall thereon and wherein the generated wall estimation report is provided for repair and/or constructing a structure of the building.
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