US 11,892,757 B2
Vehicle photographic and inspection booth
Davo Scheich, Troy, MI (US)
Assigned to Carvana, LLC, Tempe, AZ (US)
Appl. No. 17/604,038
Filed by Carvana, LLC, Tempe, AZ (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/030399
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/223301, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/839,818, filed on Apr. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0146915 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G03B 17/56 (2021.01); G03B 15/07 (2021.01); B66F 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03B 17/561 (2013.01) [B66F 7/00 (2013.01); G03B 15/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A booth for at least one of photographing or inspecting a vehicle, the booth comprising:
a plurality of walls bounding a planar stage, each wall of the plurality of walls comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a first length and extending up from the planar stage, a first end of the first portion forming a first obtuse angle with the planar stage inside the booth, the second portion having a second length and extending up from a second end of the first portion, a first end of the second portion forming a second obtuse angle with the second end of the first portion inside the booth; and
a lighting source configured to direct light toward the second portion of each wall of the plurality of walls, wherein the lighting source is configured to increase an intensity of emitted light behind a photographer while decreasing an intensity of emitted light in front of the photographer, thereby allowing the photographer to capture images of interior compartments of the vehicle without background flare.