US 12,348,857 B2
Directed image capture
William Castillo, Belmont, CA (US); Adam J. Altman, San Francisco, CA (US); Ioannis Pavlidis, Redwood City, CA (US); Sarthak Sahu, San Francisco, CA (US); and Manish Upendran, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Hover Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Hover Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/215,106.
Application 18/215,106 is a continuation of application No. 17/352,334, filed on Jun. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,729,495.
Application 17/352,334 is a continuation of application No. 16/864,115, filed on Apr. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,070,720, issued on Jul. 20, 2021.
Application 16/864,115 is a continuation of application No. 16/040,663, filed on Jul. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,681,264, issued on Jun. 9, 2020.
Application 16/040,663 is a continuation of application No. 15/348,038, filed on Nov. 10, 2016, granted, now 10,038,838, issued on Jul. 31, 2018.
Application 15/348,038 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/166,587, filed on May 27, 2016, granted, now 9,934,608, issued on Apr. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/168,460, filed on May 29, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/253,441, filed on Nov. 10, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0336866 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/60 (2023.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/21 (2006.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01); H04N 13/221 (2018.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/64 (2023.01) [G06T 17/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/2104 (2013.01); H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 13/221 (2018.05); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/633 (2023.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of directed capture of building imagery, the method comprising:
displaying, on an image capture device display, a physical building within a first image frame at a first camera position;
displaying an overlay guide associated with the physical building within the first image frame at the first camera position;
receiving a first quality assessment of the first image frame with respect to the overlay guide; and
capturing a first image of the physical building based on the first quality assessment.