US 12,118,703 B2
Photo-realistic infrastructure inspection
Andrew Harmen, Doylestown, PA (US); Gabe Detter, Landisville, PA (US); Mohamed Morsy, Bridgeville, PA (US); Andrew Lawniczak, South Park Township, PA (US); Galin Konalchiev, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Matthew Crowell, Murrysville, PA (US); Jack Buffington, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Mohsen Pashna, Chatswood (NZ); Richard Rigby, Stillwater (NZ); Jason Mizgorski, Gibsonia, PA (US); Foster J Salotti, Warrendale, PA (US); Jjianan Lin, Auckland (NZ); and Valerie Walch, Warrendale, PA (US)
Assigned to RedZone Robotics, Inc., Warrendale, PA (US)
Filed by RedZone Robotics, Inc., Warrendale, PA (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/365,773.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/047,393, filed on Jul. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0028054 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/0004 (2013.01) [G06T 7/344 (2017.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
capturing, using one or more video cameras associated with an infrastructure inspection unit, two or more video frames of infrastructure;
accessing, using one or more processors, image metadata indicating a model of connected points based on the two or more video frames;
identifying, using the one or more processors, image data of the two or more video frames of the infrastructure;
selecting, using the one or more processors, image data of the two or more video frames for inclusion in an output based on the model;
wherein the selecting comprises selecting first image data of a single frame for inclusion in a photorealistic image; and
outputting, using the one or more processors, the photo-realistic image of the infrastructure comprising the image data selected.