US 12,469,218 B2
Real-time processing of captured building imagery
William Castillo, Walnut Creek, CA (US); Manish Upendran, San Francisco, CA (US); Ajay Mishra, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Adam J. Altman, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Hover Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Hover Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,257.
Application 18/151,257 is a continuation of application No. 17/197,924, filed on Mar. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,574,440.
Application 17/197,924 is a continuation of application No. 16/683,168, filed on Nov. 13, 2019, granted, now 10,991,158, issued on Apr. 27, 2021.
Application 16/683,168 is a continuation of application No. 16/555,070, filed on Aug. 29, 2019, granted, now 10,713,842, issued on Jul. 14, 2020.
Application 16/555,070 is a continuation of application No. 15/942,733, filed on Apr. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,410,412, issued on Sep. 10, 2019.
Application 15/942,733 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/166,587, filed on May 27, 2016, granted, now 9,934,608, issued on Mar. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/168,460, filed on May 29, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0154107 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 17/05 (2011.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 17/05 (2013.01) [G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of directed capture of building imagery, the method comprises:
overlaying, on a capture device display, at least one of a plurality of graphical guides;
capturing, by the capture device, a plurality of building images concurrent with displaying the at least one of the plurality of graphical guides;
determining when a base set of quality building images has been captured, wherein a quality building image comprises a building object aligned with an orientation of the overlay guide and wherein the base set of quality building images includes a minimum grouping of quality building images to construct at least a partial multi-dimensional building model representing the plurality of captured building images, where the at least a partial multidimensional building model includes surfaces shown in the minimum grouping of quality building images; and
creating at least a partial multidimensional building model based at least partially on the base set of quality building images.