US 11,841,601 B2
Ovoid vehicle photographic booth
Davo Scheich, Troy, MI (US)
Assigned to Carvana, LLC
Appl. No. 17/438,094
Filed by Carvana, LLC, Tempe, AZ (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/027914
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/210790, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/832,517, filed on Apr. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0187685 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G03B 15/06 (2021.01); G03B 17/48 (2021.01); G03B 35/02 (2021.01); H04N 13/282 (2018.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); G03B 35/08 (2021.01)
CPC G03B 15/06 (2013.01) [G03B 17/48 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); G03B 35/02 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); H04N 13/282 (2018.05); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for photographing a vehicle, the system comprising:
a drive-in booth shaped as an ovoid hemispherical dome having a wider semi-circular portion and a narrower ovoid portion;
a camera mounted at an apex of said ovoid portion at a focal length from the vehicle, where the focal length is greater than a radius of the semi-circular portion, said camera providing images or video to a computing system to generate 3D data from the vehicle positioned in the drive-in booth;
a lighting system positioned to illuminate an interior of said drive-in booth; and
a tracking system to actuate said camera or said lighting system.