Image capture for a multi-dimensional building model
A process for receiving, from a computing device, a series of captured building images. The process continues by processing, in real-time, each building image in the series of captured building images to determine if each building image meets a minimum criterion, wherein the minimum criteria includes applicability to be used in constructing a specific digital multi-dimensional building model. The process continues by aggregating each image meeting the minimum criteria, determining when a base set of building images has been aggregated, wherein the base set of building images includes a threshold number images to model at least a partial multi-dimensional building model representing the series of captured building images, determining one or more facades present in the partial multi-dimensional building model, determining preliminary dimensions for one or more architectural features of the one or more facades and returning, incrementally (in real-time), the preliminary dimensions to the computing device.
1. A method of processing imagery, comprises:
receiving, from a capture device, a plurality of input images comprising a partial view of a subject building;
receiving a desired estimate analysis related to the subject building within the plurality of input images;
determining, for each of the plurality of input images whether a minimum criterion is met, wherein the minimum criterion indicates applicability for constructing a multi-dimensional building model based on the desired estimate analysis;
aggregating an image set comprising each of the plurality of input images meeting the minimum criterion;
constructing a base multi-dimensional building model of the subject building from the aggregated image set; and
returning a responsive estimate based on the constructed base multi-dimensional building model.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the desired estimate analysis is a requested dimension of the subject building.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the requested dimension is a square footage estimate of a surface of the subject building.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the square footage estimate of a surface of the subject building further includes a replacement materials report including replacement cost of a replacement material based on the square footage estimate.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the surface of the subject building is a roof surface.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the minimum criterion comprises detecting at least one specific feature.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the detecting the at least one specific feature comprises detecting a vertical line representing a corner of the subject building.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the base multi-dimensional model comprises a multi-dimensional building model constructed from a threshold number of images from the aggregated image set to derive the responsive estimate.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the responsive estimate is a calculated dimension from at least one measurement of the base multi-dimensional building model.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the responsive estimate is a calculated dimension from at least one measurement of the base multi-dimensional building model.
11. The method of claim 1 further comprises updating the base multi-dimensional building model with additional ones of input images exceeding a threshold number of images from the aggregated image set to derive the responsive estimate.
12. The method of claim 11 further comprises calculating a refined responsive estimate based on at least one measurement from the updated base multi-dimensional building model.