Systems and methods for generating planar geometry

1. A method of modeling planar surfaces, the method comprising:

receiving a three dimensional point cloud of data points associated with a building object;

identifying a plurality of vertices defining edges of at least one single planar surface of the building object within the point cloud;

outlining the at least one single planar surface based on the identified plurality of vertices;

creating a simplified façade geometry for the at least one single planar surface based on the outlined single planar surface;

correlating data points within the point cloud to the outlined single planar surface;

averaging a planar fit for the outlined single planar surface based on the correlated data points; and

adjusting a position of the simplified façade geometry based on the average planar fit.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating the three dimensional point cloud from ground-level capture device sensors.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the capture device is a smartphone.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the capture device is a tablet device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an orthogonal image for the building object;

identifying a plurality of orthogonal vertices of the orthogonal image;

correlating at least two of the plurality of orthogonal vertices with the adjusted simplified façade geometry; and

constructing a building model representing all surfaces of the building object using at least the correlated plurality of orthogonal vertices.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising applying a texture to the at least one planar surface.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the applying a texture comprises mapping at least one ground-level image to the at least one planar surface.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein correlating data points within the point cloud comprises applying a proximity buffer to identify data points proximate one another.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying a plurality of vertices defining edges further comprises matching boundaries of the building object from at least one ground-level image.

10. A system for modeling planar surfaces, the system comprises:

a computer system for receiving, from a capture device, a three dimensional (3D) point cloud of data points associated with a building object;

a database for storing the received 3D point cloud of data points associated with the building object;

an image processor, operative with the image database and configured to:

identify a plurality of vertices defining edges of at least one single planar surface of the building object within the 3D point cloud;

outline the at least one single planar surface based on the identified plurality of vertices;

create a simplified façade geometry for the at least one single planar surface based on the outlined single planar surface;

correlate data points within the 3D point cloud to the outlined single planar surface;

average a planar fit for the outlined single planar surface based on the correlated data points; and

adjust a position of the simplified façade geometry based on the average planar fit.

11. The system of claim 10 , further comprising a ground capture device operatively coupled to the computer system, the ground capture device configured to generate the 3D point cloud.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the capture device is a smartphone.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the capture device is a tablet.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the database is further configured to receive an orthogonal image for the building object.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the image processor is further configured to:

identify a plurality of orthogonal vertices of the orthogonal image;

correlate at least two of the plurality of orthogonal vertices with the adjusted simplified façade geometry; and

construct a building model representing all surfaces of the building object using at least the correlated plurality of orthogonal vertices.

16. The system of claim 10 further comprising applying a texture to the at least one planar surface.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the applying a texture comprises mapping at least one ground-level image to the at least one planar surface.

18. The system of claim 10 , further comprising a proximity buffer configured to identify data points proximate one another for correlation to determine an average planar fit.

19. The system of claim 10 , wherein the database further stores ground-level images of the building object.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to identify the plurality of vertices defining edges by matching boundaries of the building object from at least one ground-level image.