Patents by Inventor A.J. Altman

A.J. Altman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230169724
    Abstract: A computer system maintains structure data indicating geometrical constraints for each structure category of a plurality of structure categories. The computer system generates a virtual 3D representation of a structure based on a set of images depicting the structure. For each image in the set of images, one or more landmarks are identified. Based on the landmarks, a candidate structure category is selected. The virtual 3D representation is generated based on the geometrical constraints of the candidate structure category and the landmarks identified in the set of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Ajay Mishra, Manish Upendran, A.J. Altman, William Castillo
  • Patent number: 11663776
    Abstract: A computer system maintains structure data indicating geometrical constraints for each structure category of a plurality of structure categories. The computer system generates a virtual 3D representation of a structure based on a set of images depicting the structure. For each image in the set of images, one or more landmarks are identified. Based on the landmarks, a candidate structure category is selected. The virtual 3D representation is generated based on the geometrical constraints of the candidate structure category and the landmarks identified in the set of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HOVER Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Mishra, Manish Upendran, A. J. Altman, William Castillo
  • Publication number: 20230154107
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for guiding image capture of a subject by determining a location of the subject and presenting on a display graphical guides representative of perspective views of the subject to be captured. Images of the subject may then be captured and additional graphical guides are presented to the user for display for additional images to be captured. Images may be captured in a predetermined sequence of graphical guides or responsive to a user input or camera information. Captured images may be uploaded to a system for additional processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: William Castillo, Manish Upendran, Ajay Mishra, Adam J. Altman
  • Publication number: 20230092286
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Manish Upendran, William Castillo, Ajay Mishra, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11593991
    Abstract: A computer system maintains structure data indicating geometrical constraints for each structure category of a plurality of structure categories. The computer system generates a virtual 3D representation of a structure based on a set of images depicting the structure. For each image in the set of images, one or more landmarks are identified. Based on the landmarks, a candidate structure category is selected. The virtual 3D representation is generated based on the geometrical constraints of the candidate structure category and the landmarks identified in the set of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HOVER Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Mishra, Manish Upendran, A. J. Altman, William Castillo
  • Patent number: 11574440
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for guiding image capture of a subject by determining a location of the subject and presenting on a display graphical guides representative of perspective views of the subject to be captured. Images of the subject may then be captured and additional graphical guides are presented to the user for display for additional images to be captured. Images may be captured in a predetermined sequence of graphical guides or responsive to a user input or camera information. Captured images may be uploaded to a system for additional processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: William Castillo, Manish Upendran, Ajay Mishra, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11574441
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11574442
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11574439
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
  • Publication number: 20230021025
    Abstract: A computer system trains a machine learning model to estimate a real-world measurement of a feature of a structure. The machine learning model is trained using a plurality of digital image sets, wherein each image set depicts a particular structure, and a plurality of measurements, wherein each measurement is a measurement of a feature of a particular structure. After the machine learning model is trained, it is used to estimate a measurement of a feature of a particular structure depicted in a particular image set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ajay Mishra, William Castillo, A.J. Altman, Manish Upendran
  • Patent number: 11538219
    Abstract: A process for creating, responsive to a desired analysis, estimate information from received imagery by determining whether the imagery meets a minimum criterion for creating a multi-dimensional model that can address the desired analysis and building an aggregate set of images meeting the minimum criterion from which a multi-dimensional model is then built and an estimate responsive to the desired analysis is derived. The multi-dimensional model, and the responsive estimate, may be refined as additional images are provided to the aggregate set. Desired analyses may include dimensions such as square footage of a roof for building objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Manish Upendran, William Castillo, Ajay Mishra, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11481993
    Abstract: A computer system trains a machine learning model to estimate a real-world measurement of a feature of a structure. The machine learning model is trained using a plurality of digital image sets, wherein each image set depicts a particular structure, and a plurality of measurements, wherein each measurement is a measurement of a feature of a particular structure. After the machine learning model is trained, it is used to estimate a measurement of a feature of a particular structure depicted in a particular image set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HOVER INC.
    Inventors: Ajay Mishra, William Castillo, A. J. Altman, Manish Upendran
  • Publication number: 20220284675
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
  • Publication number: 20220284618
    Abstract: A computer system generates an outline of a roof of a structure based on a set of lateral images depicting the structure. For each image in the set of lateral images, one or more rooflines corresponding to the roof of the structure are determined. The computer system determines how the rooflines connect to one another. Based on the determination, the rooflines are connected to generate an outline of the roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Mishra, William Castillo, A.J. Altman, Manish Upendran
  • Publication number: 20220284673
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
  • Publication number: 20220284617
    Abstract: A computer system generates an outline of a roof of a structure based on a set of lateral images depicting the structure. For each image in the set of lateral images, one or more rooflines corresponding to the roof of the structure are determined. The computer system determines how the rooflines connect to one another. Based on the determination, the rooflines are connected to generate an outline of the roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Mishra, William Castillo, A.J. Altman, Manish Upendran
  • Publication number: 20220284674
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
  • Publication number: 20220147662
    Abstract: The scale of modeled building objects from collected imagery is determined by identifying architectural elements within building object imagery, determining a scale of the identified architectural elements by matching them to known industry standard architectural element based on dimensional ratio comparisons and deriving an average scaling factor based on scale of the identified architectural elements. A three dimensional model of the building object is scaled according to the average scaling. Scaled architecture elements within a relative error can be used for scaling the model according to an updated scale factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Halliday, Antonio Carlos Marques da Silva Junior, Roberto Klein, Adam J. Altman
  • Patent number: 11276229
    Abstract: The scale of modeled building objects from collected imagery is determined by identifying architectural elements within building object imagery, determining a scale of the identified architectural elements by matching them to known industry standard architectural element based on dimensional ratio comparisons and deriving an average scaling factor based on scale of the identified architectural elements. A three dimensional model of the building object is scaled according to the average scaling. Scaled architecture elements within a relative error can be used for scaling the model according to an updated scale factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Halliday, Antonio Carlos Marques da Silva Junior, Roberto Klein, Adam J. Altman
  • Publication number: 20210366187
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Hover Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman