Patents Assigned to CARVANA, LLC
  • Patent number: 12375817
    Abstract: A photographic stage and photographic system is provided that produces consistent diffused lighting of an object or subject that is virtually shadow free for obtaining rotational views of the object in a time efficient manner. The photographic stage may be used with a camera array, or a single camera may be moved around the circumference of the photographic stage to obtain a series of images needed to form a rotational view of an object or subject. Alternatively, the photographic stage may be rotated to pass by a single fixed camera to obtain a series of images needed to form a rotational view of an object or subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventor: Davo Scheich
  • Publication number: 20250217858
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable virtual displays of an item, such as automobile, to be generated. A photo studio can be used to capture a series of images of the item for annotation. The series of images of the item can then be sent to a computer system for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Ernest C. Garcia, III, Nicole Behrens, Adam Swofford
  • Patent number: 12346004
    Abstract: A vehicle photographic booth is provided that accommodates cameras with lenses with focal lengths that avoid wide angle distortion that is common in low end car photography. The photographic booth has an ovoid hemispherical dome shape with a camera mounted at the apex of the ovoid portion so as to accommodate longer focal length lenses. The overall dimension of the ovoid section of the dome for placement of a camera is determined by the available floor space of a user. The use of an enclosed ovoid hemispherical dome shape that rotates with respect to a stationary stage, or in the alternative a fixed enclosed ovoid hemispherical dome with a rotating stage allows for much less light to be needed as compared to a full open volume. An ovoid shape also provides a smaller fixed footprint than a full structure for an equal camera distance from a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventor: Davo Scheich
  • Publication number: 20250182428
    Abstract: Methods comprising generating, by a processor, a 3D model of an object; facilitating displaying, by the processor using the 3D model of the object, a 3D display of the object on an electronic device of a user; receiving, by the processor and from the electronic device of the user, a zoom selection on the 3D display of the object; in response to receiving the zoom selection, facilitating displaying, by the processor, a zoomed 3D display of the object on the electronic device of the user; receiving, by the processor and from the electronic device of the user, a zoom rotation selection of the object in the zoomed 3D display; and in response to receiving the zoom rotation selection, facilitating rotating, by the processor, the 3D display of the object in the zoomed 3D display on the electronic device of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Richard Melling, Remy Tristan Cilia, Bruno Jean Francois
  • Patent number: 12316945
    Abstract: A circular dome for photographing vehicles includes curved frames that support a skin. Contoured walls offset from the curved frames to define a recess adapted to receive cameras and lights for photographing vehicles around a perimeter of the dome. A door matching the contour of the curved frames completes the dome and is size to receive a vehicle, to collectively implement subtractive lighting along the perimeter of the dome. A system and method are provided for automatically photographing vehicles in an enclosable circular domed structure where an automated process captures a series of vehicle images and uploads the captured images to a web template for display and recordation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventor: Davo Scheich
  • Publication number: 20250156992
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a virtual display of an item can include capturing images of an item in a first sequence and a second sequence and reordering the first sequence and the second sequence to generate the virtual display. The images can be taken in an automated photography studio. The virtual display of the item can comprise a video file created from the images showing an ordered rotation of the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Bruno Jean Marie Francois, Remy Cilia, Grant Schindler
  • Publication number: 20250148739
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating an image of an automobile can include generating an artificial surface for the automobile, blending the artificial surface with a real world surface, and generating the image of the automobile using a blended surface. The image can have a number of different blended surfaces (e.g., a cleaner floor, shadows for the automobile, reflections for the automobile). The images can be used to create a 360 degree display of the automobile where the blended surface is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Richard Melling, Pedro Damian Velez Salas, Grant Evan Schindler, Bruno Jean Francois, Remy Tristan Cilia
  • Patent number: 12277585
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable virtual displays of an item, such as automobile, to be generated. A photo studio can be used to capture a series of images of the item for annotation. The series of images of the item can then be sent to a computer system for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Ernest C. Garcia, III, Nicole Behrens, Adam Swofford
  • Publication number: 20250119645
    Abstract: The method includes capturing a first portion of a surround image using a camera; generating a bounding box using an image in the first portion of the surround image; estimating a center of an item in the image using the bounding box; and adjusting a position of a motorized gimbal such that the motorized gimbal focuses on the center of the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Alexandre Wali, Bruno Francois, Remy Cilia, Alan Melling, Antoine Vaucamps
  • Patent number: 12254584
    Abstract: Methods comprising generating, by a processor, a 3D model of an object; facilitating displaying, by the processor using the 3D model of the object, a 3D display of the object on an electronic device of a user; receiving, by the processor and from the electronic device of the user, a zoom selection on the 3D display of the object; in response to receiving the zoom selection, facilitating displaying, by the processor, a zoomed 3D display of the object on the electronic device of the user; receiving, by the processor and from the electronic device of the user, a zoom rotation selection of the object in the zoomed 3D display; and in response to receiving the zoom rotation selection, facilitating rotating, by the processor, the 3D display of the object in the zoomed 3D display on the electronic device of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Richard Melling, Remy Tristan Cilia, Bruno Jean Francois
  • Publication number: 20250039312
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for photographing vehicles in a deployable photobooth structure that avoids corner lighting issues common with angular shaped photobooths. The walls of the photobooth are made of an opaque fabric or panels. A frame supports photographic lighting, as well as rods from which the fabric that forms the walls is hung. The photobooth itself may be hung from a ceiling and deployed downward or retracted upward to a ceiling. The photobooth may also be mobile and used in outdoor settings. If not hung, vertical support legs may be used to support the frame above the floor or ground. Low volume car photos are obtained where a user walks about the inside perimeter of the photobooth and takes a series of photographs or video. The images or video may then be manipulated by computer to provide seamless reflection free 360 degree images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Carvana, LLC
    Inventor: Davo Scheich
  • Patent number: 12205241
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a virtual display of an item can include capturing images of an item in a first sequence and a second sequence and reordering the first sequence and the second sequence to generate the virtual display. The images can be taken in an automated photography studio. The virtual display of the item can comprise a video file created from the images showing an ordered rotation of the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Bruno Jean Marie Francois, Remy Cilia, Grant Schindler
  • Publication number: 20250022150
    Abstract: The system may determine a direction of gravity in each image of a sequence of images around an object; estimate a center of mass of the object in each image of the sequence of images using the direction of gravity and dimensions of the object; stabilize each image in the sequence of images using the center of mass; and generate a 360 degree display of the object using each image in the stabilized sequence of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Bruno Francois, Grant Schindler
  • Patent number: 12198288
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating an image of an automobile can include generating an artificial surface for a 3D model of the automobile, blending the artificial surface with a real world surface, and generating the image of the automobile using a blended surface. The image can have a number of different blended surfaces (e.g., a cleaner floor, shadows for the automobile, reflections for the automobile). The images can be used to create a 360 degree display of the automobile where the blended surface is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Richard Melling, Pedro Damian Velez Salas, Grant Evan Schindler, Bruno Jean Francois, Remy Tristan Cilia
  • Publication number: 20240386059
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for displaying search results on a webpage are disclosed. The search results can be arranged on the webpage using a skip number or a take number. The skip number and take number can determine how many results with a tag are displayed on the webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Carvana, LLC
    Inventor: Zachary Huber
  • Publication number: 20240385498
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for photographing a vehicle are disclosed. A photographic tool is employed to produce real-time blending of a series of images of a static object where each of the individual images are illuminated under a different lighting condition with respect to the vehicle. The achieved effect is similar to what is experienced when looking at a painted surface from different perspectives. For example, paint problems, sheen differences, scratches, dents, and small dings may be visible when the vehicle is lit from a specific or correct angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Carvana, LLC
    Inventor: Davo Scheich
  • Patent number: 12131360
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable online transactions related to buying/selling an item, such as a vehicle. In an embodiment, one or more installment agreements relating to a user and one or more items may be generated in response to one or more received inputs. In an embodiment, a deal table comprising the one or more installment agreements may be generated, and the deal table may be transmitted to a user device for presentation via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Ernest C. Garcia, III, Nicole Behrens, Adam Swofford, William Adams
  • Patent number: 12126774
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for photographing vehicles in a deployable photobooth structure that avoids corner lighting issues common with angular shaped photobooths. The walls of the photobooth are made of an opaque fabric or panels. A frame supports photographic lighting, as well as rods from which the fabric that forms the walls is hung. The photobooth itself may be hung from a ceiling and deployed downward or retracted upward to a ceiling. The photobooth may also be mobile and used in outdoor settings. If not hung, vertical support legs may be used to support the frame above the floor or ground. Low volume car photos are obtained where a user walks about the inside perimeter of the photobooth and takes a series of photographs or video. The images or video may then be manipulated by computer to provide seamless reflection free 360 degree images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventor: Davo Scheich
  • Patent number: 12107938
    Abstract: A method for tracking a user across multiple website domains over a computerized network, the method comprising sending a first first-party user identifier to a collector in response to a user accessing a first website; generating a first user prompt in response to the user accessing the first website; receiving a first input from the user in response to the first user prompt; redirecting the user to a centralized domain; sending a second first-party user identifier associated with the user and the centralized domain to the collector; correlating the first first-party user identifier with the second first-party user identifier to determine that the user is associated with both the first first-party user identifier and the second first-party user identifier; and displaying a webpage of the centralized domain or a landing page in response to the correlation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Kirk Morales, Gregory Lim
  • Patent number: 12106495
    Abstract: Many embodiments can comprise a system. The system can comprise a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory can include instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: determine a direction of gravity in each image of a sequence of images around an object; estimate a center of mass of the object in each image of the sequence of images using the direction of gravity and dimensions of the object; stabilize each image in the sequence of images using the center of mass; and generate a 360 degree display of the object using each image in the stabilized sequence of images. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Carvana, LLC
    Inventors: Bruno Francois, Grant Schindler