Patents by Inventor Adam J. Altman
Adam 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).
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Patent number: 11935188Abstract: A system and method is provided for constructing a labeled and dimensioned multidimensional (e.g., 3D) building model from building object imagery (e.g., ground-level imagery). The method begins by retrieve building object imagery, the building object imagery collected based on directed capture with a mobile device. The method continues by constructing a scaled multi-dimensional building model, the scale based on sizing of at least one selected architectural feature. The method continues by identifying architectural elements within facades of the multi-dimensional building model. The method continues by determining dimensions of at least one of the architectural elements, the dimensions based on the scale. The method continues by determining dimensions (e.g., area) of at least one of the architectural elements. The method continues by labeling each identified architectural element with at least an identifier and by labeling at least one of the architectural elements with the determined dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Hover Inc.Inventors: Derek Halliday, Antonio Carlos Marques da Silva Junior, Roberto Klein, Adam J. Altman
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Publication number: 20230377261Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Hover Inc.Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
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Publication number: 20230360326Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Hover Inc.Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
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Publication number: 20230360330Abstract: Visualizing three dimensional content is complicated by display platforms capable of more degrees of freedom to display the content than interface tools have to navigate that content. Disclosed are methods and systems for displaying select portions of the content and generating virtual camera positions with associated look angles for the select portions, such as planar geometries of a three dimensional building, thereby constraining the degrees of freedom for improved navigation through views of the content. Look angles can be associated with axes of the content and fields of view.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Hover Inc.Inventors: Manish Upendran, Adam J. Altman
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Publication number: 20230336866Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for directed image capture of a subject of interest, such as a physical building. Directed image capture can produce higher quality images such as content more centrally located within an image frame (or an associated viewing device or other display), higher quality images have greater value for subsequent uses of captured images such as for information extraction or model reconstruction. Graphical guide(s) overlaid within an image frame can facilitate quality assessments for the content or the image frame itself, such as for pixel distance of the subject of interest to a centroid of the image frame (or an associated viewing device or other display), or the effect of obscuring objects. Quality assessments can further include instructions for improving the quality of the image capture for the content of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Hover Inc.Inventors: William Castillo, Adam J. Altman, Ioannis Pavlidis, Sarthak Sahu, Manish Upendran
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Patent number: 11783543Abstract: Visualizing three dimensional content is complicated by display platforms capable of more degrees of freedom to display the content than interface tools have to navigate that content. Disclosed are methods and systems for displaying select portions of the content and generating virtual camera positions with associated look angles for the select portions, such as planar geometries of a three dimensional building, thereby constraining the degrees of freedom for improved navigation through views of the content. Look angles can be associated with axes of the content and fields of view.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Hover Inc.Inventors: Manish Upendran, Adam J. Altman
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Publication number: 20230274390Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for adjusting plane positions in multi-dimensional models. Disclosed is moving a plane associated with an architectural element based on a scale and a translation positional error, wherein the scaled is determined based on the architectural element, and the translation position error is based on a position of the architectural element, and reconstructing the multi-dimensional building model based on the moved plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: Hover Inc.Inventors: Manish Upendran, Adam J. Altman, Derek Halliday
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Patent number: 11741667Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
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Publication number: 20230260212Abstract: A system and method is provided for constructing a labeled and dimensioned multidimensional (e.g., 3D) building model from building object imagery (e.g., ground-level imagery). The method begins by retrieve building object imagery, the building object imagery collected based on directed capture with a mobile device. The method continues by constructing a scaled multi-dimensional building model, the scale based on sizing of at least one selected architectural feature. The method continues by identifying architectural elements within facades of the multi-dimensional building model. The method continues by determining dimensions of at least one of the architectural elements, the dimensions based on the scale. The method continues by determining dimensions (e.g., area) of at least one of the architectural elements. The method continues by labeling each identified architectural element with at least an identifier and by labeling at least one of the architectural elements with the determined dimensions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Hover Inc.Inventors: Derek Halliday, Antonio Carlos Marques da Silva Junior, Roberto Klein, Adam J. Altman
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Patent number: 11729495Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for directed image capture of a subject of interest, such as a home. Directed image capture can produce higher quality images such as more centrally located within a display and/or viewfinder of an image capture device, higher quality images have greater value for subsequent uses of captured images such as for information extraction or model reconstruction. Graphical guide(s) facilitate content placement for certain positions and quality assessments for the content of interest can be calculated such as for pixel distance of the content of interest to a centroid of the display or viewfinder, or the effect of obscuring objects. Quality assessments can further include instructions for improving the quality of the image capture for the content of interest.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Hover Inc.Inventors: William Castillo, Adam J. Altman, Ioannis Pavlidis, Sarthak Sahu, Manish Upendran
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Patent number: 11676243Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for adjusting plane positions in multi-dimensional models. Disclosed is moving a plane associated with an architectural element based on a scale and a translation positional error, wherein the scaled is determined based on the architectural element, and the translation position error is based on a position of the architectural element, and reconstructing the multi-dimensional building model based on the moved plane.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Hover Inc.Inventors: Manish Upendran, Adam J. Altman, Derek Halliday
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Patent number: 11670046Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Hover Inc.Inventors: Derek Halliday, Antonio Carlos Marques da Silva Junior, Roberto Klein, Adam J. Altman
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Publication number: 20230154107Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Hover Inc.Inventors: William Castillo, Manish Upendran, Ajay Mishra, Adam J. Altman
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Publication number: 20230092286Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: Hover Inc.Inventors: Manish Upendran, William Castillo, Ajay Mishra, Adam J. Altman
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Patent number: 11574440Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Hover Inc.Inventors: William Castillo, Manish Upendran, Ajay Mishra, Adam J. Altman
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Patent number: 11574439Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Hover Inc.Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
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Patent number: 11574441Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Hover Inc.Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
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Patent number: 11574442Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Hover Inc.Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman
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Patent number: 11538219Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Hover Inc.Inventors: Manish Upendran, William Castillo, Ajay Mishra, Adam J. Altman
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Publication number: 20220284675Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: Hover Inc.Inventors: Shaohui Sun, Ioannis Pavlidis, Adam J. Altman