System and Method to Process and Display Information Related to Real Estate by Developing and Presenting a Photogrammetric Reality Mesh

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for multidimensional visualization of data and using the visualization in any of a number of applications to result in visualization configurations usable for a variety of purposes. The system includes one or more processors, one or more databases, at least one graphical user interface (GUI), and control technology for a user to control a display, where the display typically is visualizable through the GUI.

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[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63 / 199,458, filed Dec. 30, 2020, now pending, the entirety of which is incorporated by reference.[0002]The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent or patent application publication with color drawing(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION[0003]At present, determining attributes of a particular living or commercial unit is both labor intensive and unreliable. A user needs to arduously look up details about a unit of interest and, for example, in order to determine a fair market value for the unit, a user must properly compare dozens of attributes across many parameters to make that decision. For example, what is the general value of a neighborhood or submarket? How do the number of bedrooms or bathrooms influence price? What fixtures are in a unit and how does that influ...

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Benefits of technology

[0009]The reality mesh of the present invention is a 3D computer file potentially executable and containing metadata for uses such as but not limited to control, created through photogrammetric processing of many aerial images of a geography area usable to generate a virtual representation in 3D. Reality mesh files can be viewed with a Geographic Information System (GIS), such as virtual globe software like Google Earth and positioned in-situ to match a two-dimensional map. This serves to augment the geographic details with vertical extrusions and help understand a city, sub-market, neighborhood, city block, or building. A problem encountered by the real estate industry is that reality mesh files before this invention do not contain any metadata about the legal properties they contain and can provide no additional insights beyond aesthetics. The present invention solves this gap by formulating a data model for a relational database, corresponding to the reality mesh, augmentable as the data are collected and stored, where the data include data regarding a variety of attributes of each property, unit, or real estate market or submarket, and includes a user interface for displaying selected attributes of the property both in an augmented reality sense as well as being further selectable. The attributes may be user selectable or processor selectable or both, and may include the user's ability to expand or contract the geography of view, including selecting the area of interest across three dimensions. The database of the present invention is configured for on-going adjustment based on introduction of new data and new data sources, and is further configured for rapid delivery of selected content. Rapid delivery is important because of the large file sizes of high-resolution reality mesh files. The database of the present invention is further created by normalizing received data to allow for this rapid turnaround.

[0049]The graphical user interface can present all or a selection of the application's data visualizations as automated slide shows that play with constantly updated data, customized to the industry role of the user, substantially reducing the amount of time necessary to communicate changes in the real estate market.

Problems solved by technology

A problem encountered by the real estate industry is that reality mesh files before this invention do not contain any metadata about the legal properties they contain and can provide no additional insights beyond aesthetics.

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