Mobile Device 3D Model Creation for Interior Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile communication devices and robots lack the capability to autonomously sense and analyze environments to create accurate three-dimensional models, limiting their functionality in tasks such as insurance claims, remodeling bids, and object identification.
Innovation Solution
Equipping mobile communication devices and robots with multiple cameras, orientation sensors, and processing algorithms that capture and analyze images to generate three-dimensional models of environments, enabling the estimation of dimensions and material identification, and using these models to perform tasks like painting estimation, insurance claims, and path mapping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If mobile communication devices and robots are equipped with multiple cameras and processing algorithms to autonomously create three-dimensional models, then the capability to perform complex tasks like insurance claims, remodeling bids, and path mapping is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile communication device is designed to perform multiple functions using a unified system of cameras and processing algorithms. The same camera system and image processing capabilities are used across different applications including insurance claims assessment, remodeling bid generation, and robot path mapping, allowing one system to serve multiple purposes and reducing the need for separate specialized equipment for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The device autonomously captures images, processes them through algorithms, and generates three-dimensional models without requiring external assistance or manual measurement tools. The mobile communication device independently performs tasks such as assessing damage for insurance claims, calculating remodeling costs, and mapping navigation paths, eliminating the need for human intervention in the measurement and analysis process.
2Measurement precision
If multiple cameras and orientation sensors are added to enable three-dimensional model creation, then measurement precision and environmental analysis capability are improved, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple cameras and orientation sensors are integrated into a unified system that processes data together to create three-dimensional models. The cameras are positioned at different locations on the device to capture images from multiple perspectives, and the orientation sensor data is combined with image data to accurately determine spatial relationships and create precise environmental models.
Solution Approach 2:
Processing algorithms serve as intermediaries that transform raw image data from multiple cameras and orientation sensor data into meaningful three-dimensional models. These algorithms automatically perform the complex computations required to integrate multi-source data, calculate spatial relationships, and generate accurate environmental representations without requiring manual intervention.
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AI summary
A method of analyzing the dimensions of an interior. The method comprises capturing a first image of the interior with a first camera of a mobile communication device and capturing a second image of the interior with a second camera of the mobile communication device. The method further comprises analyzing the first image and the second image by the mobile communication device and, based at least in part on the analysis of the first image and the second image, determining a three-dimensional model of the interior. The method further comprises transmitting a transaction by a radio transceiver of the mobile communication device, wherein the transaction is based on the three-dimensional model of the interior and wherein the transaction is one of an insurance claim estimate, a contractor material order, or a real-estate broker listing.