Real Estate Image Analysis Using AI Attractiveness Scoring

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

In the real estate industry, obtaining buyer feedback on property attractiveness is a time-consuming process for sellers, as listing agents must often contact showing agents, leading to frustration in understanding how to facilitate home sales from the buyer's perspective.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method using a handheld device to convert images of real estate properties into RGB data, where an artificial intelligence engine analyzes the data to determine an attractiveness score, incorporating historical sales data of comparable properties and displaying this score to users, while adjusting for color and texture analysis.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If listing agents contact showing agents to receive buyer feedback, then buyer perspective information is obtained, but the process becomes time-consuming and causes seller frustration

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebuyer feedback informationVSAvoidtime to obtain feedback
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automatic capture and analysis of buyer feedback through images taken by buyers during property viewings. The AI engine processes these images to extract attractiveness scores and property feature assessments, eliminating the need for agents to manually contact each other for feedback. The system serves itself by automatically processing images and generating actionable insights without human intervention in the feedback collection process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The manual mechanical process of agents contacting each other for feedback is replaced by an automated digital system. The AI engine processes images to automatically generate feedback reports, substituting the human-to-human communication chain with an automated image analysis system that directly provides structured feedback to listing agents.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Loss of information

If manual feedback collection through agent contact is used, then buyer perspective is obtained, but seller understanding and actionability is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebuyer perspective understandingVSAvoidseller ability to take action
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system transforms unstructured buyer feedback into structured quantitative parameters including attractiveness scores, color preferences, and feature ratings. By converting subjective buyer perspectives into measurable parameters with specific numerical values, the system enables sellers to objectively understand buyer preferences and take targeted actions based on concrete data rather than vague impressions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a closed-loop feedback mechanism where buyer images and responses are automatically processed, analyzed, and converted into actionable insights that are immediately available to listing agents. This continuous feedback loop provides sellers with real-time information about buyer preferences, enabling rapid adjustment of marketing strategies and property presentations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11200513B2Real estate image analysis
Publication Date: 2021.12.14 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC
  • US11200513B2 patent drawing
  • US11200513B2 patent drawing
  • US11200513B2 patent drawing

AI summary

A method for scoring attractiveness of a real estate property including receiving an image from a subject real estate property; converting the image to RGB data; and identifying an attractiveness score from the RGB data. A real estate property attractiveness scoring application including an image processor to receive an image from a subject real estate property and convert the image to RGB data; a database of RGB data and an attractiveness score for the RGB data; and an artificial intelligence engine in communication with the image processor and the database to identify an attractiveness score in the database from the RGB data from the image processor.