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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2016
Indoor Reality, Berkeley, CA (US);
Damian Mrowca, Stanford, CA (US);
Avideh Zakhor, Berkeley, CA (US);
INDOOR REALITY INC., Berkeley, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for detecting a windows in a building utilizing a building scan using an electronic computing device are presented, the methods including: causing the electronic computing device to receive the building scan; processing the building scan; detecting the windows based on no return transparency of portions of the building scan; and incorporating the detected windows into a 3D model corresponding with the building scan. In some embodiments, processing the building scan generates at least the following: a colored point cloud; a 2D floor plan of the building; and a walked path. In some embodiments, detecting the windows based on transparency of a portions of the building scan further includes: decomposing the colored point cloud into walls; rotating and pixilating the walls; extracting transparent features corresponding with the windows; and classifying and smoothing the transparent features corresponding with the windows.