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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Ppg Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Christopher L. McClendon, Mars, PA (US);
Phillip J. Behrens, McDonald, PA (US);
Courtney Lavonne Miller, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Theodore Judson Cromwell, Weirton, WV (US);
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for creating a house visualization template can comprise receiving a first exterior image of a first house. The method can also include creating a set of first boundaries that define a first type of decorative feature of the first house. Additionally, the method can include receiving a first set of decorative images that depict various different instances of the first type of decorative feature. The method can also comprise generating from each of the decorative images of the first set of decorative images respective first decorative feature masks. The first decorative feature masks may be configured to selectively overlay an area encompassed by the set of first boundaries, such that the first exterior image of the first house is selectively displayable with any of the instances of the first type of decorative features within the first set of decorative images.