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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Frederic Stefan, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06Q 30/00 (2013.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2200/08 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to instruct image capture of a vehicle from a plurality of predefined perspectives, the perspectives defined to result in images providing a 360 degree capture of a vehicle surface. The processor is also configured to receive a plurality of images, at least one from each perspective, of a vehicle from a mobile device camera. The processor is further configured to build a 3-D model of the vehicle surface from the images and compare the 3-D model to a stored reference model of the vehicle surface in order to recognize damage to the vehicle.