124 patents
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Utility
Estimating the cost of residential remodeling projects
8 Nov 22
A facility for estimating the cost of a remodeling project is described.
Andrew Bruce, Kristin Acker, Luis Enrique Poggi, Chunyi Wang, Alexander Kutner, Ben Schielke
Filed: 19 Jun 19
Utility
Generating floor maps for buildings from automated analysis of visual data of the buildings' interiors
8 Nov 22
Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations for analyzing video (or other image sequences) acquired in a defined area, as part of generating mapping information of the defined area for subsequent use (e.g., for controlling navigation of devices, for display on client devices in corresponding GUIs, etc.).
Ivaylo Boyadzhiev, Pierre Moulon
Filed: 4 Oct 21
Utility
Automated determination of image acquisition locations in building interiors using determined room shapes
25 Oct 22
Techniques are described for computing devices to perform automated operations to determine the acquisition locations of images, such as within a building interior based on automatically determined shapes of rooms of the building, and for using the determined image acquisition location information in further automated manners.
Yuguang Li, Will Adrian Hutchcroft, Naji Khosravan, Ivaylo Boyadzhiev
Filed: 15 Mar 21
Utility
Use of automated mapping information from inter-connected images
25 Oct 22
Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations to generate mapping information using inter-connected images of a defined area, and for using the generated mapping information in further automated manners.
Alex Colburn, Qi Shan, Ramin Mehran, Li Guan
Filed: 17 Sep 21
Utility
Automatically determining a current value for a home
20 Sep 22
A facility for valuing a distinguished home located in a distinguished geographic area is described.
Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Jonathan Lee Burstein, Yeng Bun, Jonathan A. Ultis
Filed: 12 May 15
Utility
View scores
30 Aug 22
A home view data structure is described.
Andrew Martin, Benjamin Hudson
Filed: 1 Nov 18
Utility
Automated Direction Of Capturing In-Room Information For Use In Usability Assessment Of Buildings
25 Aug 22
Techniques are described for automated operations related to analyzing visual data from images captured in rooms of a building and optionally additional captured data about the rooms to assess room layout and other usability information for the building's rooms and optionally for the overall building, and to subsequently using the assessed usability information in one or more further automated manners, such as to improve navigation of the building.
Lambert E. Wixson, Christopher Buehler
Filed: 25 Feb 21
Utility
Automated Usability Assessment Of Buildings Using Visual Data Of Captured In-Room Images
25 Aug 22
Techniques are described for automated operations related to analyzing visual data from images captured in rooms of a building and optionally additional captured data about the rooms to assess room layout and other usability information for the building's rooms and optionally for the overall building, and to subsequently using the assessed usability information in one or more further automated manners, such as to improve navigation of the building.
Viktoriya Stoeva, Sing Bing Kang, Naji Khosravan, Lambert E. Wixson
Filed: 25 Feb 21
Utility
Automated mapping information generation from inter-connected images
9 Aug 22
Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations to generate mapping information using inter-connected images of a defined area, and for using the generated mapping information in further automated manners.
Alex Colburn, Qi Shan, Ramin Mehran, Li Guan
Filed: 12 Sep 20
Utility
Automated generation on mobile devices of panorama images for building locations and subsequent use
2 Aug 22
Techniques are described for using a smart phone or other mobile device to perform automated operations for generating panorama images of building environments and for subsequently using the generated panorama images in further automated manners.
Sean P. Cier, Sing Bing Kang, Mitchell David Dawson
Filed: 28 Apr 21
Utility
Automated control of image acquisition via use of hardware sensors and camera content
2 Aug 22
Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations to control acquisition of images in a defined area, including obtaining and using data from one or more hardware sensors on a mobile device that is acquiring the images, analyzing the sensor data (e.g., in a real-time manner) to determine the geometric orientation of the mobile device in three-dimensional (3D) space, and using that determined orientation to control the acquisition of further images by the mobile device.
Mitchell David Dawson, Li Guan, Andrew H. Otwell, Dun-Yu Hsiao
Filed: 28 Oct 20
Utility
Interactive real estate contract and negotiation tool
19 Jul 22
Term negotiation can utilize centralized systems accessed via web interfaces for purposes such as mediation of communications between buyers and sellers, maintenance of a history of negotiations, and notification of parties regarding changes suggested during negotiation.
Gregory Austin Allison, Matthew Allan Vorst
Filed: 18 Apr 16
Utility
Automated Determination Of Image Acquisition Locations In Building Interiors Using Multiple Data Capture Devices
14 Jul 22
Techniques are described for using multiple devices to automatically determine the acquisition location of an image from a camera device, such as within a building interior and by using data from the multiple devices (e.g., visual data from the camera device's image, and additional data captured by a separate mobile computing device in the same area as the camera device), and for subsequently using determined image acquisition location information in one or more further automated manners.
Sean P. Cier, Sing Bing Kang, Mitchell David Dawson, Pierre Moulon
Filed: 11 Jan 22
Utility
Presenting Building Information Using Building Models
16 Jun 22
Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations related to providing visual information of multiple types in an integrated manner about a building or other defined area.
Yuguang Li, Ivaylo Boyadzhiev, Romualdo Impas
Filed: 31 Jan 22
Utility
Allocating electronic advertising opportunities
7 Jun 22
A facility for presenting advertising messages on behalf of multiple advertisers is described.
Yiqing Wang, Stanley B. Humphries, Chloe Linden Harford
Filed: 21 Jan 20
Utility
Confident Processing of Valuations from Distributed Models Systems and Methods
2 Jun 22
Confidence-boosted automated valuation systems and methods for performing confident processing of valuations from automated valuation models are disclosed.
Bin He, Taylor McKay, Mo Zhang, Xan Vongsathorn, Andrew Martin
Filed: 29 Nov 21
Utility
Automated Tools For Generating Mapping Information For Buildings
26 May 22
Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations involved in analysis of images acquired in a defined area, as part of generating mapping information of the defined area for subsequent use (e.g., for controlling navigation of devices, for display on client devices in corresponding GUIs, etc.).
Yuguang Li, Ivaylo Boyadzhiev, Lambert E. Wixson
Filed: 7 Feb 22
Utility
Interface for Uncompleted Homes Planning
28 Apr 22
A variety of improved techniques for homebuyers to access undeveloped and/or uncompleted communities with homes that are not yet built and lots that are not yet parceled or recognized with addresses are disclosed.
Richard Phillips, Alexandria Phillips
Filed: 5 Jan 22
Utility
Collecting and representing home attributes
26 Apr 22
A facility for representing home attribute values for a plurality of homes and a plurality of home attributes is described.
Timothy VanderMey, Fred Farhad Sadaghiani, Stephen Martin McNamee, Marcin Szuster, Chloe Linden Harford, Jeffrey Thomas Brinker, Randy Winston Puttick
Filed: 20 Oct 17
Utility
Automated Tools For Generating Building Mapping Information
14 Apr 22
Techniques are described for computing devices to perform automated operations related to using images acquired in a building as part of generating a floor plan for the building, in some cases without using depth information from depth-sensing equipment about distances from the images' acquisition locations to objects in the surrounding building, and for subsequent use in further automated manners, such as controlling navigation of mobile devices and/or for display to end users in a corresponding GUI (graphical user interface).
Yuguang Li, Pierre Moulon, Lambert E. Wixson, Christopher Buehler, Ivaylo Boyadzhiev
Filed: 13 Oct 20