US Patent Issued to Hover on July 14 for "Automated guide for image capturing for 3D model creation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,230, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hover Inc. (San Francisco).

"Automated guide for image capturing for 3D model creation" was invented by Manish Upendran (San Francisco), William Castillo (San Carlos, Calif.) and Derek Halliday (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capture system provides automated prompts for aiding a user in capturing images for use in 3D model creation. While a user is preparing to capture an image, the system provides visual indications that indicate whether a quality-based condition is satisfied. Based on the visual indications, a user can determine whether an image, if captured, would l...