PITCH DETERMINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AERIAL ROOF ESTIMATION

摘要

User interface systems and methods for roof estimation are described. Example embodiments include a roof estimation system that provides a user interface configured to facilitate roof model generation based on one or more aerial images of a building roof. In one embodiment, roof model generation includes image registration, image lean correction, roof section pitch determination, wire frame model construction, and/or roof model review. The described user interface provides user interface controls that may be manipulated by an operator to perform at least some of the functions of roof model generation. In one embodiment, the user interface provides user interface controls that facilitate the determination of pitch of one or more sections of a building roof. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented process in a roof estimation system comprising:
displaying, by the roof estimation system, a graphical user interface including a first aerial image of a roof structure of a building and also at least one first visual marker that is moveable by a user in a same display window as the first aerial image while said first aerial image is displayed within the graphical user interface; moving the first visual marker with respect to the first aerial image of the roof structure to a first location in response to input from the user; storing data in a memory of the computer of the first location to which the first visual marker was moved; displaying a second aerial image of the roof structure of the building, the second aerial image providing a different view of the roof than the first aerial image; and displaying a location of a second visual marker on the roof structure of the building in the second aerial image of the roof structure based on an indication received from the stored data in the memory of the first location on the displayed first aerial image to which the user had moved the first visual marker.