Patent ID: 11908153
Assignee: WEXENERGY INNOVATIONS LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A method implemented by a computing device and comprising:
obtaining a digital image captured by an imaging capture device, the digital image comprising a target object, a reference object, and one or more pane ancillary objects, wherein each of the one or more pane ancillary objects is a colored object having a saturation level;
calculating a pixel scale factor based on measured and known dimensions of the reference object, wherein the reference object has at least one of:
an optical transmittance between about 2 percent and about 80 percent,
a reflectance between about 15 percent and about 85 percent,
a diffuse transmittance between about 5 percent and about 65 percent, or
a direct transmittance less than about 10 percent and another diffuse transmittance greater than the direct transmittance;

identifying the one or more pane ancillary objects and a corner or edge thereof in the digital image;
locating the target object in the digital image based on the identified corner or edge of the one or more pane ancillary objects; and
calculating at least one dimension of the target object in accordance with the pixel scale factor.