Patent ID: 9723251
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G01N,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for image acquisition and management, by utilizing a mobile device equipped with a camera and with a mobile software application; the method comprises the following steps enabled and/or supported by the software application: providing, by the mobile software application, guidance to an operator for guided making, by the camera, a set of one or more images of an object, wherein the guidance comprises presenting, by the mobile software application to the operator, one or more respective angles suggested by the mobile software application for obtaining said set of one or more images properly registering currently existing visible features of said object, obtaining said set of images, storing said set of obtained images as a current reference set, along with its related data, in at least one storage/processing location being selected from a list comprising the mobile device and a remote location, analysis including steps of: comparing said current reference set with an additional reference set, the additional reference set being selected at least from the following two additional reference sets: based on said comparison, creating a report concerning differences, if any, between the obtained set of images being the current reference set, and the selected additional reference set, and displaying the report in at least one of said storage/processing locations.