Patent ID: 8543358

Claim:
A method for generating a directed design for a physical space requiring design comprising the steps of: a. maintaining a main computer having a product design product database, wherein the main computer (i) exchanges data with a remote computer; (ii) exchanges data with a design center computer, operable by a human design plan creator; (iii) exchanges data with an interactive kiosk, operable by a design plan user; and (iv) wherein the design product database references a specific, individually identifiable, commercially available design product by selectable product characteristics; b. taking two or more photographs of the physical space from two different angles to capture digital images of the physical space, wherein each of the captured digital images has digitally encoded signals representing an image of the physical space; c. after taking the two or more photographs and without altering the captured digital images, transmitting the captured digital images to the design center computer; d. photogrammetrically assimilating the captured digital images to produce at least one three-dimensional data set rendering on the main computer; e. designing by non-automated means by the human design creator, an interior design plan using the captured digital images, wherein the human design creator (i) selects at least one design product from the design product database, (ii) adds the selected design product to the rendering on the main computer so as to produce at least one three-dimensional data set rendering on the main computer displaying the selected design product as part of the rendering; f. transmitting the design plan to the main computer; g. providing for remote computer communication link access to the design plan; and h. exchanging data between the main computer and an electronically linked interactive kiosk, wherein the design plan user can establish and access a design plan user account for maintaining and managing the design plan and the digitally encoded signals; directing a camera toward the physical space; placing a ruler within a field of view of the camera; taking a first photograph of the physical space with the ruler being visible within the first photograph; changing the angle at which the camera is directed toward the physical space and taking a second photograph of the physical space.