Patent Document ID: 9509867
Application ID: 12169143
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of modifying a three-dimensional model of a real-world subject of interest, comprising: determining that a database of digital image data used for building the three-dimensional model of the real-world subject of interest sparsely represents a desired view of the real-world subject of interest; receiving location data by an image collection server for a mobile communication device in visual proximity to the real-world subject of interest; determining that the location data corresponds to the desired view of the real-world subject of interest; sending an image capture request from the image collection server to the mobile communication device responsive to said determining, said image capture request requesting the mobile communication device to capture an image of the desired view; and receiving digital image data that corresponds to the image of the desired view of the real-world subject of interest from the mobile communication device in response to the image capture request; modifying the three-dimensional model of the real-world subject of interest based on the received digital image data; wherein the image collection server is a master device configured to coordinate collection of images by one or more slave devices including the mobile communication device in response to the image collection server being within radio communication range of the real-world subject of interest, the mobile communication device, or both.