Patent Document ID: 9691163
Application ID: 14865250
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of aiding in determining a dimension of a target object in a digital image implemented by a system comprising one or more computing devices, the method comprising: obtaining a digital image containing the target object, a reference object, and one or more pane ancillary objects; locating the reference object and one or more adhering objects in the digital image; calculating a pixel scale factor based on both measured and known dimensions of the reference object; locating the one or more pane ancillary objects and a corner or edge of at least one of the one or more pane ancillary objects in the digital image, based on a characteristic of the one or more adhering objects; locating the target object in the digital image utilizing the corner or edge of the at least one of the one or more pane ancillary objects; and calculating the dimension of the target object based on the pixel scale factor.