Patent Document ID: 20150154795
Application ID: 13478652
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for creating a three-dimensional mesh model of a structure, comprising: accessing a set of three-dimensional points associated with a set of images of the structure; for each three-dimensional point in the set of three-dimensional points: determining, using a processor of a computing device, a reference image; identifying, using the processor, a subset of images from the set of images of the structure, the subset taken within a distance from the reference image; determining, using the processor, a subset of three-dimensional points seen by the subset of images; filtering, using the processor, the subset of three-dimensional points to retain only a set of co-visible points that lie in a visibility cone of the reference image; and selecting, using the processor, a normal using the set of co-visible points; computing, using the processor, the three-dimensional mesh model of the structure using the selected normals; and providing the three-dimensional mesh model to a second computing device.