Patent Document ID: 9092899
Application ID: 14543415
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for applying photo texturing to a 3D model of a real-world object, the method comprising: accessing, with one or more computing devices, a 3D model having a geolocated point; executing in response to a user request, with the one or more computing devices, an instruction to automatically apply to a surface of the 3D model a photo texture; comparing, with the one or more computing devices, a 3D location of the surface of the 3D model to the real-world locations of a plurality of geolocated images to select one of the plurality of geolocated images to use to photo texture the surface, wherein comparing further comprises: determining a location of a center point of the surface; determining a default viewing position for the surface by determining a first point at a fixed distance from the center point along the normal of the surface and projecting the first point to a ground plane; determining one or more of the plurality of geolocated images captured from a nearest position to the default viewing position; and determining which of the one or more images was captured from an angle most closely pointed at the center point of the surface; selecting, with the one or more computing devices, an area of the selected image to apply to the surface; applying, with the one or more computing devices, the selected area of the selected image to the surface; and displaying the surface applied with the selected area of the selected image.