RoomScan: Get a Floor Plan in Minutes Just By Walking Around the Room

Post by acjohnson55 » Wed, Mar 26, 2014, 4:57 PM UTC

nobbis wrote: post #13

acgourley wrote: post #8

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I don't think we're quite at the point where a mobile CPU would be able to pull this off, however filming and uploading a well shot video to a server for further processing should be a workable way to make a full model. I think a big challenge there is a several-minute feedback loop to learn if it worked and if you need to try it again.

I built an Android app, Forge, that does just that. No feedback loop needed - the reconstruction is streamed back to you as you go: http://aboundlabs.com

Post by untog » Wed, Mar 26, 2014, 5:00 PM UTC

dclowd9901 wrote: post #11

LukaszB wrote: post #7

Could anyone possibly shed some light on what is used for measurement? gyro?

I was actually beginning work on a similar project. Essentially, it's using a combination of the accelerometer and the gyro to get the phone's position in 3D space. That is, when the accelerometer capture lateral velocity, it knows it's moving in a certain direction at a certain speed (until, of course, it receives an opposite velocity, at which point it stops).

Post by runjake » Wed, Mar 26, 2014, 5:07 PM UTC

uptown wrote: post #9

roel_v wrote: post #6

Quite disappointed - was hoping this was done through computer vision. Aren't there are apps that do this? By the time I've 'scanned' a room the way it's shown in the article, and if that method doesn't even give me heights, doors, windows and outlets, and is only accurate to within half a foot - by that time I've measured it with my laser tape measure 3 times over.

And your laser tape translates those measurements into a floorplan that's digitally sharable?

Post by rch » Wed, Mar 26, 2014, 5:20 PM UTC

roel_v wrote: post #6

Quite disappointed - was hoping this was done through computer vision. Aren't there are apps that do this? By the time I've 'scanned' a room the way it's shown in the article, and if that method doesn't even give me heights, doors, windows and outlets, and is only accurate to within half a foot - by that time I've measured it with my laser tape measure 3 times over.

Post by uptown » Wed, Mar 26, 2014, 5:27 PM UTC

runjake wrote: post #25

uptown wrote: post #9

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And your laser tape translates those measurements into a floorplan that's digitally sharable?

My HOWTO: 1. Obtain laser tape, pencil, and paper. 2. Sketch out floor plan with pencil on paper in rough scale. 3. Take laser tape and take needed measurements. Annotate measurements on your rough scale paper drawing. 4. Go back to desk and open OmniGraffle (or Visio or whatever). 5. Draw up a scale floorplan, exportable into any needed, industry standard formats. 6. There is no step 6. Some variation of this HOWTO…