🚗 Car Inspection Camera Framework – Step-by-Step

1. Why This Framework? (Problem Statement)

🔴 Without a standardized process, capturing vehicle images is inefficient.

• Photos are inconsistent (wrong angles, poor alignment).
• Manual adjustments take extra time.
• Image storage is unstructured, making retrieval difficult.
• Errors occur, such as missing images or incorrect positioning.

2. What Does This Framework Do? (Solution)

✅ Provides a guided camera system with overlays for proper alignment. ✅ Automates image capturing & storage with timestamps. ✅ Uses keyboard shortcuts to speed up the process. ✅ Ensures structured & consistent vehicle images for AI-based analysis, insurance claims, and fleet management.

3. How It Works? (Step-by-Step Execution)

Step 1: Camera Initialization

• The system detects and activates the camera.
• If no camera is found, it displays an error and exits.

Step 2: Display Overlay Guides

• Four overlay images (car_left.png, car_right.png, etc.) guide the user.
• Each overlay helps align the vehicle correctly in the frame.

Step 3: Capture Images

• The user presses Space to take a photo.
• The image is saved automatically with a timestamp.
• The overlay switches to the next required angle.

Step 4: Complete the Capture Process

• This repeats until all four views (left, right, front, rear) are captured.
• After capturing all images, the system displays a success message.

Step 5: Exit the Program

• The user can press Q to exit at any time.
• If overlays are missing, the system skips to the next available overlay.

4. Key Benefits

✔ Standardized Image Capturing – Ensures correct positioning for AI analysis. ✔ Faster & More Efficient – No manual adjustments, filenames, or sorting. ✔ Automated & User-Friendly – Works with simple keyboard shortcuts. ✔ Error Handling – Prevents incomplete or incorrect image captures.

5. Where Can This Be Used?

🏠 Car Insurance – Accurate images for claim verification. 🚗 AI Damage Detection – Helps train AI models for vehicle assessment. 📸 Used Car Marketplaces – Structured images for online listings. 🏢 Fleet Management – Tracks vehicle conditions over time.

This framework ensures a fast, accurate, and reliable method for capturing vehicle images. 🚀