Invention Grant
US08239220B2 Method and apparatus for obtaining photogrammetric data to estimate impact severity
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用于获取摄影测量数据以估计影响严重性的方法和装置
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for obtaining photogrammetric data to estimate impact severity
- Patent Title (中): 用于获取摄影测量数据以估计影响严重性的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11519560Application Date: 2006-09-12
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Publication No.: US08239220B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Scott D. Kidd , Darrin A. Smith
- Applicant: Scott D. Kidd , Darrin A. Smith
- Applicant Address: US TX San Antonio
- Assignee: Injury Sciences LLC
- Current Assignee: Injury Sciences LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX San Antonio
- Agency: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01M17/00
- IPC: G01M17/00 ; G06F19/00

Abstract:
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a computer-implemented method to collect information to determine damage to a vehicle involved in a collision using photogrammetric techniques. When determined, this vehicle damage information, which may be in the form of crush measurement information such as a crush damage profile, can be displayed in a computer-generated view of the subject vehicle with a crush damage profile and used to estimate the impact severity. In some embodiments, based on the photogrammetric information derived, a direction of any shifting of the vehicle's components may be obtained and used along with other information to estimate a principal direction of force (PDOF) for one or more vehicles involved in the collision. Still further embodiments may be used to generate and/or audit repair estimates based at least in part on the photogrammetric information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070288135A1 Method and apparatus for obtaining photogrammetric data to estimate impact severity Public/Granted day:2007-12-13
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